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Zynga unveils Ruby Blast, a high-speed race to find treasure and show up friends

Zynga has launched its new social game, Ruby Blast, a high-speed race of digging for hidden treasure in an ancient… Read More

Book Excerpt: Why a car crash couldn’t stop Zynga from revolutionizing gaming

[Editor’s Note: Seattle-area journalist Carol Tice is the co-author, with serial entrepreneur David Lester, of the new book How They Started:… Read More

Zynga sues PyramidVille maker in trademark dispute

Zynga, maker of FarmVille, CityVille and other popular social games, has filed a trademark lawsuit against Kobojo, a startup based… Read More

Poll: Are you still playing Draw Something?

Lately I’ve been feeling like I should be apologizing to my friends on Draw Something, the high-tech social Pictionary knock-off… Read More

Roseman leaves VP post at Zynga

Whoa, this is pretty huge news. Neil Roseman, the former Amazon.com vice president who joined Zynga last year, has left… Read More

With Double Down off the table, Zynga looks for playing partners in Internet gambling

The virtual coins that players wager in casino-style games on Facebook may be getting a real monetary value, at least… Read More

A $10 billion Facebook IPO would be bigger than every tech IPO of 2011 (combined)

Technology companies reeled in more cash via IPOs than any other sector in 2011, buoyed by public offerings from companies… Read More

Tablets are the new game consoles, and other game industry predictions for 2012

Guest Commentary: The video game industry is changing like never before. Here are my best attempts at peering into the crystal… Read More

The ‘secret sauce’ behind Zynga’s first hidden object game

Zynga is best known for social games such as FarmVille and CityVille in which players interact with one another on… Read More

Zynga, Groupon and others reignite IPO market

IPOs from Zynga, Michael Kors and Laredo Petroleum this month have helped revive the market for public offerings, with 28… Read More

Zynga is having another rough day on Wall Street

Zynga’s first day as a publicly-traded company was more of a flop, than a big pop. And now the second… Read More

Zynga celebrates $1 billion IPO with a colorful infographic

Zynga’s growth over the past few years into the top maker of social media games is pretty amazing stuff. And… Read More

Social gaming powerhouse Zynga raises $1B in largest Internet IPO since Google

The highly-anticipated initial public offering for Zynga is moving forward, with Bloomberg News reporting that the maker of FarmVille, Mafia… Read More

Morning Radar: Steve Jobs is ‘most fascinating’ of 2011; Cheezburger’s latest; Big Fish; Wetpaint and more

A quick rundown of stories and offbeat tidbits catching our attention this morning … Pet and animal lovers can now get… Read More

Newsmakers 2011: Neil Roseman helps bring Zynga to Seattle

One of the biggest stories in Seattle tech in 2011 was the arrival of the Silicon Valley tech titans. It… Read More

Is Zynga’s culture really rotten at the core? Hear how Mark Pincus described the mission in April

The New York Times published an unflattering story this past weekend about the hard-charging culture of game maker Zynga, noting… Read More

Sorry, Silicon Valley: Seattle ranks as top city for tech jobs

One of the biggest story lines of the past couple of years in the Seattle tech community has been the… Read More

GameHouse first to pilot Facebook Credits outside Facebook

Facebook is beginning to expand its Facebook Credits system beyond its own social networking site with a new initiative called… Read More

Zynga co-founder Andrew Trader joins Maveron, looks to bankroll ‘rock star entrepreneurs’

Ten months after joining Maveron as an entrepreneur-in-residence, Zynga co-founder Andrew Trader has strengthened his role with the Seattle venture… Read More

Report: PopCap turned down $1B buyout offer from Zynga

PopCap Games must be pretty confident in its ability to post strong financial results over the next couple years. Either… Read More

How Amazon helped groom Zynga for success, and where the alliance heads next

Without Amazon.com, Zynga might not be where it is today. The social gaming powerhouse, which just last week filed to… Read More

Facebook-dependent Zynga files for $1 billion IPO

Zynga, the maker of FarmVille, CityVille and Words With Friends, filed for an initial public offering today that could add… Read More

Poll: Which tech giant would you most like to have headquartered in Seattle?

Silicon Valley companies have been flocking to Seattle in recent months, coming here (not for the nice weather obviously) but… Read More

WSJ report: A wave of Silicon Valley giants arrive on Seattle’s shores

Silicon Valley tech giants have been flocking to Seattle in recent for months, with companies such as Facebook, Salesforce.com and… Read More

Report: Zynga is getting ready to pull the trigger on an IPO

Fast-growing social gaming powerhouse Zynga, maker of hit games such as FarmVille and Mafia Wars, is expected to file for… Read More

GeekWire Month #1: Hanging with Lesley Stahl and getting the word out

Growing up in the Cook household, Sunday night meant two things: Coccia House pizza and “60 Minutes.” So, you can… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: 60 Minutes, Zynga, and what’s hot in computer science now

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we talk about the time we spent with a “60 Minutes” crew, the opening… Read More

T. Rowe Price invests $190 million in Facebook: More validation for Steve Ballmer’s early bet

Microsoft was criticized three years ago when it sunk $240 million into Facebook, valuing the upstart social networking company at… Read More

Meet Neil Roseman: The ex-Amazon exec leading the charge for Zynga in Seattle

Neil Roseman probably could have used his technical talents to build a new startup company in Seattle. Instead, the former… Read More

Why Seattle needs to create the next Zynga or Facebook

Guest Commentary: Last week, Forbes published its annual Midas List, ranking the top 100 tech investors. While these types of lists make… Read More