wraggster
January 27th, 2010, 13:51
Web entrepreneur claims the studio will unveil an iTablet edition of Farmville tonight
Social game studio Zynga will unveil an iTablet version of its social game Farmville during tonight’s Apple press conference, bloggers claim.
Alleged details of Apple’s long-rumoured tablet device were divulged last night by the prominent web entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, who made a number of claims about its hardware and features.
His verified Twitter account also wrote, among other things:
“Custom Farmville app is insane. Farmville for Apple tablet is a huge game changer. I know for a fact that Mark Pincus is onstage tomorrow with Steve Jobs.”
Zynga’s flagship title Farmville is a social phenomenon. In January the game clocked 74.5 million active users. Zynga itself is fast becoming one of the most lucrative social game developers in a new era of game studios.
Its nearest rival Playfish was recently bought by EA for at least $300 million, a move which encapsulated the sub-sector’s growing influence on the wider industry.
Yet Zynga’s super-selling social games are likely only part of Apple’s plan for gaming on the tablet device. Calacanis’ long list of tweets continued to suggest so:
“Apple tablet connects to other tablets over wi-fi for gaming,” he said.
“There will be LAN parties with these things, people playing FPSes. Apple tablet games are sick. Basically Nintendo Wii-level innovation.”
Zynga is currently looking to restore its reputation after being linked to an ad scam operation.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/33745/Is-Zynga-in-on-the-Apple-iTablet
Social game studio Zynga will unveil an iTablet version of its social game Farmville during tonight’s Apple press conference, bloggers claim.
Alleged details of Apple’s long-rumoured tablet device were divulged last night by the prominent web entrepreneur Jason Calacanis, who made a number of claims about its hardware and features.
His verified Twitter account also wrote, among other things:
“Custom Farmville app is insane. Farmville for Apple tablet is a huge game changer. I know for a fact that Mark Pincus is onstage tomorrow with Steve Jobs.”
Zynga’s flagship title Farmville is a social phenomenon. In January the game clocked 74.5 million active users. Zynga itself is fast becoming one of the most lucrative social game developers in a new era of game studios.
Its nearest rival Playfish was recently bought by EA for at least $300 million, a move which encapsulated the sub-sector’s growing influence on the wider industry.
Yet Zynga’s super-selling social games are likely only part of Apple’s plan for gaming on the tablet device. Calacanis’ long list of tweets continued to suggest so:
“Apple tablet connects to other tablets over wi-fi for gaming,” he said.
“There will be LAN parties with these things, people playing FPSes. Apple tablet games are sick. Basically Nintendo Wii-level innovation.”
Zynga is currently looking to restore its reputation after being linked to an ad scam operation.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/33745/Is-Zynga-in-on-the-Apple-iTablet