![]() ![]() When CastleVille launches in the next couple of weeks, it will be available in 17 languages around the world. When asked whether this will steal away CityVille’s audience, Jackson said, “Players who played CityVille will find this one interesting, as well.” The illustrations are inspired by a number of themes, including DreamWorks’ “Shrek.” (Is it just a coincidence that Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO and co-founder of DreamWorks Animation, is on Zynga’s board?) The game also has a lot more detail and animation: Fish jump in the pond, frogs croak, and trees reverberate with each chop of an axe. While many people mute their games since they play at work, Jackson recommends a pair of headphones so you don’t miss out. Zynga hired a full orchestra to create all the background music and sound effects. Zynga also spent a lot of time - and money - on the music. Instead, Zynga will rely on Facebook’s new “open graph” feature, which allows some of these things to appear automatically in the top-right ticker rather than in your main news feed. For instance, there are fewer prompts to share accomplishments with your friends. Jackson said Zynga built the game to be more fast and efficient. FarmVille was about freedom of expression and sharing with friends, and FrontierVille added the concept of narrative and storytelling. They meet peasants, princesses and pirates in the medieval world, exploring new areas while decorating and building a kingdom of their own.īill Jackson, creative director of CastleVille, says the game is a natural extension of the franchise. Players are challenged with building the castle of their dreams. With CityVille, it took just 24 hours for more than 290,000 people to move in, which beat Zynga’s biggest game launch ever - FrontierVille. Although Zynga has launched several games since, CastleVille will be the first ’Ville title since CityVille went live last December.ĬastleVille does not stray far from the ’Ville genre. Zynga unveiled CastleVille last month at a press conference in San Francisco, and now it’s prepping to launch the game on Facebook in the next couple of weeks. ![]() In other words, it’s time for a new franchise hit, especially with the company’s IPO looming. CityVille was shut down on April 30, 2015. It was closed down on February, 2013 just three months after the game’s release. A sequel, CityVille 2, was released in December 2012. But CityVille is nearly a year old, and other games, such as Electronic Arts’ the Sims Social, are nipping at its heels. Will CityVille ever come back CityVille is a defunct casual social city-building game developed by Zynga, and released in December 2010. On one hand, the social game maker would love to stretch out the life of the game for as long as it can. So the big question is whether Zynga’s newest ’Ville, which comes out in the next couple of weeks, will be able to top it. It’s a good problem - one that any game maker would love to have. Since Zynga launched CityVille nearly a year ago, it has dominated the top of the social games charts.
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