Sunday, March 11, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Zynga Gaming Network Adds Konami, Two Other Game Makers
Zynga Gaming Network Adds Konami, Two Other Game Makers
(Reuters) - Japan's Konami Corp <9766.T> and two other game makers have joined Zynga's new gaming network, potentially drawing players to the fledgling service that Zynga hopes will reduce its dependence on Facebook.
Konami is the first publicly traded games company to join the service, which was announced last week, in a sign that Zynga is gaining momentum finding publishing partners willing to share revenue with it. The service has now signed on six publishers.
The website, Zynga.com, became open to the public on Monday, allowing users to make personal profiles and play games.
The service is the online game company's most aggressive move yet to create a presence outside of Facebook, where it makes 93 percent of its revenue. Zynga went public in a much anticipated initial public offering last December.
Rob Dyer, head of partner publishing at Zynga, told the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Thursday that Konami is working on a new game that will be published on Zynga.com at a future date.
"We're dedicated to creating the best destination for social games for players and developers alike," Dyer said.
Konami is the first publicly traded games company to join the service, which was announced last week, in a sign that Zynga is gaining momentum finding publishing partners willing to share revenue with it. The service has now signed on six publishers.
The website, Zynga.com, became open to the public on Monday, allowing users to make personal profiles and play games.
The service is the online game company's most aggressive move yet to create a presence outside of Facebook, where it makes 93 percent of its revenue. Zynga went public in a much anticipated initial public offering last December.
Rob Dyer, head of partner publishing at Zynga, told the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco on Thursday that Konami is working on a new game that will be published on Zynga.com at a future date.
"We're dedicated to creating the best destination for social games for players and developers alike," Dyer said.
New iPad vs. iPad 2: How Apple's Old A New Tablets Compare
]New iPad vs. iPad 2: How Apple's Old A New Tablets Compare
What's in a name, anyway? It's what's inside the iPad that counts, hopefully, since the outside of the new iPad looks pretty much the same as the now-discounted iPad 2.
So how do Apple's tablets stack up against one another? Is the newer, more expensive iPad worth the money even though it looks pretty much the as its predecessor? Or should you go for the cheaper iPad 2?
Check out our infographic (below), which pits the new iPad against its predecessor, and let us know in the comments which you're more likely to go for. (If you decide to trade up to the new model, check out our guide to trading in your old iPad for cash.)
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