Zynga Inc.

Not all fun and (video) games

2013-03-31 10:09:00

Big Huge Games in Timonium closed last May, taking nearly 100 jobs with it. Nine months later, a local studio that was launched from the ashes of the video game-maker shut down, too. And Zynga, which created FarmVille and Words with Friends, closed its...

Zynga closes Timonium video game studio in broader consolidation

2013-02-25 16:00:00

Zynga, the video game maker best known for FarmVille and Words With Friends, has closed its Timonium office as part of a broader corporate consolidation, company officials said Monday. The company also made changes at three other offices, closing and...

Defunct Big Huge Games goes on the auction block

2012-10-16 14:26:00

Hundreds of computers, monitors, office furniture and digital design tools were auctioned Tuesday in Timonium to raise money for creditors of defunct Big Huge Games and its Rhode Island parent company, 38 Studios LLC. Traces of a one-time creative...

Friday Buffet: New 'Skyrim' trailer and the 'Hitman: Absolution' clip that's too hot for the Internet

2012-06-01 11:25:00

News Roundup •••• Bethesda released their trailer for the “Dawnguard” expansion to “Skyrim,” and like everything in the last three years, it’s about vampires. Anything that breathes new life into...

Timonium video game maker closes, lays off 100

2012-05-25 18:29:00

About 100 employees of Big Huge Games, a Timonium-based maker of video games, lost their jobs this week as the studio and its Rhode Island-based parent company abruptly shut down because of financial problems. The 12-year-old company was one of the...

Phelps, Maryland's Olympians welcomed home

2012-09-10 16:54:00

Arriving aboard the Pride of Baltimore II and hailed by a cannon blast from the Constellation, Michael Phelps and Maryland's other Olympic athletes were celebrated in true local style Monday afternoon by elected officials and an Inner Harbor crowd. "I...

Skeleton crew cleans up at Big Huge Games in Timonium

2012-05-25 08:50:00

Big Huge Games, a studio in Timonium that designed rich, immersive video games, has closed its office and only a skeleton crew of employees remained as its parent company in Rhode Island appears to have gone out of business, according to online reports.�...

Tuesday Meltdown: Changes coming to 'Diablo III,' E3 preparations and more 38 Studios nightmares

2012-05-29 09:32:00

News Roundup •••• The granddaddy of gaming conventions, E3, kicks off next week in Los Angeles. The Game Hunters have put together a pretty comprehensive guide of all the major possible announcements and unveilings that we may see....

Friday Buffet: Bravo, 8-bit 'Community'

2012-05-18 10:39:00

News Roundup •••• Former major league pitcher Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios, which released “Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning” in February, is in financial hot water with the state of Rhode Island. Taking cash from the...

Baltimore's Millennial Media files for IPO

2012-01-05 18:25:00

Baltimore's Millennial Media Inc., one of the dominant companies in the rapidly growing field of mobile advertising, plans to raise $75 million in a public stock offering — money it will use to expand its operations overseas and go head-to-head...

T. Rowe Price sees Facebook investment more than triple in a year

2012-05-18 17:30:02

T. Rowe Price Group's stake in Facebook Inc. more than tripled in value as the social networking giant went public Friday. At the close of the market Friday, T. Rowe's investment in Facebook was valued at $695.8 million. The Baltimore-based mutual fund...

Mobile ad leader Millennial Media goes public

2012-03-29 16:20:00

For a day, a Baltimore company had IPO fever. Fast-growing Millennial Media Inc., a Baltimore-based mobile advertising company, sold shares to the public Thursday, breaking a years-long IPO drought in the city's technology sector. It ended the day valued...

Visitors to Zynga's headquarters in San Francisco are greeted by a receptionist behind this playful front desk. The company has seen several executives depart recently.

2012-09-10 15:06:45

Zynga's playful reception desk at its headquarters in San Francisco.

2012-08-30 16:31:04

Electronic Arts alleges that Zynga's "The Ville," right, is too similar to EA's "The Sims Social," left.

2012-08-03 00:00:00