How Zynga Is Transforming Games With HTML5

ReadWriteWeb has an interview with Zynga Germany CTO Paul Bakaus about how Zynga approaches HTML5.

Zynga currently has 4 HTML5-based games: Words With Friends, FarmVille Express, Zynga Poker Mobile Web and CityVille Express.

A choice quote from Bakaus:

I think today, even though there are some rough edges with the HTML5 spec because it wasn’t really created with games in mind, I think it is the right time now to start doing games. I don’t think anyone should stop building games right now or being kept up by people who say HTML5 is not ready.

Read the full interview


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