Laura Locke is a senior writer for CNET, covering social media, emerging trends, and start-ups. Prior to joining CNET, she contributed extensively to Time and Time.com for much of the past decade.

New Facebook game CastleVille is one of Zynga’s fastest-growing titles ever, as it announced a few days ago. That’s good news for the company, but maybe not good enough when you consider the ...

Social game maker Zynga is about to launch a new game, CastleVille, in its ongoing bid to keep on the path toward an initial public offering. The game will go live in the next couple of weeks. The ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Social game maker Zynga formally launched CastleVille as part of its ...

As with any of Zynga's games on Facebook, the more premium currency you have on hand (or the more real-world money you're willing to spend), the easier you progress. The same can be said with ...

If you're giving or think you might be receiving a Zynga Game Card this holiday for redemption within Zynga's newest Facebook game CastleVille, you'll want to hurry and redeem that card as quickly as ...

If you spend half of your life on Facebook unfriending people who fill your news feed with FarmVille and CityVille pronouncements, you’ve got a new challenge ahead of you. Zynga, the developer of all ...

The social gaming giant, which has filed for an IPO, unveiled CastleVille, Zynga Bingo, Dream Zoo and Hidden Chronicles, among others, and a social game service that would make it less dependent on ...

Zynga, the world's largest social gaming company, began trading on December 16, 2011. It was a rather disappointing public debut, with the stock shedding nearly 5% of its stock price on the first day ...

Zynga’s newest Facebook game, CastleVille, has crossed five million daily active users. To put this in perspective, the social gaming giant’s fastest growing (and most popular) game CityVille, only ...

It's a good day to be the king. Zynga tells us that CastleVille has amassed over 5 million daily players in just six days. (However, AppData tells a different story, though we're told it will reflect ...