

Zynga is hoping that a lucrative real-money market could make up for declining revenue from games like "FarmVille" and other fading titles that still generate the bulk of its sales. It also applied this month for a preliminary application to run real-money gambling games in Nevada. These games include FarmVille, Treasure Isle, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars, YoVille, Cafe World, FishVille and PetVille, which are available on Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo and the iPhone.

Zynga has over 230 million monthly active users playing its games. I still play three games instead of 10 or 15. Zynga has said it is shifting focus to capture growth in mobile games. Facebook is a privately held company and is headquartered in Palo Alto, Calif. I got where all I did was play Facebook games It has gotten overwhelming. About 1,260 users commented on the game's Facebook page, some lamenting the game's shutdown. "Petville," which lets users adopt virtual pets, has 7.5 million likes on Facebook but only 60,000 daily active users, according to AppData. But when he falls in love with the hottest chicken in town, he must choose what comes first. "PetVille" players were offered a one-time, complimentary bonus package for virtual goods in those games. Check this 'Chicken or the Egg', an offbeat romantic comedy about a pig who has an EGGdiction to eating eggs."In place of 'PetVille,' we encourage you to play other Zynga games like 'Castleville,' 'Chefville,' 'Farmville 2,' 'Mafia Wars' and 'Yoville,'" the company told players on its 'PetVille' Facebook page. The 11 titles shut down or closed to new players include role-playing game "Mafia Wars 2," "Vampire Wars," "ForestVille" and "FishVille." All the 11 shutdowns occurred in December. The San Francisco-based company announced the "Petville" shutdown two weeks ago on its Facebook page.
