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Zynga to shut four more weak games, including The Ville

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Zynga said today it will shut down four major games as part of its continued effort to lower costs as it reported earnings today.

Chief operations officer David Ko said in a conference call with analysts that the company plans to shut down four once-big games: The Ville, Empires & Allies, Dream Zoo, and Zynga City on Tencent.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.