The 11 titles shut down or closed to new players include role-playing game "Mafia Wars 2," "Vampire Wars," "ForestVille" and "FishVille." All the 11 shutdowns occurred in December. The San Francisco-based company announced the "Petville" shutdown two weeks ago on its Facebook page. Zynga in October said it would shut down 13 underperforming titles after warning that its revenues were slowing as gamers fled from its once-popular titles published on the Facebook platform in large numbers and sharply revised its full-year outlook. "PetVille" tasked its players with creating and then caring for their very own virtual pets - virtual pets that are all now gone.Social games publisher Zynga has confirmed that it has carried out 11 of the planned shutdowns of 13 game titles, with "Petville" being the latest game on which it pulled the plug.
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 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:
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