Known network game company closes 11 games in the wave of cuts. resent: "Do not let us depression"
Network game company Zynga eliminates 11 game as part of a wave of cuts and downsizing it does to deal with economic problems. The games are also several well-known and popular, such as Mafia Wars 2. Some games have been blocked for use, and the rest will be blocked soon.
To cope with the collapse of its stock last year (over 75%), significantly reduced the value of the company, wants Zynga to focus and become more efficient, and therefore eliminates the line of games that, along with layoffs of more than one hundred employees, closing offices and cutting investments in different games - including The Ville, The Sims game version of her. Cancel the games - some games and some games mobile applications - enabling the company to reduce the number of engineers, designers and product teams employed Zynga.
"Why do you want to kill my pet?". Even Ftoweil closed
Reported by technology blog Tech Crunch, Zynga players criticized the cancellation of games, complaining about blocking them after they have invested in playing time and money. "My daughter is heartbroken," stated one parent, and then asked, "Please do not remove the PetVille. I play it for four years and I will miss my animals there. Why do you want to cause depression to me and others? Why do you want to kill my pet?". The company responded to the proposal to provide these players the other game bonus package, such as Farmwil, Mafia Wars (the first) and CastleVille. After the cancellation of games will still remain the company's more than 30 titles, operating on Facebook, Zynga site, operating systems, iPhone and Android and many other social networks.
This list of games to be canceled and the date of closing;
PetVille - December 30 (yesterday)
Mafia Wars 2 - December 30 (yesterday)
FishVille - December 5
Vampire Wars - December 5
Treasure Isle - December 5
Indiana Jones Adventure World - January 14
Mafia Wars Shakedown - removed from applications
Forestville - removed from applications
Montopia - removed from applications
Mojitomo - removed from applications
Word Scramble Challenge - removed from applications
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