Zynga

SOE boss John Smedley has hammered social gaming giant Zynga for its impact on free-to-play games.

YouTube, Skype and "Angry Birds Space" took the top honors in 2012, while Apple also revealed its own picks for games and apps of the year.

Facebook has announced its 25 most popular social games for 2012, with SongPop taking the No. 1 spot.

There was some reshuffling at Zynga Tuesday as the company's chief financial officer took off to the social network.

After spending $US180 million on acquiring OMGPOP in March, social gaming company Zynga looks set to write of between $US85-95 million from the deal.

News in Brief In a move that will surprise approximately no one, Zynga is having to write-off most of the money it spent on OMGPOP.

Just a week after EA filed a copyright infringement suit against Zynga, COO John Schappert resigns.

Farmville-maker Zynga has announced a loss of $108 million (£70m) for the first half of 2012, a drop it blames partly on Facebook.

CEO remains wary of creating games for mobiles even after spending big on OMGPOP.

News in Brief Zynga's reinventing the wheel with its new game, Farmville 2. The good news is, no one's going to play it.