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Zynga Opens Los Angeles Development Studio
Thank you FarmVille Freak Carcarius for telling us about this FarmVille in the News Article.
Social game developer Zynga, known for its wildly successful games Mafia Wars and FarmVille, is opening a new development studio in the Los Angeles area, the company confirmed to Gamasutra today.
Located in Marina Del Rey, the studio will be San Francisco-headquartered Zynga’s second satellite studio. Last year, it opened a Baltimore office spearheaded by Alpha Centauri and Civilization II designer Brian Reynolds, co-founder of Big Huge Games.
“Zynga LA will be very much like our Zynga East office in Baltimore where it will be a studio for our new games,” a Zynga rep said to Gamasutra. The studio does not have a concrete staff target, with the rep explaining that Zynga is “looking to expand and scale our talent as we grow.”
The company says it chose the Los Angeles area “because of the talent in both interactive entertainment and Web which is essential for social games.”
At least some of the studio’s founding employees come from the core game space. Confirmation of the studio was first publicly given by former EA designer Amer Ajami, who worked primarily on Command & Conquer titles for most of the last decade.
That’s not a coincidence, says Zynga. As the company rep explained, “Zynga has been successful in combining the DNA of traditional gaming that of the Internet to build a new kind of entertainment company.”
-by Chris Remo
Source: http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/27070/Zynga_Opens_Los_Angeles_Development_Studio.php
Posted on February 4th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
This is all well and good but so many problems at the moment with the game …I cannot publish and have not been able to for 3 days …so not fair that most of my friends can publish things do u think moving with make the game run smoother??
Thanks
Posted on February 4th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Maybe they will add some beta testers.
Posted on February 5th, 2010 at 3:58 am
They need to fix the games they have now instead of coming out with more. I’m so sick of Farmville running slow, my wife and I are about ready to quit.
Posted on February 5th, 2010 at 5:40 am
Farmville is an awesome game but the problem is that its too laggy…. except if you still have 12×12 farm, or eventually 14×14………
after that you need really fast conn……
im having 22×22 and i can upgrade to 24×24 but im not too sure….. i might get some serious lag problems…. :S
This game needs some serious deep optimization……
Posted on February 5th, 2010 at 7:23 am
Maybe they’ll have a beach theme. We could have starlets in bikinis sunning themselves by the Farmville lake or buff weightlifters strutting their stuff.
Posted on February 5th, 2010 at 9:16 am
I know that a lot of people have problems with lag etc, but you have to remember that it can also be down to you connection speed (which can be slower at peek times) and your computer system itself. It’s not always Farmville’s fault if things run slow. I have noticed a big difference using different computers in the same house that have different specs.
Yes it is annoying when it’s slow etc but then it’s a free game, and there’s not many things in life that are, so chill and enjoy.
Posted on February 7th, 2010 at 12:37 am
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Posted on February 7th, 2010 at 8:03 pm
Can you tell me how there was information on this site where there was going to be nachos and other superbowl items coming out but they never did? Is information on this site just a “wish list” or actual items pending?? Thanks.
Posted on August 29th, 2010 at 3:17 pm
can anyone tell me how can we get farmville animal strings? reply in this id kanwal.1990@yahoo.com