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Social Pictionary-style game app Draw Something exploded in the iTunes App Store and Android Market just a month or two ago, but a new report suggests the game has had a serious decline that was almost as rapid as its ascent. According to a story from Develop, OMGPOP’s game saw a massive drop-off ... Full Article »
Zynga spent a reported $180 million acquiring app developer OMGPOP after the explosion of success in its social game Draw Something, and now it seems the FarmVille giant is ready to start using it to make some money. According to a story from AdAge, Zynga is integrating brand advertising into Draw ... Full Article »
Draw Something, the smash iOS and Android app recently acquired by social gaming giant Zynga mixes Pictionary-style gameplay with asynchronous multiplayer action. It received a much-anticipated update yesterday adding new social and gameplay features. The game has been topping the charts since its r ... Full Article »
Setting a record for most insane popularity surge in the mobile gaming sphere is Draw Something, the game that has users basically playing Pictionary with each other over the Internet. According to a story from Venture Beat, Draw Something has also set an actual record in downloads: It’s the “f ... Full Article »
It’s been a productive couple of months for New York-based developer OMGPOP. The company behind Draw Something – which generated more than 25 million downloads in its first six weeks – was acquired by Zynga, the company confirms. While Zynga would not confirm purchase price, AllThingsD is re ... Full Article »
As OMGPOP is seeing historic downloads for its new hit Draw Something, it is no surprise that the New York-based developer is rumored to be a hot acquisition candidate. TechCrunch is reporting that OMGPOP “is in talks” with Zynga for a transaction estimated to be between $150 million and $250 m ... Full Article »
When it comes to the video game world, it’s nearly impossible to discuss a game without talking about all the other titles that came before it. Every game on the market, be it store shelves or the iTunes App Store, has built off the foundations of games that have come before, and that creates a to ... Full Article »
Fans of Words With Friends are in for a familiar treat with Scramble With Friends. Both are asynchronous multiplayer games, but where the former is a social variant of Scrabble, here the gameplay is based on Boggle. Asyncho-what? It just means a turn-based game that can be played even when your oppo ... Full Article »
It’s been a busy week for Angry Birds developer Rovio Mobile. It’s releasing updates to many of its mobile apps, it just dropped a new branded browser game, and it stared down a multi-billion-dollar offer from gaming giant Zynga. In the iTunes App Store, Angry Birds is looking toward the winter ... Full Article »
Rather than have little avatars spawn body parts as they hang from a noose, Zynga has decided to go with something a little less morbid. Instead, two people are hanging over a lava pit by a bunch of balloons. Every time a player fails to come up with the correct word, one of the balloons pops. This ... Full Article »
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