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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.
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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.
Barely three months after the company’s initial public offering are several Zynga insiders looking to get rich by selling off a hunk of their stock. That includes founder Mark Pincus, who will offer a wad of shares valued at more than $US200 million.
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.
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.
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.
Draw Something creator OMGPOP will release a new Facebook game next week called The Street, Business Insider reports today.
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The time when your Facebook newsfeed isn’t clogged up by FarmVille request from friends may be cmoing soon. Social gaming powerhouse Zynga launched its own dedicated website today, the first step in eventually hosting its vastly popular games somewhere other than the world’s largest social networking site.
