Words With Friends creators leave Zynga

VentureBeat is reporting the creators of one of Zynga’s highest earning games, Words With Friends, Paul and David Bettner are leaving the social gaming giant. The brothers did not publicly explain their reason for leaving or their future plans.

The Bettner brothers joined Zynga back in November 2010 when the company acquired game developer Newtoy (co-founded by the Bettners) for $44.3 million in cash with 1.4 million fully vested shares worth $8.9 million. Words With Friends was already a hit app when Newtoy was acquired, marking a big push for Zynga into the mobile space at the time.

Following the acquisition Newtoy was renamed the Zynga With Friends Studio, which went on to develops games like Gems With Friends, Matching With Friends and Hanging With Friends.

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