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"Draw Something" Earns 6-Figures a Day
If you play and share app games like Words With Friends or Angry Birds, odds are you have heard of the newest trending app Draw Something. The app has taken the basic idea of Pictionary and brought it...
View ArticleDraw Something Bests Words With Friends As Most Popular Social Game
Zynga has been the top dog in the gaming app arena for a few years now. Everybody wants to be the next big thing and beat out Zynga in the social space. A new challenger has appeared and is so far...
View ArticleZynga May Be Looking To Buy Maker Of "Draw Something
Zynga may be in negotiations to purchase OMGPOP, makers of the immensely popular Draw Something, a game for iOS and Android devices. Citing "a source with direct knowledge of the discussions,"...
View ArticleZynga Buys "Draw Something" Makers OMGPOP [REPORT]
UPDATE: It's official, Zynga has bought NY-based OMGPOP. ORIGINAL ARTICLE: Yesterday, we told you that social gaming giant Zynga was looking to buy OMGPOP. If the name OMGPOP doesn't ring enough bells,...
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Zynga Acquires "Draw Something" Makers OMGPOP
Earlier we reported that Zynga had made a deal to acquire OMGPOP, and now it is official. The social gaming giant behind such popular games as Words With Friends and Farmville has bought the makers off...
View ArticleZynga CEO Selling $225 Million Worth Of Stock
Zynga CEO Mark Pincus will be selling 15% of his stake in the company, roughly 16.5 million shares, in Zynga's secondary offering, according to its latest SEC filing. Against yesterday's closing price,...
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Zynga Is Top Dog In the Facebook Gaming Market [Infographic]
Earlier today WebProNews's Mike Fossum reported that Zynga CEO Mike Pincus is selling 15 percent of his stock in the company's secondary offering to prevent share dumping. The news comes just two days...
View ArticleOMGPOP's Founder Almost Gets Ran Over
OMGPOP founder Charles Forman was almost hit by a car after walking into traffic, while in a daze over excitement at his recent sale to Zynga, the social network game developer. OMGPOP, makers of the...
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Twitter Scam Preys On Draw Something Fans
Twitter scams are nothing new, and their level of sophistication can vary. Sometimes, a scam user will just send out links to multiple other users offering some prize or ware. Sometimes, scam users...
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Draw Something, By The Brain-Scribbling Numbers
So there's this game you may have heard of, draw... something? Ah, right: Draw Something. To say it's popular would be to egregiously undermine the game's success. More accurately, it's been charging...
View ArticleDraw Something Downloaded 50 Million Times in 50 Days
We've already reported on the huge success that is Draw Something. That success, however, has now become record-breaking and, quite frankly, unbelievable. VentureBeat is reporting that Draw Something...
View ArticleOMGPOP CEO Helps Laid-Off Employees Cash in on 'Draw Something'
Just a few months ago, "Draw Something" developer OMGPOP was about to tank, soon before Zynga stepped in to acquire the startup for roughly $210 million. At this time, OMGPOP's Facebook games weren't...
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Draw Something Receives Update, Gives You More Celebrities to Illustrate
Trying to bring celebrities to life in the insanely popular "Draw Something" is one of the hardest thing I've ever tried to accomplish in a video game. Never mind attempting to discover warp zones or...
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Draw Something Comes to Kindle Fire
OMGPOP's Draw Something is now available for Kindle Fire, with its launch on the Amazon Appstore. Both free and paid versions will be available for download. Amazon Appstore announced the release in...
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Draw Something Sees Steep Decline in Popularity
While the sudden smash hit Draw Something saw massive downloads over the past couple of months, studies show that is not exactly translating into active users. According to App Data, daily active users...
View ArticleDraw Something Wants You to Illustrate Their Product Placement
My addiction to OMGPOP's "Draw Something" burned out pretty quick. For about two whole weeks, I was pretty obsessed with the game, but the word repetition and game-crashing bugs were enough for me to...
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Draw Something Sells, Drops 5 Million Users
The makers of the popular app Draw Something--OMGPOP--may have made the best deal of their careers recently when they sold the game to Zynga for a tidy sum right before millions of users dropped it....
View ArticleZynga Seems Happy With Its Acquisition Of OMGPOP
If you think Facebook has had it tough over the past week, you should look at Zynga. The social games developer saw its share price plummet after a weak Facebook IPO. That wasn't the beginning of their...
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Draw Something Now Available In 12 New Languages
Considering the downward trajectory that Draw Something has seen since being acquired by Zynga, it's no surprise that the company is attempting to penetrate some new markets and use some star power to...
View ArticleDraw Something TV Show Coming to CBS
Draw Something was the mobile gaming phenomenon of spring 2012. The game surged in popularity this past March, with more than 50 million people playing the game at one point. The game became so popular...
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Draw Something Show Headed to CBS: Twitter Reacts
A Draw Something show is currently in production over at CBS, with Ryan Seacrest and producer Michael "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" Davis backing the project. According to CNN, the program, which is...
View ArticleWindows Phone 8 Users Get to Slack off With Draw Something, Words With Friends
It won't be all work and no play for the business-friendly Windows Phone 8. A pair of Zynga's most popular mobile games, Draw Something and Words With Friends, will be arriving later this year on the...
View ArticleZynga Shares Fall 41 Percent After Mostly Positive Q2 Results
Social game giant Zynga announced their Q2 results yesterday and things were looking pretty good. We could finally put their recent stock stumbles behind us and look forward to a new era of...
View ArticleThe Draw Something Game Show Is Now Casting, If That's Something You're...
Are you an amateur smartphone finger artist and looking to go professional? If you're ready to take your Draw Something skills to the next level, I'm here to inform you that they are now officially...
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Draw Something Hits 100 Million Downloads
Around one year ago, Draw Something hit iOS and took the mobile gaming world by storm. The Pictionary-type game averaged one million downloads per day during its first 50 days on the market. Of course,...
View ArticleDraw Something 2 Now Available On iOS, Coming To Android Soon
Zynga's most high-profile acquisition of last year was OMGPOP and its game Draw Something. The game proved incredibly popular, but soon began to bleed users by the millions. Now Zynga is trying to win...
View ArticleZynga To Kill Off OMGPOP.com On September 30
OMGPOP is the poster child of the one-hit wonder in mobile gaming. After finding a hit with Draw Something, Zynga bought the developer and tried to strike gold twice. It didn't work out and the social...
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