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Those annoying Facebook notes asking you to help harvest Grandma’s virtual turnips may be coming to an end -- and that might be a good thing. Gaming developer Zynga, known for its immensely ...

Three years after its launch, Zynga‘s FarmVille social game has 3.2 million daily active users. That’s just a tenth of its peak. But Zynga is still betting that there’s a farmer in all of us ...

While other games had tried many of the same tactics — Mafia Wars was Zynga’s top hit at the time — FarmVille was the first to become a mainstream phenomenon. Mr. Pincus said that he ...

Oh, we said virtual farms, right? FarmVille has become one of Zynga's most popular online social games, and today the company is releasing a new version for digital farming addicts -- FarmVille 2.

Co.lab is among a flurry of social impact initiatives at Zynga that have made it a leader among commercial gaming companies in promoting “gaming for good.” Through FarmVille and other hits ...

FarmVille maker Zynga is trading in its rural farmland for a dee-luxe apartment in the sky. No, FarmVille’s not going anywhere, but the social game studio recently announced a beta version of a ...

Zynga, which counts “Farmville” and “Words with Friends” among its games, said in June that it would cut 18 percent of its staff and close some offices to cut expenses. For the latest ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Beware, if you're among the hordes who wonder where the time went after becoming absorbed in online games such as "FarmVille" and "CityVille." Zynga, the hot Internet startup ...

SAN FRANCISCO - FarmVille was the game that put social game maker Zynga on the map. Can FarmVille2 keep Zynga from falling off of it? That was the big question as the San Francisco social game ...

This undated image provided by Zynga shows a screenshot of Farmville 2, announced on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. Not Long ago, online games company Zynga looked on pace to unseat much bigger ...