Zynga Lays Off 5% Of Its Workforce, Scraps 13 Games

TroubleVille: Zynga Lays Off 5% Of Its Workforce, Scraps 13 Games - Forbes: "After months of declining share price and reports of internal trouble at Zynga, the San Francisco-based social gaming company laid off more than 5% of its workforce on Tuesday and said it will end 13 games. . . “We are closing the Zynga Boston studio and proposing closures of the Zynga Japan and [United Kingdom] studios,” wrote Zynga CEO and founder Mark Pincus in an internal memo sent to employees around 5 PM Eastern. Pincus’ statement, which also acknowledged cuts in Austin and “a small number of partner team reductions,” came hours after news of the layoffs had circulated Twitter and the Web. Tuesday’s cull is the the latest sign that points to strife within the gaming company, coming a day before the company announces third quarter earnings."

UK-based video game developer sets up shop in Halifax
Halifax News Net
Halifax's video game developer scene just got a little more crowded. Frontier Games, a studio based in Cambridge, U.K., has opened their first North American office on Barrington Street. Their operation is fairly small right now, but CEO David Braben ...

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Knight Age: CLAIM THE POWER OF EXCALIBUR – Video Game News
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Joymax, leading online game developer and publisher widely known for longstanding quality titles including Silkroad Online and Digimon Masters, today revealed details of the battle, power, and glory behind the legendary “Excalibur” in the recently ...

Eleven Japanese Video Game Names You Won't Believe Are Real
Kotaku
Eleven Japanese Video Game Names You Won't Believe Are Real According to the product description for Cacoma Knight in Bizyland, the king of Bizyland is named King Cacoma. Why is there also a Cacoma Knight? Is it somehow unusual or title-worthy that ...

Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D – Nintendo 3DS VIDEO GAME NEWS
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... Operations 3D – Nintendo 3DS VIDEO GAME NEWS. October 23rd, 2012 Geno. Teyon, a video games developer and digital publisher, is excited to announce that their latest Nintendo 3DS™ title, Heavy Fire: Special Operations 3D, is coming to Europe.

Street Fighter X Tekken – VIDEO GAME NEWS & UPDATE
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Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, is pleased to confirm that Street Fighter® X Tekken® on the PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system is now available in North America. Street Fighter X Tekken on the ...

Cake Ninja 2 – 3DS NEWS – VIDEO GAME UPDATE
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Cypronia, a video games developer and digital publisher, announced today that its new DSiWaregame, Cake Ninja 2, has been completed and approved for release on the DSi Shop and 3DS eShop by Nintendo of America; it will also be released in Europe.

Joystick Labs ends funding for new video game startups
News & Observer
Joystick Labs is no longer funding new video game startups, making it the third Triangle business accelerator to pull the plug on efforts to help entrepreneurs convert good ideas into viable businesses. John Austin, managing director of Durham-based ...

London Games Festival 2012 – VIDEO GAME UPDATE
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London Games Festival 2012 – VIDEO GAME UPDATE ... Following the launch of the game, individual episodes will also be available for purchase for £6.99, and the Season Pass will be available as a package with the prequel comic for £20.99. The e-comic ...

10 Video Game Franchises That Have Lost Their Way
WhatCulture!
October 23, 2012; Shaun Munro · Gaming · no comments; 287 views. It's always disheartening when a video game franchise starts out stunning, but owing to commercial concerns, greed, or simple creative bankruptcy, begins to founder, somewhat ruining the ...

Meet the Jordanian Company that Might Disrupt Global Game Development
Wamda
The platform itself (see video below) works as a plug-in for popular game engine Unity. Once using Unity, developers can use GameDraw to assemble and tweak all of their elements- it's like having a hardware studio that connects directly to a testing ...

Utah video game developer sentenced to year in jail, fined $1.2 ...
From the blog Games Blog: By Paul Foy, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY - The developer ofvideo games including "Alvin and the Chipmunks" and "Tiger ...
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News: Australian Federal Government to support game developers ...
Computer And Video Games - The latest gaming news, reviews, previews & movies ... Game Developers' Association of Australia reveals new funding initiatives ...
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