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Do You Remember All The Game Developers Bought Out In 2012?

The division and sale of THQ into smaller, more manageable portions has served as a full stop on the wheeling and dealing of 2012. True, the sale itself occurred in 2013, but it was last year that the industry at large and perhaps more so gamers, became fully aware of the dire straits the company was in.


One Man’s Quest To Draw Something Becomes Draw Everything

Unlike me, Bora can actually draw. And also unlike me, and unlike several million other players, Bora has stuck with Draw Something.


Remember Draw Something? Millions Of People Don’t Like It Anymore

A month or so ago, it’s entirely likely that you were caught up in the frenzy surrounding Draw Something, trading goofy doodles back and forth with friends as you played the popular word-guessing game. But now, you might be one of the millions of people who’ve unceremoniously dropped Draw Something out of their lives.


You Can Finally Break Your 99 Streak In Draw Something

Today Zynga finally released the update to Draw Something that the social game developers promised when they acquired the game’s creators OMGPOP.


Draw Something CEO Backs Down When Notch Calls Out His Twitter Rage

Shay Pierce made it clear why he turned down steady pay and benefits when Zynga bought his old employer, OMGPOP, the makers of Draw Something. He was concerned that his ownership of a personally developed and published game on the iTunes App store would be a conflict.


One Indie Developer Walked Away From Zynga’s $US210m Acquisition Of OMGPOP

Zynga’s absorbed a lot of companies in the last two years, but few experienced the sudden shift in fortunes that OMGPOP did over the last few days. Within two months, the studio saw their Draw Something become a breakout hit, which lead their getting snapped up by the social game giant.


Draw Something Is Drawing Huge Piles Of Money

I only started playing OMGPOP’s Draw Something a couple days ago. I already can’t stop playing. It’s irresistible — I’m playing games with damn near everyone I know on Facebook; people I never play games with, not even Words With Friends.


We Should Be Ashamed That Draw Something Players Don’t Know What Metroids Look Like

Zynga’s acquisition of OMGPOP today revealed some other interesting tidbits of news. Did you know, for instance, that “starfish” is one of the most popular words drawn in Draw Something? I have never even encountered the word myself. True story.


Zynga Buys Out Draw Something Developer

The social gaming giant behind games like Farmville, Castleville, and Mafia Wars has splashed out $US210 million to buy out OMGPOP, the developer of the Draw Something app.


Wu-Tang Clan Version Of FarmVille Coming From Creator Of Draw Something

Draw Something creator OMGPOP will release a new Facebook game next week called The Street, Business Insider reports today.


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