Zynga (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, and Time
Inc.’s People, the leading authority on celebrity, pop culture and
entertainment news, today announced the launch of Crosswords With
Friends, Zynga’s latest addition to its With Friends games
collection, which includes Words With Friends, one of the world’s
most popular word games. The free-to-play Crosswords With Friends
game is available today on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and
iMessage and on Google Play for Android devices.
From the team who brought Words With Friends to
hundreds of millions of players around the globe, Crosswords With
Friends tests players’ brain power with fresh, topical puzzles
delivered daily. Whether it’s Movie Monday, Top 40 Thursday or
Sports Fan Friday, there are more ways than ever before to
demonstrate your pop culture prowess. Through a cross-platform
partnership with People, every Sunday, players can test their
celebrity knowledge with an exclusive People crossword featuring
themes inspired by the brand’s iconic franchises, including Sexiest
Man Alive, World’s Most Beautiful and Red Carpet as well as its
vertical content (PeopleStyle, PeopleRoyals, PeoplePets), and
more.
“Crosswords With Friends is a daily crossword
puzzle experience that’s truly written for today’s world,” said Jeb
Balise, General Manager of Crosswords With Friends at Zynga. “As a
part of Zynga’s portfolio of word and puzzle games, including one
of the world’s most popular word games, Words With Friends,
Crosswords With Friends reimagines crosswords with content inspired
by the hottest trends and breaking news in entertainment. We’re
proud to partner with People, the pioneer of pop culture
conversations, to deliver an exciting crosswords experience to fans
of all ages.”
“People’s Puzzler has always been one of the
brand’s most popular features, so our partnership with Zynga is an
organic extension,” said Jess Cagle, Editor in Chief, People.
“Crosswords With Friends allows us the opportunity to expose our
digital content to new audiences in new ways on the mobile
platform.”
With daily content developed by a team of 30
acclaimed crosswords constructors, including Trip Payne, co-star of
the crossword documentary Wordplay, and Amy Reynaldo, author of How
to Conquer the New York Times Crossword, each puzzle delivers fans
unparalleled gameplay. In the Crosswords With Friends iMessage app,
players can experience all the fun of crosswords right where they
are already chatting with their friends and family. Crosswords With
Friends also seamlessly connects to Words With Friends, allowing
fans to simultaneously test their vocabulary and entertainment
trivia skills in two unique wordie experiences.
Crosswords With Friends is the latest addition
to Zynga’s portfolio of word and puzzle games, joining the iconic
favorite, Words With Friends. Launched in 2009, Words With
Friends has been installed more than 200 million times and is
one of the App Store's Top 10 free games of all time. Millions of
Words With Friends matches are played around the world at any
moment, and more than 75 million words are played every
day.
Crosswords With Friends is available to download
for free today on the App Store and Google Play. For more
information about Crosswords With Friends, visit the game’s
community channels on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Game logo and images can be found here:
https://zynga.box.com/s/dqa6652maiqi2469xj8iu2nf9kvtoxto
About Zynga Inc.Since its
founding in 2007, Zynga's mission has been to connect the world
through games. To-date, more than 1 billion people have played
Zynga's games across Web and mobile, including FarmVille, Zynga
Poker, Words With Friends, Hit it Rich! Slots and CSR Racing.
Zynga's games are available on a number of global platforms
including Apple iOS, Google Android, Facebook and Zynga.com. The
company is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif., and has
additional offices in the U.S., Canada, Finland, U.K., Ireland and
India. Learn more about Zynga at http://blog.zynga.com or
follow us on Twitter and Facebook.
About PeopleTime Inc.'s People
revolutionized personality journalism when it launched as a weekly
in 1974 with a mission to celebrate extraordinary people doing
ordinary things and ordinary people doing extraordinary
things. Ubiquitous and still at the center of pop culture
more than 40 years later, the People brand is accessible across all
media and platforms (print, digital, video, OTT, mobile, social)
bringing millions of consumers a unique mix of breaking
entertainment news, exclusive photos, video, unparalleled access to
the red carpet, celebrities, and in-depth reporting on the most
compelling newsmakers of our time. An essential component of
People's editorial vision remains human interest stories, which
touch and often mirror the lives of our passionate audience. And
now, the People/Entertainment Weekly Network app offers a free,
advertiser-supported OTT streaming video service. People is
an award-winning 24/7 news organization headquartered in NYC with
reporters worldwide. For more information, visit People.com and
Timeinc.com, and follow @people on Twitter and Instagram,
@peoplemag on Facebook, and the People channel on YouTube and on
Snapchat's Discover.
About Time Inc.Time Inc.
(NYSE:TIME) is a leading content company that engages over 150
million consumers every month through our portfolio of premium
brands across platforms. Our influential brands include People,
Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, Real Simple and
Southern Living, as well as more than 50 diverse titles in the
United Kingdom.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking
statements, including those statements relating to, among other
things, the launch of Crosswords With Friends, the game's success
and the game's features (including gameplay and social
features). Forward-looking statements often include words
such as "outlook," "projected," "intends," "will," "anticipate,"
"believe," "target," and "expect," and statements in the future
tense are generally forward-looking. The achievement or success of
the matters covered by such forward-looking statements involves
significant risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Undue reliance
should not be placed on such forward-looking statements, which are
based on information available to us on the date hereof. We
assume no obligation to update such statements. More
information about these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions are
or will be described in greater detail in Zynga and Time Inc.
public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), copies of which may be obtained by visiting their
respective Investor Relations web sites at
http://investor.zynga.com and
https://invest.timeinc.com/invest/invest-overview/default.aspx, or
the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.
Contact:
Zynga: Erin Smith-Cheng, esmithcheng@zynga.com, (650) 224-2462
People: Marnie Perez or Julie Farin, 212 522 6300
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