Zynga With Friends

Zynga With Friends
Zynga With Friends
Type Subsidiary of Zynga
(Formerly Private)
Industry Video game industry
Predecessor Ensemble Studios
Founded 2008
Texas (as Newtoy, Inc.)
Headquarters McKinney, Texas
Key people Paul Bettner (founder)
David Bettner (founder)
Michael Chow (founder)
Products Chess With Friends (2008)
Words With Friends (2009)
Hanging With Friends (2011)
Employees N/A
Subsidiaries N/A

Zynga With Friends (formerly Newtoy, Inc.) is a video game developer founded in 2008 by brothers Paul Bettner and David Bettner in McKinney, Texas. It is one of the four game developers that was formed after the disbanding of Ensemble Studios, the other three being Robot Entertainment, Windstorm Studios and Bonfire Studios, which has since been acquired by Zynga and renamed Zynga Dallas[1]. In November 2008, Newtoy, Inc. released its first known game for the iPhone and iPod touch, Chess With Friends, an online game released for the Apple App Store.[2] Later, in August the following year, it released its second known game for iPhone and iPod touch, Words With Friends, another online game with an almost exact format to Scrabble, which ultimately became their best known game.[3] In November, 2010, the company was acquired by Zynga, and was rebranded as Zynga With Friends in December, 2010. Finally, after a near two years since the company's previous game release, Zynga With Friends released its third game for iPhone and iPod touch, Hanging With Friends, on June 9, 2011.

Games

Release
Date		 Title Genre Latest Update Date Version Platform
November 2008 Chess with Friends Strategy May 4, 2011 4.02 iPhone
iPod touch
August 2009 Words With Friends Strategy
Puzzle		 May 6, 2011 4.02 iPhone
iPod touch
February 2011 Words With Friends Strategy
Puzzle		 March 17, 2011 3.28 Android
June 2011 Hanging With Friends Strategy June 9, 2011 1.0 iPhone
iPod touch

References

  1. ^ "Newtoy". newtoyinc.com. http://newtoyinc.com/wp/about/. Retrieved 2010-03-18. 
  2. ^ "Halo Wars Devs Form iPhone Game Studio". wired.com. http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/11/halo-wars-devs/. Retrieved 2010-03-18. 
  3. ^ "Newtoy releases Words With Friends 1.0 for iPhone and iPod Touch". prmac.com. http://prmac.com/release-id-6845.htm. Retrieved 2010-03-18. 

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