Zynga Sued Over Deceptive Advertising

Release Date 23 Nov, 2009 in Escapist Magazine

 
   

Most active Facebook games over the past four weeks

Independent - 23 Nov, 2009
A recap of the current most active Facebook games over the period October 21 - November 19: FarmVille, Café World, Happy Aquarium, Mafia Wars. ...

Zynga May Be Valued at $1 Billion on Facebook Craze

Bloomberg - Adam Satariano, Ari Levy - 23 Nov, 2009
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Zynga Inc., maker of the “Mafia Wars” and “FarmVille” games played on Facebook, may be valued at $1 ...

Offerpal revises terms amid continued scandal

ZDNet Asia - Caroline McCarthy - 23 Nov, 2009
By Caroline mccarthy, CNET News.com Offerpal Media, one of the companies at the center of a bitter dispute over misleading advertisements on social networks ...

Facebook and Zynga class-action over Farmville, Mafia Wars, etc.

Computerworld - Richi Jennings - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Facebook and Zynga are facing a class-action lawsuit over their 'scam' advertising strategy. It's alleged that they 'cheat' users of games like Farmville ...

Zynga Sued Over Deceptive Advertising

Escapist Magazine - 23 Nov, 2009
Zynga, the game development company best known for social games like Farmville and Mafia Wars on Facebook, has been targeted by a class action lawsuit over ...

Facebook, Zynga Face Class Action Suit Over Offer-based Ads

Digital Media Wire - Mark Hefflinger - 23 Nov, 2009
Sacramento, Calif. - A class action suit has been filed against Facebook and social network gaming firm Zynga, over "offer-based" advertisements that ...

Zynga Reaches 100 Million Unique Visitors a Month

GameDAILY BIZ - 23 Nov, 2009
Social gaming company Zynga, which is dealing with a lawsuit over its offer-based ads and has also launched FarmVille.com today, has announced an important ...

Social Dev Zynga Reaches 100M Unique Monthly Users

Gamasutra - Chris Remo - 23 Nov, 2009
Zynga, developer of mega-successful social game farmville, says it has reached a major user milestone, with more than 100 million unique users ...

Zynga claims 100 million unique users

Crispy Gamer - James Fudge - 23 Nov, 2009
Zynga, creators of the Facebook hit Mafia Wars, claims that it has hit the 200 million monthly active user mark, due mostly to games like Mafia Wars, ...

Zynga Launches Standalone Game Site, Sheds Light On Virtual Goods Business

paidContent.org - 23 Nov, 2009
Seemingly unfazed by a looming class-action lawsuit triggered by allegations of misleading ads, social gamer Zynga has launched farmville.com, ...

Zynga could be worth $1 billion: analyst

East Bay Business Times - 23 Nov, 2009
Online game maker Zynga could be worth $1 billion if it decides to sell stock publicly in 2010, Bloomberg quoted a stock analyst saying. ...

Zynga crosses 100 million users and expands beyond Facebook games

VentureBeat - 23 Nov, 2009
Zynga said today it has crossed more than 100 million unique monthly users for its social games on Facebook. Thanks to the popularity of its casual Facebook ...

farmville's Parent Company Valued at $1 Billion?

Mashable (blog) - Adam Ostrow - 23 Nov, 2009
While some of us might be willing to pay to make Facebook games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars go away, it appears that Wall Street has other ideas. ...

Another Zynga Milestone: 100M Monthly Uniques

Virtual Worlds News - 23 Nov, 2009
Farmville developer Zynga lays claim today to another user milestone, this time announcing that more than 100 million unique users play its games every ...

Zynga Announces 100 Million Monthly Unique Visitors

AllFacebook (blog) - Nick O'Neill - 23 Nov, 2009
Last week we wrote about Zynga surpassing the 200 million monthly active users milestone, but how many of those users are unique? ...

Social Gamers Subject to Unauthorized Charges According to Suit

Lawyers and Settlements - Brenda Craig - 23 Nov, 2009
Sacramento, CA: Gaming users have a serious bone to pick with Facebook and the Zynga Game Network over an estimated $500 million in unauthorized charges ...

Game startup Zynga value seen near $1B

MSN Money - 23 Nov, 2009
Online game publisher Zynga Inc. could reportedly be worth as much as $1 billion, based on what Electronic Arts Inc. paid for Playfish Inc. this month. ...

Zynga Hits 100 Million Unique Visitors Per Month

Business Wire (press release) - 23 Nov, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zynga (www.zynga.com), the largest developer of social games, today announced that more than 100 million unique users play ...

Zynga faces class action suit over misleading advertising

GamesIndustry.biz - 23 Nov, 2009
Social gaming company Zynga and networking site Facebook have both been named in a class action lawsuit following the alleged use of advertising which users ...

'I want that cow!' " the rise and rise of virtual gaming

This is London - 23 Nov, 2009
Ask most people if they would like to hand over a bundle of cash in return for something that does not actually exist and you are unlikely to get many ...

Experts Say Facebook, Zynga Have Defense To 'Scam' Ads Lawsuit

Mediapost.com - Wendy Davis - ‎Nov 22, 2009‎
A California resident has sued gaming developer Zynga and social networking site Facebook for allegedly profiting from ...

Facebook Sued for Scamming Users via Game Ads Even though the company is not ...

Softpedia - Giorgiana Bursuc - ‎Nov 21, 2009‎
Recently, yet another suit hit Facebook, and this time it is caused by various game advertisements that scammed numerous ...

Exclusive: Zynga Says Offers Are Just 10% Of Revenues

The Business Insider - ‎Nov 21, 2009‎
In a new disclosure, Zynga tells us it now makes 90% of its revenues from gamers putting their own money into the system to buy virtual goods. ...

Class-Action Suit Filed Against Zynga, Facebook Over Offer-Based Ads

Gamasutra - Eric Caoili - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Sacramento-based law firm Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff (KCR) filed a class-action suit against Facebook developer Zynga, seeking upwards of $5 ...

Facebook, Zynga Named in Complaint

Virtual Worlds News - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
This week a federal class action lawsuit was filed that names both social game operator Zynga and the social network Facebook as defendants. ...

Facebook, Zynga Face Class-Action Suit Over Offer-Based Ads

paidContent.org - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
Offer-based ads seemed to be the secret to monetizing social games"and social network users, in general"that standard banner ads couldn't provide. ...

Ad Scams on Facebook Worth $5 Million, Claims Lawsuit

BayNewser - Jason Turbow - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
The recent social-network-scam-gate so lovingly exposed by techcrunch founder Michael Arrington has finally come ...

3 Facebook Stories We Didn't Cover Yesterday

AllFacebook (blog) - Nick O'Neill - ‎Nov 20, 2009‎
On any given day we receive 5 to 50 stories to post on AllFacebook, however there's no way for us to currently cover everything that goes on. ...

Facebook, Zynga sued over "scammy offers"

East Bay Business Times - Patrick Hoge - ‎Nov 19, 2009‎
Social network giant Facebook Inc. and social gaming phenom Zynga Inc. are named as defendants in a federal class-action lawsuit that seeks upwards of $5 ...

 

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