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Howdy, Crazy FarmVille Addicts: Here's a New Vice

Maybe there are people out there who don't know someone who is batspit crazy about FarmVille, and those people should count their blessings. For the rest of us, Zynga is in the next few weeks rolling...

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FarmVille CEO Gets Restraining Order on Stalker

Another scary story under the category of tech entreprenuer stalkers : Zynga CEO Mark Pincus, head of the company that unleashed FarmVille and its offshoots on the world, had to get a restraining order...

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Zynga to Workers: Can We Have That Stock Back?

With what’s expected to be an almost $20 billion IPO looming, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is starting to wish he hadn’t given out so much stock to attract early employees to his company. So he’s doing...

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Zynga Blows $1.4M on CEO Security

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus must be a really important guy, because his company is spending a whopping $1.37 million on his personal security, the Wall Street Journal reports. Of that, $596,000 went to a...

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Zynga Kills 11 Games After Terrible Year

Social media gaming titan Zynga has whacked Mafia Wars 2 , put down PetVille , and fried FishVille as part of a cost-cutting drive. The company is shutting down a total of 11 games, closing offices,...

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Hard-Hit Zynga Laying Off 18% of Workers

Hard times have hit Zynga, maker of hit social games like Mafia Wars and FarmVille—as well as numerous other now-closed duds . The company, which was blindsided by the steep rise in mobile gaming and...

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Zynga CEO Hands Power to Xbox Chief

After a disastrous year and a major round of layoffs , Zynga has decided its founding CEO is no longer the person for the job. The social gaming firm behind titles such as FarmVille has chosen Don...

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Ousted Zynga Founder Rides Back in, Stock Craters

The return of Zynga founder Mark Pincus as the digital game maker's CEO is bringing back bad memories about the problems that prompted him to step down nearly two years ago. Zynga's stock shed 43...

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