The iPhone’s has kept a vice-like grip on the portable technology market since its release in 2007, and that success has been wooing some of the best developers in the games industry to make new or port over some of the best IPs to the hardware. The trend continues with both Facebook’s Farmville and Activision’s […]
Facebook games developer-guru Zynga (Mafia Wars, Farmville) recently acquired Steven Chiang, famed overseer of the Madden NFL license. The announcement was made via the blog of Mark Pincus, Zynga’s CEO.
If you have ever played Mafia Wars or Farmville on Facebook, you have seen the fruits of Zynga’s efforts. The world’s largest social games company has just received a mountainous investment from Digital Sky Technologies, Eastern Europe’s largest internet investor. DST has made an offer to purchase approximately $180 million worth of Zynga’s securities, making […]