In Real Life

Why Farmville Turns Humans Into Lab Rats

Do you like playing Zynga’s Facebook games? There’s something wrong with you. Not because you enjoy them, what you do in your spare time is your business. Your problem comes in thinking they’re games.


December 16, 2011
PC

Farmville’s Maker Looks To Harvest A Cool Billion From The Stock Market

As rumoured two days ago, it is now confirmed that Zynga will hold an initial public offering of its stock on the NASDAQ tomorrow.


December 14, 2011
In Real Life

Rumour: Zynga Preps Employees For Friday IPO As Analyst Says Company Will Be Overpriced

Farmville creator and king of casual games Zynga is in the midst of preparing employees for a Friday IPO, a source close to the company tells Kotaku.


November 28, 2011
In Real Life

Nobody Likes Zynga

Zynga rocketed to fame with titles like FarmVille and Mafia Wars. When Mafia Wars 2 launched, the number of players peaked at 2.5 million, but dropped to 900,000 earlier this month, with players complaining that the game just wasn’t as fun.


November 18, 2011
News

Zynga Temp Accused Of Stealing $US100K In Merchandise

Police on Tuesday arrested a Zynga temp who is accused of stealing $US100,000 worth of merchandise and equipment from the company behind casual games FarmVille, CityVille and Mafia War, the San Francisco Examiner reports.


November 11, 2011
News

Report: Zynga Demands Stock Back From Employees

The man behind monster hits FarmVille, Mafia Wars and CityVille is scrambling to reclaim some of the stock options he handed out to long-time employees, the Wall Street Journal reports.


October 12, 2011
In Real Life

Zynga Flips The Bird At Facebook, Launching Own Games "Platform"

Farmville andCityville developers Zynga made their name on Facebook. But Facebook makes the rules on Facebook, and Facebook takes a cut of a company’s profits on Facebook, so Zynga is now looking to sell more of its stuff to you directly.


October 7, 2011
In Real Life

Nobody Cares About Your Stupid FarmVille Movie

Just in time for everyone who has stopped playing FarmVille, Hollywood is working on a cinematic version of FarmVille.


September 16, 2011
In Real Life

What’s On The Menu At This Remote FarmVille Restaurant In Turkey?

I recently travelled to the Cappadocia region of Turkey to get away from work and to enjoy the area’s amazing, exotic geography. Hundreds of rock formations called “fairy chimneys” fill the terrain. In the early morning, dozens of hot air balloons take to the sky.


September 10, 2011
PC

The Sims Social Overtakes FarmVille

EA’s designated Zynga-killer, The Sims Social just toppled FarmVille from its No. 2 perch in “daily active users”, the key stat describing a Facebook app’s popularity, according to app-watching site AppData.