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By wjamesau on July 28, 2010 12:32 PM

How Did Habbo Beat Zynga At the Virtual World Game?

If you think Facebook is the sole model of social games and virtual worlds, think again: With 15 million monthly users, a web-based world for teens with the odd name of Habbo is larger than most of Facebook’s top games, including Zynga’s virtual world YoVille, which counted nearly 20 million monthlies last year, but has [...]

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By Bilal Hameed on January 21, 2010 7:06 PM

Zynga's Haiti Fundraising Efforts Tops $1.5 Million

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Zynga, the developer of Farmville, has raised $1.5 million for the earth quake relief efforts in Haiti. Zynga collaborated with World Food Program for the relief efforts and the generated funds would be dispersed via WFP in the affected areas. The money was raised by selling virtual goods to gamers across Zynga’s top four games.