Bernard Kim is appointed as President of Publishing at Zynga

Zynga Names Bernard Kim as President of Publishing

Mr. Kim, 40, is a mobile gaming and interactive entertainment veteran with more than 15 years of experience. He spent nearly 10 years at Electronic Arts Inc., most recently as the company's Senior Vice President of Mobile Publishing. In that role, he oversaw EA's mobile distribution, strategy, product management, analytics, network engagement, marketing, revenue demand planning, business development, third-party publishing, mergers and acquisitions and Sandbox. During his tenure at EA, he also led EA's games division in Asia and helped bring EA franchises including Sim City, Star Wars, The Sims, The Simpsons, Real Racing and EA SPORTS to billions of players.

Prior to joining EA, Mr. Kim served as Director of Sales and Channel Strategy at The Walt Disney Company, where he led sales and retail for Disney Mobile.

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, today announced that the Company has appointed Bernard Kim as President of Publishing. He will report directly to Chief Executive Officer Frank Gibeau effective immediately. Mr. Kim will oversee the Company's publishing division, which is responsible for how Zynga brings its games and services to players through its network, consumer insights, product management, marketing, user acquisition, ad monetization, communications, business development and strategic partnerships.

A photo accompanying this announcement is available athttp://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/a1eefb75-52a1-4a98-b489-43ab55f2f9f5

"I've worked with Bernard over the years on some of gaming's biggest mobile titles. He's been on the frontlines of major platform shifts and business transitions over the last decade, and I believe his experience in games and digital entertainment will help accelerate our execution," said Frank Gibeau, CEO of Zynga. "Bernard is extraordinarily entrepreneurial and creative, and has a deep understanding of player needs. At Zynga, he will focus on driving more yield from our live services and go-to-market investments for new titles. Bernard will also help reimagine how we bring our products to life by blending consumer insights with world-class publishing and growth strategies to deliver leading social mobile games to our players."

"Zynga has a phenomenal opportunity in front of it. The company has proven brands, talented teams and the social DNA needed to deliver truly unique mobile games to players," said Bernard Kim, President of Publishing at Zynga. "I've been a passionate gamer my whole life and have been a fan of Zynga's founding mission and aspiration to connect the world through games. From Words With Friends to FarmVille, Zynga has created franchises that have introduced more than a billion people around the world to social gaming. I'm very excited to work with Frank and the team to deliver high-quality experiences that drive deeper long-term engagement with mass market audiences."

About Zynga Inc.
Since its founding in 2007, Zynga's mission has been to connect the world through games. To-date, more than 1 billion people have played Zynga's games across Web and mobile, including FarmVille, Zynga Poker, Words With Friends, Hit it Rich! Slots and CSR Racing. Zynga's games are available on a number of global platforms including Apple iOS, Google Android, Facebook and Zynga.com. The company is headquartered inSan Francisco, Calif., and has additional offices in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Ireland and India. Learn more about Zynga at http://blog.zynga.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Zynga Announces Launch of SponsoredPLAY, Reimagining Mobile Advertising for Social Games

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 08, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, today announced the launch of SponsoredPLAY, a first-of-its-kind engagement advertising product for social games. The products are developed by Zynga's recently launched Studio E, an in-house studio focused on the creative ideation and development of high-engagement, in-game brand integrations. SponsoredPLAY, the first gamified ad from Studio E, offers players value in the game they are playing in exchange for engaging with brand advertisers.

Photos accompanying this announcement are available at

http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/6ee57183-a844-4506-991b-721fc3979d66

http://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/31477f2a-e8a0-47fe-9099-8965321dd4f8

"At Zynga we believe the next wave in mobile advertising will be SponsoredPLAY. Social games are one of the top entertainment activities consumers participate in on their mobile devices, and SponsoredPLAY offers a new way for brands to reward and engage users in game," said Julie Shumaker, Vice President of Global Brand Sales, Zynga. "Our new SponsoredPLAY engagement ad products deliver advertisers significant brand lift by offering players content that is rewarding, additive to gameplay and improves the overall gaming experience."

During a SponsoredPLAY beta, Zynga worked with a number of top brands such as Progressive® Insurance on a series of SponsoredPLAYexecutions. Zynga's Studio E created FarmVille-themed, partner branded, gamified ad engagements in FarmVille: Harvest Swap, FarmVille 2: Country Escape and FarmVille 2 that closely tied to the core gameplay of these games. These SponsoredPLAY ads offered players a unique way to engage with brands through new content and an experience that felt authentic to the game they were playing. Social is also at the core of these experiences, and Studio E designed them with a Twitter integration to help spread organic buzz and increase engagement.

A Studio E beta of SponsoredPLAY achieved encouraging results in a number of key areas, including:

• The SponsoredPLAY beta saw a double digit increase in player opt-in interactions compared to interstitial video ads
• Average time spent in SponsoredPLAY beta ads ranged between 15 and 25 seconds, which is five-to-seven times the industry average for static ads
• The SponsoredPLAY beta saw a lift two-to-four times the industry average for static ads in key brand health metrics such as campaign message recall, purchase intent, and favorability
  

"Zynga has had a long commitment to leveraging data and analytics to deliver the most personalized gaming experiences," said Dr. Amy Gershkoff, Chief Data Officer, Zynga. "We're seeing that use of data and analytics come to life with the launch of SponsoredPLAY, which enables us to deliver the most consumer-centric ad experience to players while helping brands meet the right consumers, in the right games at the right time."

About Zynga Inc.

Zynga Inc. is a leading developer of the world's most popular social games that are played by millions of monthly consumers. The company has created evergreen franchises such as FarmVille, Zynga Casino and Words With Friends. Zynga's NaturalMotion, an Oxford-based mobile game and technology developer, is the creator of hit mobile games in popular entertainment categories, including CSR Racing, CSR Classics and Clumsy Ninja. Zynga games have been played by more than 1 billion people around the world and are available on a number of global platforms including Apple iOS, Google Android, Facebook and Zynga.com. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif. Learn more about Zynga athttp://blog.zynga.com or follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

The Zynga Inc. logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=11743

 

Contact:

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Kelly Pakula

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Clive Downie becomes Chief Operating Officer in Mobile and Entertainment Industry (Zynga)

Second EA ex employee is coming to Zynga.
After Don Mattrick and Clive Downie will be part of Zynga's team.
Good or bad move, we will see.

This will be very evil but I will say it: 

It is well know at my place that when somebody is appointed for the high position, very soon after that we will get: from the new small chiefs up to new cleaners (read: friends, cousins, sons or daughters, friends of friends.....). 

But that is only at my place....not in Zynga....I think...I hope!

Here it is!
Clive Downie is appointed as Chief Operating Officer

Zynga Names Mobile and Entertainment Industry Executive Clive Downie as Chief Operating Officer

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading provider of social game services, today announced that the Company has appointed Clive Downie as Chief Operating Officer, effective November 4, 2013. Downie brings with him more than 20 years of industry experience across console and free-to-play mobile games, and an extensive history of leading teams and publishing hit global game franchises and services.

Clive Downie, COO of Zynga

A photo accompanying this release is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=21774

"I have known Clive for more than two decades and am pleased to welcome him to the team. He is a seasoned leader with a deep understanding of consumer, marketing and mobile engagement, international experience operating both in EMEA and Japan and a rich background in game publishing — all of which are incredibly valuable as Zynga navigates its move to mobile," said Don Mattrick, CEO of Zynga. "I enjoyed my prior experiences working with Clive at Electronic Arts and have appreciated what he accomplished in the past five years at DeNA. As we build new leadership capabilities and focus the company on long term growth, Clive's customer-centric point of view and proven track record will be invaluable to Zynga's future."

"Zynga challenged the status quo of entertainment and changed the game for our industry by bringing free, highly social games to mainstream audiences around the world," said Clive Downie. "I joined Zyngabecause I believe it has the ability to unlock disruptive new ideas that span gaming genres, markets and services. Zynga's uniquely positioned inside a growing market to deliver consumers around the world an entertainment experience as beloved as their favorite TV show, movie or music."

Downie, 41, joins Zynga from DeNA Co., Ltd., a global leader in mobile social gaming services, where he most recently served as Chief Executive Officer of DeNA West, the company's American and European division. In that role, Downie oversaw the company's mobile social game platform, Mobage West, and also managed DeNA's western third-party business and first-party game studios in San Francisco, Vancouver andChile. Prior to that, Downie was Vice President of Studios, managing DeNA's internal studios in North America and Europe, and the Vice President of Marketing and Revenue at ngmoco, Inc., a mobile game company acquired by DeNA in October 2010.

Before joining ngmoco, Downie spent more than 15 years at Electronic Arts where he served as Vice President of Marketing, managing some of the world's most successful game franchises including FIFA Soccer, Need for Speed, Medal of Honor and Command & Conquer. Additionally, Downie held management positions at Mattel, Inc., where he led international marketing and licensing for Hot Wheels Motorsports.

Downie will report directly to Mattrick.

For media assets and images, visit: https://zynga.box.com/s/4rrhp19g94i9ijevxxx9

Organizational Update

Zynga CEO Don Mattrick sent the following email to employees today regarding some recent management changes.

***********************

Team,

Over the past month, I have had a chance to interact with a cross section of our employees and have been able to get a general sense of the caliber of people working here, the passion for winning and desire to get Zynga back to a strong leadership. Zynga is an amazing company and has tremendous potential for future growth. Thank you for taking the time to share your stories and business, as well as your creative and technical insights with me. On a personal level, I feel privileged to be the CEO and am more aware than ever before that the time for us to decisively move forward is now.

In parallel to these meetings, I have been working with our leaders to review different parts of our business in order to develop a set of operating principles to help reset the company. We are now calibrating against the market opportunity and developing detailed plans to achieve topline growth and improve profitability in the future.

To support the above, we are announcing today a number of changes to our organization.

We are taking layers out of the executive rank to get senior leaders closer to important product initiatives. With that in mind, I have asked the leaders to sharpen their focus and properly densify talent to resource teams.

Our studios leaders include Steve Chiang EVP Games, Villes and International, Barry Cottle, EVP Games, Social Casino, Travis Boatman, SVP Games, With Friends and Network, Tim LeTourneau, SVP Games, FarmVille, Steve Parkis, SVP Games, Midcore, Mark Skaggs, SVP Games, and Jon Tien, SVP Games, Casual.

Tech, live ops and publishing includes Nick Tornow, CTO, VP, Dorion Carroll, CIO, VP, and Adam Sussman, SVP Game Publishing (which includes distribution, direct advertising sales and ops).

Our functional area leaders are Reggie Davis, General Counsel, EVP Legal, Corporate and Business Affairs (which includes Corporate and Business Development and Communications), Mark Vranesh, CFO, EVP, and Meg Makalou, VP Human Resources.

These leaders will report to me and form our new executive team with immediate effect.

As part of the change, Cadir Lee, Colleen McCreary, and David Ko will be leaving the company to pursue other interests.  Each person has contributed to the growth of Zynga and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Cadir Lee for his dedication in the creation of a world class technical organization during his 5 year tenure, Colleen for her work with our recruitment and people process over the last 4 years and David Ko for the 3 years that he spent in leading various teams across the organization. We appreciate their contributions to Zynga’s first chapter and wish them well in their future endeavors.

With the above in place, I believe that we will have the best chance to grow, build a world class executive team and culture, establish cadence and really become committed to important priorities and opportunities for our long term success.

I look forward to sharing more detail and answering your questions at tomorrow’s All-Hands meeting.

Best,

Don

Zynga.org Brings a New Way to Play to San Francisco

Improving lives through play, and helping make cities more livable and fun. These are just a few concepts that Zynga and Zynga.org have taken to heart. We’re always looking for ways to give back to the community and help out in our own backyard. We found an amazing opportunity to partner with San Francisco Recreation and Parks Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance – as well as fellow San Francisco-based tech companies like Salesforce.com and Autodesk – on a new playground on the San Francisco waterfront.

This project is near and dear to many of us at Zynga. Living and working in San Francisco, we jumped at the opportunity to work with RPD, SFPA and Friends of the Waterfront Playground to continue to make the city more livable and, as part of that effort, provide children with a new place to play and let their imaginations run wild. The playground will serve an estimated 1,000 children living nearby or going to daycare within a quarter mile of the Ferry Building, the Barbary Coast and Rincon Hill areas.

We believe play – whether via a social game or on a new playground – can be a force for social good. Enriching lives through play is an essential part of Zynga’s mission to connect the world through games. In the past year alone, Zynga employees have spent more than 2,100 hours volunteering with 22 San Francisco-based non-profits. We’ve helped build four playgrounds like this one across the country – including a new playground at the Mission YMCA – and we’re using our games like FarmVille and Words With Friends to make it easy for players to contribute to global non-profits like Save the Children, Water.org and the World Food Programme.

We’re proud to be leveling up our commitment to San Francisco, and giving our neighbors more ways to live, play and learn!

- Ken Weber, Executive Director, Zynga.org

Zynga is saying goodbye to 18% of their employees

With generous severance packages Zynga is saying goodbye to 18% of their employees.

Zynga as a leading provider of social game services, today announced substantial cost reductions, including a workforce reduction and closure of various office locations.  Zynga expects to complete a reduction in force of approximately 520 employees or approximately 18% of its global workforce.  The workforce reduction is expected to be substantially complete by August 2013.

In their  updated outlook for the second quarter of 2013. beside projected net loss stands that only Franchise which continues to perform well is FarmVille, other games are under performing. 

Will this results with lot of games closures?

Zynga Announces Substantial Cost Reductions Updates Outlook SAN FRANCISCO, June 3, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading provider of social game services, today announced substantial cost reductions, including a workforce reduction and closure of various office locations that will result in an estimated $70 million to $80 millionin pre-tax annualized cash expense savings. As part of these initiatives, Zynga expects to complete a reduction in force of approximately 520 employees or approximately 18% of its global workforce. The workforce reduction will occur across all functions and is expected to be substantially complete by August 2013. Zynga will record pre-tax restructuring charges of approximately $24 million to $26 million in the second quarter, and $2 million to $5 million in the third quarter. Zynga also expects to record an estimated $15 million reversal of stock-based expense in the second quarter of 2013 as a result of the net impact of these workforce reductions. Outlook Zynga's updated outlook for the second quarter of 2013 is as follows: Net loss is projected to be in the range of $39 million to $28.5 million, which is updated to reflect the impact of the actions noted above.   Bookings are projected to be in the lower half of the outlook range provided in our April 24, 2013 first quarter earnings release. While our FarmvilleFranchise continues to perform well, other games are underperforming.   Zynga re-affirms the second quarter 2013 outlook provided on April 24, 2013 for Revenue, EPS, Adjusted EBITDA and Non-GAAP EPS. Zynga also re-affirms the full year 2013 outlook provided on April 24, 2013 for Adjusted EBITDA margin. Non-GAAP Financial Measures A discussion of non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations of second quarter 2013 outlook non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are provided in our April 24, 2013 first quarter earnings release. Non-GAAP financial measures are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the financial information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"). And let us see what Marcus Pincus says to Zynga Community: CEO Update by Zynga on June 3, 2013 Our Founder and CEO Mark Pincus today sent a note to employees outlining structural changes Zynga implemented today and provided some detail on cost-reductions that are taking place company-wide. Please find his note, posted in its entirety, below. *********************************************** To our Zynga Community, Today is a hard day for Zynga and an emotional one for every employee of our company.  We are saying painful goodbyes to about 18% of our Zynga brothers and sisters.  The impact of these layoffs will be felt across every group in the company. None of us ever expected to face a day like today, especially when so much of our culture has been about growth. But I think we all know this is necessary to move forward. The scale that served us so well in building and delivering the leading social gaming service on the Web is now making it hard to successfully lead across mobile and multiplatform, which is where social games are going to be played. These moves, while hard to face today, represent a proactive commitment to our mission of connecting the world through games.  Mobile and touch screens are revolutionizing gaming.  Our opportunity is to make mobile gaming truly social by offering people new, fun ways to meet, play and connect.  By reducing our cost structure today we will offer our teams the runway they need to take risks and develop these breakthrough new social experiences. Because we’re making these moves proactively and from a position of financial strength, we can take care of laid off employees.  We’re offering generous severance packages that reflect our appreciation for all of their work and we hope this will provide a foundation as they pursue their next professional steps. Although these are hard decisions, I’m confident that our strategy of building leading franchises and supporting them with the largest network is the right one for the long term. I’m encouraged by our recent progress.  Running With Friends is a great example of the quality player experience we can deliver, already receiving an average 4.5 app star rating from 22,700 players in less than one month after launching. Our FarmVille franchise teams continue to innovate and deliver ground breaking new social experiences like County Fair which, despite only being available on the web, is engaging 39 million monthly players. I want to thank every one of you for the spirit, creativity and energy that you’ve invested in Zynga.  You’ve reintroduced a generation of people to gaming and through these games offered them new ways to connect with their families, make new friends and even sometimes find love. Everyone will be affected by these changes and I’m sure there will be many follow up questions to this email.  If you have specific questions relating to your project or team, please talk to your manager.  For any other feedback or thoughts feel free to email me directly. Mark

FarmVille2 opened in another window - Is this one more game I will stop playing?!?

If I did that I would know it!
Got this STUPID message 3 times in half an hour of playing.
Is this one more Zynga's game I will stop playing?

Bubble Safari - Advertisement in the middle of the game

THIS IS SAD, BORING AND MAKES ME ANGRY!!!!

In the middle of the game suddenly popup advertisement, film that lasts about 14 secs.
WHY?

Let me know if you need me to click on your advertisement Zynga, do not attack me with it in the middle of the game. 

OR

Do you wish me to stop playing another of your game?

Maybe, that is the point!

ADVERTISEMENT!

Morning Bonuses for Tuesday, April 23rd

1. FARMVILLE2

- FREE 3 Water -----> http://tinyurl.com/dxxdq2p

- FREE 10 Water  ----> http://tinyurl.com/d4q7nt9

- FREE 1 Power 5 Pack (if you have not pick it still)  -----> http://tinyurl.com/c7zo5dw

2. MAFIA WARS

- E-mail bonus (works every 24 hours)----> http://tinyurl.com/MWbyZynga

- Toolbar Bonus ----> http://tinyurl.com/cntgs83

- FREE STAMINA POINT ------->  http://tinyurl.com/c3x8g53

3. COASTERVILLE

- FREE Energy (works every 24 hours) ----> http://tinyurl.com/bfefocw

4. CITYVILLE

- FREE BONUS CREW ----> http://tinyurl.com/cpa6rt2
- FREE XP ----> http://tinyurl.com/d2xpnpn

5. ZYNGA POKER

- FREE Skip to Round 2 ----> http://tinyurl.com/bmlelpt
- FREE Collectible - Money Clip (Zynga Poker) - http://tinyurl.com/cws4eab

6. ZYNGA BINGO

- FREE 5 Keys (works once a week) ----> http://tinyurl.com/cbyshe4

7. FARMVILLE

- FREE 3 Pack of Turbo Charges ----> http://tinyurl.com/cf2gllo

Pioneer Trail - Missing Gifts or Missing the Zynga Social Center? Click here!

Players have been reporting that the Zynga Social Center (the envelope) has not been appearing when they are playing Pioneer Trail, or their gifts are missing from the Zynga Social Center. Our Studio is currently investigating this problem, but we need more information from those affected players.

If this is happening to you, we will need a screen video of your browser's error console. The error console can be accessed by pressing Ctrl + Shift + J . Please make sure to select the tab labelled "Error."

Once you have the error console up, please take a screen video of the entire error console window. Please refer to this article for instructions on how to take a screen video to share with the studio: How to make a video capture

After taking the screen video and uploading it per the instructions above, please submit that information to us via the Google Form located here.

Player Support Temporarily Down For Maintenance on 1/24/13

he Support Site is undergoing maintenance on 1/24/13 for 7 hours starting at 1:00am PST and ending around 8:00am PST. Player to Player help will still be available. Note that our Billing hotline can be reached at 1-800-762-2530. International fees may apply if you are calling from outside of the US.

How to contact Customer Support via e-mail

How to contact Customer Support via e-mail

Link for contacting Customer Support: support.zynga.com

1. press Facebook Connect, you will need to register

2. when you register yourself, pick Current Game - Please Select option in the upper right corner

or

simply in Search option write name of the game you need to contact support team for

3. option Contact Us - Email Us is on the right side of that page. Click on that option

4. Simply Fill what is required, make screen shot if you need and can, and send it.

Facebook Groups - BUG Part 2

Facebook Groups - BUG Part 2

Few months ago Facebook had big issue with increasing friends number on their users profiles. Some, or even lot of users has this problem still. 

Now, Facebook has another big problem with adding members in groups they left or even in closed or secret groups. (we posted about that yesterday).

If you wish to find any info on "Known issues on Facebook" you will waste your time. But this is what Facebook says in the BBC News article:

"Some users appear to have been re-added to groups that they have left in the past," the firm said in a statement.

"We are investigating the issue."

Until they are investigating the issue, you can leave groups you were added or re-added, by clicking on "leave group" option.

BBC News

Zynga Support Site is experiencing issues at the moment

Zynga Support Site is experiencing issues at the moment

We are experiencing some issues with our Support site at the moment, 

and are working to get it back up as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.

RewardVille will be shutting down on December 5, 2012

RewardVille will be shutting down on December 5, 2012

Greetings RewardVillers,

Thank you for participating in the RewardVille program! We are announcing today that RewardVille will be shutting down on December 5, 2012. But don’t fret, because we are making room for bigger and better things! We’ll soon be rolling out a new way for you to earn rewards for playing games on Zynga.com. Stay tuned for more details, and be sure to redeem your zCoins for game items before they expire at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) on 12/5/2012.

Thanks again, RewardVillers. We look forward to seeing you on Zynga.com!

Sincerely,
The RewardVille Team

source: Zynga forum

 RewardVille is riding off into the funset! 

Use up your zCoins by Dec 5, 2012 and watch for a new way to earn rewards.

All Mafia Wars Rewards

for low lvl players or for collectors.

I have no use of none of those items, only to have them in inventory.

Facebook AppData - Zynga firstplaced/Mafia Wars - ouch

Facebook AppData - updated on Monday, November 5, 2012

Zynga is first placed on Developer Leaderboard

On App Leaderboard  - first placed is FarmVille2, Texas Holdem Poker 4th, Bubble Safari 7th, ChefVille 8th, Zynga Slingo 15th.

I tried to find Mafia Wars, but that was mission impossible.
So I used search option.

and here it is: Mafia Wars ranked 200. by DAU

Mafia Wars ranked 284. by MAU

This hurts!
When I've used Compare Applications option Mafia Wars is on the first place - but just because she stands the worst. 

This is reality of this game. With lot of problems, no communications with players, no support....

That is sad, but  I still LOVE THIS GAME. 

Zynga Platform Welcomes 4 New Games on Zynga.com and 9 New Partners

It’s been six months since we announced the Zynga Platform, a social gaming platform and network designed to bring players the most social and fun gaming experience wherever they play, while shining a light on some of the most talented developers in the industry and their games. A lot has happened since then, but our mission of connecting the world through games has not changed.

Today, we have more than 10 Zynga games live on Zynga.com . FarmVille 2, which just launched yesterday, was the first game to launch on Facebook and Zynga.com simultaneously.  We’re now excited to welcome – for the first time ever – four third party games to Zynga’s own destination for play.  The partner games live on Zynga.com today are Sava Transmedia’s Rubber Tacos, RocketPlay’s Sports Casino, Majesco’s Mini Putt Park and 50 Cubes’Fashion Designer.

I’m also excited to share that we have added nine new partners to the Zynga Platform, bringing us to 24 total partners, across web and mobile. Our newest partners include Antic Entertainment, Big Bite Games, CrayonPixel, Eruptive Games, JamRT, The Method, Playnery, RocketPlay and TikGames.

Our hope for the Zynga Platform goes beyond exposing our partner games to the 306 million monthly active users on the Zynga network. We want to build a true destination for play that makes it easier for our players to discover new games from different genres, while also helping our partners launch, promote, scale and grow their games.

It’s not a simple process. We spend countless hours and months before we launch games like Rubber Tacosand Sports Casino on Zynga.com, making sure our partners are fully supported with analytics, best practices, features that amp up social engagement, tech support and the like. This behind-the-scenes incubation period matters immensely – it ensures a seamless, more engaging experience for our players and what we hope will be a more successful game for our partners.

We invite you to check out these new games on www.zynga.com and Facebook. But note that this is just the tip of the iceberg for the Zynga Platform and our players. We have a steadfast focus on bringing more great games from third party developers to players in the coming months– improving the social gaming ecosystem as whole – while giving more people a reason to put a little play in their day.