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After Getting Laid Off From Zynga, These Guys… Partied?
A year ago, sketch-centric guessing game Draw Something became an inescapable phenomenon, pulling in millions of people each day. That success led to a surprising $US210 million acquisition of dev studio OMGPOP by Zynga. On Monday, many of those creators were victim of a harsh 520-person culling as Zynga desperately tries to re-structure. But were…
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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.
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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.
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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.