Zynga buys mobile gaming startup Wild Needle
Social gaming firm Zynga has bought mobile games company Wild Needle in efforts to boost its game development talent.


Social gaming firm Zynga has bought mobile games company Wild Needle in efforts to boost its game development talent.
Milestone after milestone, Rovio has never slowed down from the get go since the coming of Angry Birds, what with having even gone to the unforeseeable extent of becoming a cultural icon and paraphernalia in the form of shirts, packpacks, soft toys and much more seen almost everywhere these days.
The CEO of Electronics Arts (EA), John Riccitiello, has gone on record saying that mobile games will not wipe out the console gaming industry, despite fears expressed by some investors and analysts.
The first quarter of 2012 has been very rough on social games giant Zynga, with the company posting a large loss and internal strife casting doubt over the future of the company.

Social game developer Zynga claims that social games are not really social, but it is working on ways to make future games more of a multiplayer experience.
Computer game sales have surpassed sales of videos for the first time in the UK in 2011, according to a report by the Entertainment Retailers Association.
Rovio and NASA astronauts have announced a new space version of the popular Angry Birds game, with one flight engineer explaining some space physics with the help of some very upset feathered friends.
Rovio has finally launched Angry Birds on Facebook, along with several new features, including power-ups and Facebook-exclusive levels.
If you own a smartphone, chances are you have Angry Birds running on the phone, even if you never launched the app yourself. What would the creators of the game think about piracy? You'd be surprised...
Zynga has denied allegations that it plagiarised other companies' games, a controversy that has engulfed the highly-successful social gaming firm.
You probably heard of, or even have played the popular mobile game Angry Birds on your mobile device. Well, good news for those who do not have a smartphone or tablet device; Angry Birds (Beta) is now available on the Google Chrome browser!
