Zynga Expected to Launch Social Gaming Site

[ramesh]

Zynga, the online game developer of Farmville and Scramble fame, may be looking to split from its primary platform partner, Facebook. According to a report from Techcrunch, Zynga is gearing up to launch its own social gaming network called Zynga Live.

Zynga is responsible for some of the most popular apps on Facebook. According to All Facebook's app leaderboard, four Zynga apps are currently in the top ten, including number one Farmville, number six Café World, and numbers eight and nine, Mafia Wars, and Petville. Zynga also makes games for other platforms, including MySpace, MSN, My Yahoo, and the iPhone.

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[Arch_Angel]

Sounds like a good move. But their games tying in with the social network is what really made their games shine. Unless they are still going to let you connect with your facebook/myspace/my yahoo on their new site, then no one is going to be wanting to sign up on a new social network just to play a game.

[RickyRudy]

Their games tying in with the local networks is what keeps people from hacking it as getting banned from facebook and losing 800 friends isn't very easy.. Would take a while to add them all back