265 million monthly active users Three of top five facebook gamesCompany motto “Connecting the world through games”
Zynga Poker was their first game made in 2007FarmVillezynga’s first big game and was the first game to hit over 10 million users a day, In just under 6 weeks of being out.Mafia wars, the first zynga game I played It was fun.Words with friends
Zynga just went on public on NASDAQ December 16, 2011They do not have a full years revune to show yet but they are extimating it to be 1.4 billionStocks started at $10 and quickly rose to $14 in march 2012. Now they have decreased all the way to $2
Zynga was founed April 2007 by a group of 8 people: Marc Pincus, Eric Schiermeyer, MichealLuxton, Justin Waldron, Kyle Stewart, Scott Dale, and Andrew TraderTheir first game was Texas Hold’em poker, later changed to Zynga Poker(released July 2009)
Their newest game is a strategy game Empires and AlliesThey bought out the game company OMGPAP and now are proud owners of Draw SoethingFarmVille 2 is one of their biggerst games and same with scramble with friendsMoving real money gambling in the U.K.
Buying out companiesZynga Partners for MobileLicensed board game (signed with hasbro)Online gamblingIts own gaming platformAmd mobile game appsHowever they just lost their chief of game design