In Real Life

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.


Mobile

Unfortunately There Are No Rehab Clinics For Addiction To Scramble With Friends

You’re probably at least somewhat familiar with Scramble With Friends. Similar to Zynga’s Words With Friends, you trade knowledge and skill of a wordsmith against your friends, or random online opponents.


May 14, 2012
News

Zynga’s Next Big Game Sounds Like A Farmville Sequel

Zynga’s next big Facebook game is an improved version of FarmVille currently beta testing under the name Big Harvest, reports TechCrunch. The source says the game is being tested out in the Phillippines.


May 10, 2012
News

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.


May 8, 2012
News

Zynga Likes To Act Like It Owns The Word ‘Ville’

Social gaming giant Zynga, the team behind FarmVille, is taking a French developer to court because it released a game called PyramidVille.


May 4, 2012
Mobile

You’re Now Drawing Ads In Draw Something

Once was a time there were just normal ads in Draw Something. Now, thanks to research by the game’s new owners Zynga, you’re actually drawing advertisements.


April 28, 2012
News

Zynga Posts $85 Million Loss

Love-to-hate-em social game developer Zynga has posted a loss of $US85.4 million during the period of January-March 2012.


April 19, 2012
Mobile

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.


April 18, 2012
News

Zynga’s $2b Bid Wasn’t Enough To Buy Angry Birds

The company behind Farmville has money. Lots of it. And, for more than a year, they’ve been buying up smaller development houses left and right. But, Rovio — the development house that created mobile megahit Angry Birds — turned down Zynga when they came calling with mountains of cash.


April 11, 2012
News

FarmVille Boss Stalked, Needs Over $1 Million In Security

The worst we normally get from irate psycopaths are angry/entertaining emails. For Zynga boss Mark Pincus, though, things are a lot more serious, to the point where he needs an absurd amount of security to ensure the safety of his family.