Zynga: Off for eleven online games

(Mk) - Not at all good many gamers find the messages that were recently made by Zynga. The giant of the online games on social networking sites underlined in 2013, a series of popular games. This reported the technology blog TechCrunch.

Same eleven tracks are affected: PetVille, Mafia Wars 2, FishVille, Vampire Wars, Treasure Isle and Montopia were already off, Mafia Wars Shakedown, Forestville, Mojitomo and Word Scramble Challenge have been removed from the App Stores. To Indiana Jones Adventure World does not accept new players and more on January14th disappear from the network.

The reasons for the decision: waned The interest of users, the Zynga stock plunged in the summer in the basement, and the company reported billions in losses. The line picked up the red pencil. For prescribed austerity program include not only the streamlining of the games also offer redundancies. 150 employees lost their jobs already, the offices in Japan were closed.

The gamers are however shocked. Some pet owners in Petville complain loudly techcrunch.com the loss of their beloved pets, others destroying their virtual worlds. About Facebook, Zynga.com, iOS, Android, Myspace and other social networks Zynga offers but still at around 30 games, including Castle, Farmville 2, Mafia Wars or horn.

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