04 Feb
Former members of Zynga Dallas, the studio behind CastleVille, are forming a new game studio called Boss Fight Entertainment, Venture Beat reports. Studio founders include former CastleVille lead designer Bill Jackson, former Zynga Dallas studio head David Rippy and former Zynga divisional COO Scott Winsett. The group previously worked at the Texas-based Bonfire Studios before […]
30 Jan
Zynga has announced that it plans to lay off around 314 employees, as part of cost-cutting measures. The company did not state where the jobs would be cut, however it did say it expects to generate savings of as much as $35 million in 2014 before taxes. Zynga also announced that it will be acquiring […]
14 Jan
Electronic Arts’ communication chief Jeff Brown has departed the company after 14 years to head up corporate communications at GoPro. Brown is known for being direct with his responses when EA was attacked by competitors. When Zynga announced it was creating games which would put it in direct competition with EA, speaking to Venturebeat Brown […]
25 Oct
Zynga has revealed that Clive Downie will become the company’s chief operating officer effective November 4th. Downie has previously served as CEO of mobile game company DeNA, and before that served as vice president of marketing at Electronic Arts for more than 15 years. While at EA, Downie managed several major franchises including FIFA, Need […]