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Draw Something 2 available with new words, drawing tools

by Matt Tinsley (Apr 25th, 2013)

Zynga's Draw Something, the incredibly popular drawing game for iPhone, now has a follow-up: Draw Something 2. It's available now on the US App Store as an ad-supported free download or premium, ad-free version at US$1.99. It was just in February that Zynga VP and General Manager, Dan Porter, ...

Zynga-owned Draw Something finally gets update for sharing, undo

by Mike Schramm (Apr 18th, 2012)

Most of our stories about Draw Something since the game's launch have been business related. After it garnered tens of millions of users in its first few weeks, the company that makes the game, OMGPOP, was bought by Zynga for a whopping $200 million. But here's finally something to show after ...

The one OMGPOP employee who turned down Zynga

by Mike Schramm (Mar 27th, 2012)

When Zynga announced that it bought OMGPOP, the developer of the newly minted hit Draw Something, a lot of people shared some frustration. Zynga has earned a reputation as a less-than-popular developer out there, and the fear is that Draw Something, which currently has a relatively simple ...

Creative drawings from Draw Something

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 23rd, 2012)

Buzzfeed member Sandanito posted up several creative drawings from the hit app Draw Something. You can see a sample drawing in the image above and head over to Buzzfeed to see the rest. And if you haven't tried Draw Something, it's available for free from the iOS App Store (99-cents will get ...

Zynga acquires Draw Something dev OMGPOP for $200 million

by Mike Schramm (Mar 21st, 2012)

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how App Store fortunes are made. We've posted already about the almost overnight success of Draw Something, an app that has picked up over 30 million downloads and even beaten Zynga at its own game on Facebook. And because everyone knows that Zynga has plenty ...

Daily iPhone App: Draw Something

by Mike Schramm (Mar 19th, 2012)

We've already posted about Draw Something a few times for business reasons -- the title is just blowing up the App Store, and has already overtaken all of Zynga's titles as the most popular social game app on Apple's platform. But the game, available now, is definitely worth a try as well. I've ...

Draw Something hits 30 million downloads, overtakes Zynga on Facebook

by Mike Schramm (Mar 17th, 2012)

The iOS phenomenon Draw Something has continued to blow up on an unprecedented level, and it's now reached another crazy milestone: The app has garnered 30 million downloads already, despite only being available to the public for about five weeks. And that's not all: Facebook says the app has ...

Draw Something hits 20 million downloads in just five weeks

by Steven Sande (Mar 13th, 2012)

Being a blogger in the Apple ecosystem, I'm used to seeing numbers that are completely staggering -- the number of iPads sold during an introductory weekend, for example. But when an iPhone app is able to pull in a huge number of downloads in a very short timeframe, I really pay attention. That's ...