SAN FRANCISCO – Feb. 17, 2010 – Zynga, the leading social games provider, today announced it has opened Zynga India in Bangalore, the company’s first office outside the United States. The India operation will focus on game and large-scale infrastructure development to support Zynga’s games played by millions of people every day.
Online gaming in India is rapidly expanding. Forty one percent of active Internet users played online games in 2008, up 89 percent from the previous year, according to the Internet & Mobile Association of India. With more than 81 million Internet users, India is projected to become the third largest online market behind China and the U.S. by 2013. Zynga hopes exposure of its social games such as FarmVille, Mafia Wars, Café World, and FishVille, will grow among Indian players with the presence of a local office.
“Social gaming combines the best of web technical talent with game storytelling,” said Zynga CEO Mark Pincus. “India offers some of the world’s most sophisticated and rich technical talent bases and we are thrilled to have a local presence.”
The new operation will add to Zynga’s current game studios in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Baltimore. Zynga India is looking to recruit computer scientists and engineers who are experienced in building scalable infrastructure.
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Zynga is the #1 social gaming company on the web. Zynga was founded specifically to add a social element to casual online games because we love games, and we love them most when we’re playing with friends! Social games provide a more fun, competitive and contagious experience. Zynga delivers on the promise of social networks, making it easy to connect with old friends and make new ones (no download required!). Zynga has something for everyone: casino games, word games, board games, role playing games and party games which can be found on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Friendster, and Hi5.
