Still, news of the game closures was met with anger and sadness and seemed to hit players of "PetVille" the hardest. These moves come after a very bad year in which Zynga has seen its share price tank, has been accused of insider trading and has been sued by gaming giant Electronic Arts for allegedly copying its gameplay.Īs it announced closures of its various games via Facebook, Zynga tried to encourage players to pick up one of its other games instead, offering them free credits in games like "ChefVille, "Farmville 2" and the original "Mafia Wars" game, all of which are all still operating. Zynga CEO Marc Pincus originally announced in October that 13 games in total would be shuttered and 5 percent of the full-time staff cut as part of drastic cost-saving measures needed to bring the company back in line. PetVille – Shut down December 30thMafia Wars 2 - Shut down December 30thFishVille – Shut down December 5thVampire Wars – Shut down December 5thTreasure Isle – Shut down December 5thIndiana Jones Adventure World – Closed to new players, shuts down January 14thMafia Wars Shakedown – Pulled from app storesForestville – Pulled from app storesMontopia – Shut down December 21stMojitomo – Pulled from app storesWord Scramble Challenge – Pulled from app stores Say goodbye to PetVille, FishFille, Mafia Wars 2, and a slew of other games from the folks at Zynga.
As TechCrunch first reported, the closures - part of an attempt on Zynga's part to restructure and thus pull itself out of a business tailspin - are as follows: Many of Facebooks most popular games are continuing to hemorrhage millions of users, with FarmVille alone losing 7.7 million players in the past month, since the social network implemented changes to its app notifications.
0 kommentar(er)
