Zynga to lay off 15 pct of employees as sales sink
Zynga says it is laying off 314 employees, about 15 percent of its workforce, as the game maker's fourth-quarter sales plummet.
Zynga says it is laying off 314 employees, about 15 percent of its workforce, as the game maker's fourth-quarter sales plummet.
Business
Jan 30, 2014
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French video game titan Ubisoft saw its shares plunge 23 percent on Wednesday after announcing that delays to two new titles would cause a significant operating loss this year.
Business
Oct 16, 2013
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A U.S. court has delayed the $8.2 billion sale of Vivendi's stake in Activision Blizzard Inc. back to the video game maker and an investor group led by CEO Bobby Kotick and co-chairman Brian Kelly.
Business
Sep 19, 2013
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The latest instalment of the Angry Birds video game series from Finnish game maker Rovio topped download rankings Thursday on its release in several Western countries.
Software
Sep 19, 2013
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Three executives are departing Zynga as part of an executive reshuffling by the online game maker's new CEO, Don Mattrick.
Business
Aug 14, 2013
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Struggling Web game maker Zynga gave new CEO Don Mattrick a $5 million signing bonus and stock awards valued at $40 million to lure him away from his previous job overseeing Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox console for video games.
Business
Jul 4, 2013
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LinkedIn and Facebook will celebrate the anniversaries of their IPOs just a few days apart this week. But their experiences as publicly traded companies couldn't be more different.
Business
May 13, 2013
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(AP)—Dan Porter is leaving Zynga a year after the online game maker bought his company, OMGPop, for $183 million.
Business
Apr 2, 2013
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The booming popularity of play on smartphones or tablet computers in a realm once dominated by videogame consoles was a hot theme at the major Game Developers Conference that ended on Friday.
Software
Mar 30, 2013
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It's back. The virtual reality headset, the gizmo that was supposed to seamlessly transport wearers to three-dimensional virtual worlds, has made a remarkable return at this year's Game Developers Conference, an annual gathering ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 29, 2013
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