AmEx to Offer a Prepaid Debit Card That Rewards Users in FarmVille Cash

American Express and Zynga are rolling out a rewards program today that will allow players to earn virtual currency when they spend money in the real world.
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Zynga’s Top-Performing Game? Yep, Still FarmVille.

FarmVille continues to be the company’s breadwinner, but other franchises, like Mafia Wars, have fallen off the charts.
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As Nintendo Fades, Zynga Continues to Grow

For years, the game industry has worried about the shift toward social and mobile from more traditional platforms. But now there’s more than anecdotal evidence to cause concern.
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Zynga’s “Project Z” Revealed: Social Games on Its Own Web Site (Through Facebook, of Course)

Zynga is taking its highly addictive games and putting them on its own social Web site, thank you very much. But you’ll still have to log in to Facebook to play.
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Zynga Posts Loss in First Earnings Report

Zynga Inc. issued its first earnings report as a public company on Tuesday, posting mixed results that included a 59 percent gain in sales but also a loss for the period that helped whipsaw the social gaming firm’s shares in late trading.

Zynga Inks Deal With Hasbro to Bring FarmVille Into the Real World

Zynga has partnered with Hasbro to develop a wide range of toy and gaming experiences based on Zynga’s most popular Facebook games and characters.
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Stuck Like Glue: Zynga Accounts for 12 Percent of Facebook Revenue in 2011

Zynga is mentioned 24 times in Facebook’s filing, but the most notable one is related to the game company’s huge contribution to the social network’s top line.
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Zynga’s Stock Nosedives, Falling Nine Percent to Hit New Low

Zynga’s shares continued a downward spiral for a third straight day, sinking more than nine percent to hit an all-time low.
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Americans Played Anything but Social Games During the Holidays

The number of people playing games on Facebook tanked last week, as some game makers were unable to capitalize on people’s downtime during the holidays.
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Zynga’s Stock Keeps Withering on Day Two

If only this were a virtual stock market and Zynga could used some anti-wither serum to make its stock bounce back.
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