Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies	1. Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Organization and Description of Business Zynga Inc. (“Zynga,” “we” or the “Company”) is a global leader in interactive entertainment. We develop, market and operate social games as live services played on mobile platforms (such as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android), social networking platforms (such as Facebook and Snapchat), Personal Computers (PCs), consoles (such as Nintendo’s Switch) and other platforms. Generally, all of our games are free to play, and we generate substantially all of our revenue through the sale of in-game virtual items and advertising services. We also operate a mobile programmatic advertising and monetization platform. Our operations are headquartered in San Francisco, California, and we have several operating locations in the U.S. as well as various international office locations in North America, Asia and Europe. We completed our initial public offering in December 2011 and our Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ZNGA.” Proposed Merger with Take-Two On January 9, 2022, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“Take-Two”). Refer to Note 16 – “Proposed Merger with Take-Two” for further background on the combination. Basis of Presentation and Consolidation The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The interim consolidated financial statements include the operations of the Company and its owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidation. The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements and these related notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Unaudited Interim Financial Information The accompanying interim consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022, the interim consolidated statements of operations, statements of comprehensive income (loss), statements of stockholders’ equity and statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 and the notes to the interim consolidated financial statements are unaudited. In management’s opinion, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s statement of financial position and operating results for the periods presented. The results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or any other future period. Use of Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the interim consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in the financial statements include, but are not limited to, the estimated average playing period of payers that we use for revenue recognition, useful lives of property and equipment and intangible assets, accrued liabilities, income taxes, the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired through business combinations, contingent consideration obligations, the discount rate used in measuring our operating lease liabilities, the interest rate used in calculating the present value of the initial liability component of our convertible senior notes, stock-based compensation expense and evaluation of recoverability of goodwill, intangible assets and long-lived assets and as necessary, estimates of fair value to measure impairment losses. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates. Recent Accounting Pronouncements Issued But Not Yet Adopted In October 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2021-08, “Business Combinations (Topic 805) – Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers”, which requires that an acquirer recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with Topic 606, as if it had originated the contracts. Prior to this ASU, an acquirer generally recognizes contract assets acquired and contract liabilities assumed that arose from contracts with customers at fair value on the acquisition date. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The ASU is to be applied prospectively to business combinations occurring on or after the effective date of the amendment (or if adopted early as of an interim period, as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes the interim period of early application). The Company is currently assessing this standard’s impact on its consolidated financial statements. Issued And Adopted In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, “Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40)”, which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments by reducing the number of accounting models and generally requiring that a convertible instrument be accounted for as a single liability measured at amortized cost, with no conversion feature separately recorded in equity. Similarly, no portion of issuance costs will be allocated to equity under the ASU. Further, the ASU amends the earnings per share guidance by requiring the diluted earnings per share calculation for convertible instruments to follow the if-converted method, with use of the treasury stock method no longer permitted. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The ASU allows either a modified retrospective method of transition or a fully retrospective method of transition, with any adjustments recognized as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The Company adopted the ASU on January 1, 2022 using the modified retrospective method. As a result of the adoption, the Company recognized a net increase to convertible senior notes, net of $196.7 million, primarily from the derecognition of the debt discount associated with the bifurcated equity component. The Company also recognized a decrease to additional paid-in capital of $278.7 million from the derecognition of the bifurcated equity components and a net decrease to accumulated deficit of $82.0 million, primarily representing the cumulative interest expense previously recognized related to the accretion of the bifurcated conversion options. In future periods of net income, the Company expects a dilutive impact to its reported diluted net income per share as a result adopting ASU 2020-06, as the if-converted method requires the assumption that the debt converts into Zynga Class A common stock at the beginning of the reporting period. There was no impact to net income per share during the three months ended March 31, 2022 as a result of the adoption.

Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

1. Overview and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Organization and Description of Business

Zynga Inc. (“Zynga,” “we” or the “Company”) is a global leader in interactive entertainment. We develop, market and operate social games as live services played on mobile platforms (such as Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android), social networking platforms (such as Facebook and Snapchat), Personal Computers (PCs), consoles (such as Nintendo’s Switch) and other platforms. Generally, all of our games are free to play, and we generate substantially all of our revenue through the sale of in-game virtual items and advertising services. We also operate a mobile programmatic advertising and monetization platform. Our operations are headquartered in San Francisco, California, and we have several operating locations in the U.S. as well as various international office locations in North America, Asia and Europe.

We completed our initial public offering in December 2011 and our Class A common stock is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “ZNGA.”

Proposed Merger with Take-Two

On January 9, 2022, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (“Take-Two”). Refer to Note 16 – “Proposed Merger with Take-Two” for further background on the combination.

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements are prepared and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). The interim consolidated financial statements include the operations of the Company and its owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidation.

The accompanying interim consolidated financial statements and these related notes should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Unaudited Interim Financial Information

The accompanying interim consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2022, the interim consolidated statements of operations, statements of comprehensive income (loss), statements of stockholders’ equity and statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2021 and the notes to the interim consolidated financial statements are unaudited. In management’s opinion, the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s statement of financial position and operating results for the periods presented. The results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or any other future period.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the interim consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in the financial statements include, but are not limited to, the estimated average playing period of payers that we use for revenue recognition, useful lives of property and equipment and intangible assets, accrued liabilities, income taxes, the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired through business combinations, contingent consideration obligations, the discount rate used in measuring our operating lease liabilities, the interest rate used in calculating the present value of the initial liability component of our convertible senior notes, stock-based compensation expense and evaluation of recoverability of goodwill, intangible assets and long-lived assets and as necessary, estimates of fair value to measure impairment losses. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Issued But Not Yet Adopted

In October 2021, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2021-08, “Business Combinations (Topic 805) – Accounting for Contract Assets and Contract Liabilities from Contracts with Customers”, which requires that an acquirer recognize and measure contract assets and contract liabilities acquired in a business combination in accordance with Topic 606, as if it had originated the contracts. Prior to this ASU, an acquirer generally recognizes contract assets

acquired and contract liabilities assumed that arose from contracts with customers at fair value on the acquisition date. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The ASU is to be applied prospectively to business combinations occurring on or after the effective date of the amendment (or if adopted early as of an interim period, as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes the interim period of early application). The Company is currently assessing this standard’s impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Issued And Adopted

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, “Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40)”, which simplifies the accounting for convertible instruments by reducing the number of accounting models and generally requiring that a convertible instrument be accounted for as a single liability measured at amortized cost, with no conversion feature separately recorded in equity. Similarly, no portion of issuance costs will be allocated to equity under the ASU. Further, the ASU amends the earnings per share guidance by requiring the diluted earnings per share calculation for convertible instruments to follow the if-converted method, with use of the treasury stock method no longer permitted. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021. The ASU allows either a modified retrospective method of transition or a fully retrospective method of transition, with any adjustments recognized as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings.

The Company adopted the ASU on January 1, 2022 using the modified retrospective method. As a result of the adoption, the Company recognized a net increase to convertible senior notes, net of $196.7 million, primarily from the derecognition of the debt discount associated with the bifurcated equity component. The Company also recognized a decrease to additional paid-in capital of $278.7 million from the derecognition of the bifurcated equity components and a net decrease to accumulated deficit of $82.0 million, primarily representing the cumulative interest expense previously recognized related to the accretion of the bifurcated conversion options. In future periods of net income, the Company expects a dilutive impact to its reported diluted net income per share as a result adopting ASU 2020-06, as the if-converted method requires the assumption that the debt converts into Zynga Class A common stock at the beginning of the reporting period. There was no impact to net income per share during the three months ended March 31, 2022 as a result of the adoption.