Zynga

Susman Godfrey L.L.P. announced today that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Zynga, Inc. in U.S. District Court, District of Delaware. The Complaint, filed on behalf of upstart competitor Agincourt Gaming, LLC, claims that Zynga violated two of Agincourt's patents. Agincourt seeks...

It looks like casinos may have finally met their match. When users log into Facebook each day, they don't think that they are entering a gambling arena. When they jump into FarmVille, they don't see it as a virtual slot machine. But ask Jeff Tseng, the co-founder and CEO of user analytics firm...

Usually when a company reports an accounting error, it is a devastating effect for the company, and usually means the company overstates revenues or some other closely watched metric. Not so in the case of Zynga. The powerful mobile gaming company actually reported a 3% increase in revenue for...

Online gaming company Zynga, popular for its interactive games like Words with Friends and FarmVille, may be setting up to acquire Rovio. Rovio is the creator of Angry Birds, one of the more popular mobile games. In a report last night, AllThingsDigital discussed how the two companies might have...

The head of EA Sports is set to take on the whole company as its chief operating officer. The Associated Press reports that Peter Moore will take on his new position starting Monday, August 8. Moore replaces John Schappert, who left Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: ERTS) for a position at Zynga....

Another economic collapse might be on its way. And it could be bigger than the disaster of 2008. That's according to Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger, who shared his fears on his blog at Continuations.com. “Now I don't have a crystal ball,” Wenger wrote. “The markets might well bounce...

Will @wallstreet save us a seat at the dinner table? #8billion, #IPO2012 The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Twitter has secured multiple investors for a rumored $800 million including a "significant round of funding" from venture capitalist Yuri Milner and Digital Sky Technologies....

Zynga's current business model is a recipe for disaster. In terms of media attention, Zynga is the can't-lose-game developer. From IPO amendments and new game anticipation to positive side effects and IPO valuations, Zynga is the company everyone is talking about. But while the news typically...

Zynga founder Mark Pincus might have the answer. If you're going to impress Brad Feld, co-founder and managing director of Foundry Group, you had better be prepared to go above and beyond the average entrepreneur. “What we end up looking for are entrepreneurs who are incredibly obsessed about the...

San Francisco-based company Zynga is teaming up with Chinese web company Tencent to launch a Chinese version of its popular online game CityVille. For Zynga, the move could prove vital as it could see it expand its business away from being almost entirely dependent on Facebook for revenue. The...

It's not exactly surprising, but an amendment to Zynga's IPO filing has offered details of how tied the company is to Facebook and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). In its initial filing, Zynga disclosed among its risk factors that it is almost entirely dependent on Facebook for its revenue. That will surely...

It has been a huge summer for social media. Between the insane popularity of Google+ (NASDAQ: GOOG), the introduction of Turntable.fm, and the brilliance of Visually and its ability to cleverly and visually rate and compare our social media status, social media is on fire. That doesn't even include...

Menlo Park, California-based startup Badgeville announced that it has closed a $12 million Series B round of funding, led by Norwest Venture Partners and El Dorado Ventures. The additional capital will be used to ramp its business. Badgeville builds loyalty programs for media and e-commerce...

Online gaming company Zynga filed a $1 billion IPO today. The underwriters for the transaction will be Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS), Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS), Bank of America Merrill Lynch (NYSE: BAC), Barclays Capital (NYSE: BCS), J.P. Morgan (NYSE: JPM) and Allen & Co. In the filing documents,...

It's official: Zynga is going public. To sustain its massive growth, the company must now continue to release new, highly compelling games. But where should Zynga draw its information from? Head over to our image gallery to find out.