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Zynga Launching PetVille On Facebook
Zynga is best known for developing the game FarmVille. The company also runs popular social network games such as Mafia Wars, Scramble, Vampires, YoVille!, and Zynga Poker. The company receives about 100 million unique visitors per month too. Zynga is keeping the ball rolling by unleashing a new game called PetVille.
PetVille is among many games that revolve around virtual pet simulation such as Pet Society and NeoPets. The game is also pretty similar to Playfish’s game Pet Society. Animals can be customized and designed in the PetVille game based on several head, eyes, mouth, ears, eyebrows, nose, and pattern options.
Zynga is best known for developing the game FarmVille. The company also runs popular social network games such as Mafia Wars, Scramble, Vampires, YoVille!, and Zynga Poker. The company receives about 100 million unique visitors per month too. Zynga is keeping the ball rolling by unleashing a new game called PetVille.
PetVille is among many games that revolve around virtual pet simulation such as Pet Society and NeoPets. The game is also pretty similar to Playfish’s game Pet Society. Animals can be customized and designed in the PetVille game based on several head, eyes, mouth, ears, eyebrows, nose, and pattern options.
Zynga was started in July 2007 by Mark Pincus. Zynga has a major focus on charity through a subsidiary called Zynga.org.
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Zynga Raises $15.18 Million In Second Round Of Funding
Social networking gaming company Zynga has raised $15.18 million as an extension to their second round of funding. The company has 196 million users on Facebook playing their games. Zynga previously raised $40 million in venture capital from Kleiner Perkins, Avalon Ventures, Foundry Group, Institutional Venture Partners, and Union Square Ventures.
Zynga’s most recent game FarmVille is the most played game on Facebook as of today. Zynga is believed to be making $100 million in revenues this year. However the company had offers within the games that were often scams as admitted by Zynga CEO Mark Pincus.
For example, users could get more poker chips if they downloaded the Zwinky toolbar. “We did anything possible just to just get revenues so that we could grow and be a real business…So control your destiny. So that was a big lesson, controlling your business. So by the time we raised money we were profitable,” stated Pincus.
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