Zynga finally says it will shut down Draw Something developer OMGPOP that it bought for $180M

Zynga has decided to shut all aspects of the OMGPOP division that it bought for $180 million about 17 months ago. The announcement comes as no surprise, since employees of OMGPOP, the makers of the former hit game Draw Something, confirmed that the closure was coming in June. It evidently took some time for Zynga to finalize the plans.

TechCrunch reported that the OMGPOP team was in contact with Zynga to buy back the OMGPOP.com website and continue operating its games. But Zynga reportedly refused, even when the group proposed to buy everything except the more valuable Draw Something property. Zynga reportedly said it would take too much legal work and decided not to sell anything. It laid off all OMGPOP employees and said today the OMGPOP.com site would stop operating on Sept. 30. Zynga will shut down some of the games — Cupcake Corner, Gem Rush, Pool World Champ, and Snoops — on Aug. 29.