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Zynga: On the hunt for domain names for its next big Facebook or mobile game

As pointed out by Games.com blogger Joe Osborne, Zynga is looking for ideas on making its next game.  The survey, which can be found here, asks respondents “What games would you like to play?”  “We want your input. We’ve got a lot of fun ideas, but we want to know which games you would be […]

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Zynga gets smarter with trademarks and domain registrations, more secretive

It finally looks like Zynga is getting a little bit smarter in terms of domain name registrations and trademark applications.  Normally, a closely guarded secret by gaming companies, many of Zynga’s yet-to-be released and recently released titles are anything but secret.  But that’s now changing, as the social gaming giant has been on a buying […]

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Zynga files trademark in the U.S. for Empires & Allies, launches Hanging with Friends for iOS devices

Zynga has filed a trademark application for its newest Facebook game “Empires & Allies” with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It came as no big surprise.  Zynga filed for the European trademark earlier this month following the announcement of the launch of Empires & Allies. Word Mark EMPIRES & ALLIES Goods and Services IC 009. US 021 […]

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EmpiresandAllies.com domain starts redirecting to Zynga’s Facebook game

I was thinking Zynga had missed another domain name opportunity with their newest combat strategy game Empires and Allies, but I guess I was wrong.  Shortly after I published my story about the company announcing the launch of the game without the domain, the web address empiresandallies.com started redirecting to its page on Facebook. Instead of establising a […]

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Empires and Allies: Another missed domain name opportunity for Zynga?

Zynga announced the launch of another game this week called Empires and Allies, its first combat strategy game which has more features than any other Zynga game to date.  The company which is known for acquiring domain names on the aftermarket like Cityville.com and for buying never-before-registered domain names like HangmanwithFriends.com and FarmvilleExpress.com, may have another missed opportunity on its hands […]