Revenue and bookings up at Zynga, despite slowing active users on mobile

Zynga’s varied suite of live mobile games drove the results of its second quarter, with the San Francisco-based company reporting year-over-year jumps in both revenue and bookings in its latest report.

For the quarter ending June 30, Zynga reported $306 million in revenue, up 41 percent year-over-year. Likewise, bookings are up 61 percent versus the same period last year, coming in at $376 million for the quarter.

The company credits these jumps to its live services portfolio, including games like Empires & Puzzles 

Successful game makers share indie biz tips at GDC 2015

What it takes to succeed as an independent game maker changes every year, and so today we're highlighting a few notable cutting-edge talks on the topic that you must see at GDC 2015 in March.

A few years ago, working with a publisher meant working with one team to do all your funding, marketing, distribution, accounting and outreach. Now, you might get funding from three different places, have two different teams working on marketing, distribute it yourself, and outsource the accounting.

What do we fund Come fro…