Say Goodbye to “Petville”,”Mafia Wars 2,” “Vampire Wars, More
The world is an emptier place today with news that social game developer Zynga has now eliminated 11 of the 13 games it had previously announced plans to shut down. Reuters is reporting that the underperforming “Petville”,”Mafia Wars 2,” “Vampire Wars,” “ForestVille” and “FishVille” have all been permanently pulled from its game lineup. What’s next?
“In place of ‘PetVille,’ we encourage you to play other Zynga games like ‘Castleville,’ ‘Chefville,’ ‘Farmville 2,’ ‘Mafia Wars’ and ‘Yoville,’” the company told players on its ‘PetVille’ Facebook page. “PetVille” players were offered a one-time, complimentary bonus package for virtual goods in those games.
via Zynga carries out planned games shutdown, including ‘Petville’ – Yahoo! News.
Oh goodie! Now we’ll have more time to concentrate on “Yoville”. Serioulsy, I have never “gotten” the lure of these games and from what I understand that’s a good thing as they do sometimes become addictive.
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