Zynga

If you haven't already invested in Facebook, it might be too late. Not for the IPO, which is still forthcoming, but for the secondary markets that have allowed investors to buy a piece of Facebook before the company's initial public offering. According to Bloomberg, representatives of Facebook...

The evolution of social gaming has begun. But are the changes what we expected? Ingo Hinterding, the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of Crowdpark, recently weighed in on the matter. First and foremost, he spoke about the influx of challengers to the Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) throne. “New...

The online game developer, Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), has been a battle ground stock since its IPO in December, 2011. Bearish traders and analysts have been concerned of the company's dependency on Facebook, whereas the bulls' thesis has been that Zynga's valuation should be 12% of Facebook's valuation...

As Zynga loses players, Facebook is losing gamers. Who's responsible for their decline? IHS (NYSE: IHS) has released a new Screen Digest Media Research Insight report (via Forbes) regarding Facebook's gaming platform. The results are anything but positive; IHS said that after two years of growth...

Zynga might be a terrible company, but it accounts for 12% of Facebook's revenue. Some people don't seem to think that 12% is a large amount of money. But if you were a Facebook (FB) investor and the company suddenly lost $300+ million in revenue, would you be concerned? Or would you laugh it off...

In every conceivable way, Zynga relies on others to fill its bottom line. Which, at this point, is rather empty. But don't tell that to investors, who bought into the social games company, boosting its share price by more than 16% yesterday following the news of Facebook's (FB) IPO. But Facebook...

Facebook filed a highly anticipated five billion dollar IPO last night, which has made the entire social media sector boom today. LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) is up nearly 6% and Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) is trading up almost 7%. As a result, the Global X Social Media Index Fund ETF (NASDAQ: SOCL), in which...

The floodgates are about to be opened. Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is being publicly accused of copying the work of another game developer. Imagine that! The worst developer in social gaming – which may be losing $150 on every new customer (or making $100, depending on who you talk to) – has turned out...

A serial entrepreneur tells Benzinga what it's like to build a startup that soared to nearly $1 billion in value. Fourteen years ago, Greg Borrud left his job at Activision (NASDAQ: ATVI) to found a game development studio of his own. It was a risky move, no doubt. While the video game industry...

While its stock price was plummeting, one major social gaming company was out buying up a bunch of startups. That company is (drum roll please) Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA). Why did the Facebook game developer make these investments? Well, clearly its own games aren't getting the job done. This week...

Another reason for investors to run from the game industry's most desperate company. The truth about Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has been known for quite some time. But over the past few months, it has become painfully clear that the overhyped social gaming entity was destined to die. This week...

The US government played Santa Claus and handed a big Christmas gift to internet gaming companies right before Christmas on Friday. The justice department finally clarified that the Wire Act applied only to sports betting, and would not apply to States' rights to offer intrastate lotteries online...

With prices always falling, Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is like the Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) of social gaming. Well, not exactly. When Wal-Mart announces a price drop, it usually involves consumer goods. When Zynga announces a price drop, it will -- from this day forward -- most likely refer to its stock. I...

Which companies could benefit and which could suffer at the success or failure of Zynga's public debut? Later this morning, Zynga will begin trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “ZNGA.” The company's long-awaited IPO was announced at a price between $8.50 and $10, and is now...

If unrelenting greed wasn't enough to chase investors away, maybe Zynga's accounting practices will turn them off. Business Insider has posted an interesting video from Bloomberg's Cory Johnson, in which the reporter breaks down the social game company's revenue and so-called profits. In short,...