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It’s game over for FarmVille, as Flash also buys the farm

2020 isn’t the only thing coming to an end Thursday. The last day of the year is also the last day for FarmVille, one of the original addictive Facebook games. FarmVille, which allowed players to cultivate colorful cartoonish farms by tending crops and caring for livestock, had 30 million daily players at its peak. But …

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Zynga data breach exposed 200 million Words with Friends players

A hacker is reportedly claiming responsibility for a September data breach of popular mobile game Words with Friends that may have resulted in the theft of information from more than 200 million players accounts, including names, email addresses, login IDs and more. A hacker that goes by the name Gnosticplayers said they stole data from over 218 million Words with Friends player …

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Words With Friends to be turned into a TV game show

The mobile word game Words With Friends is set to become a TV show, following the news that its publisher Zynga has partnered with MGM Television. The news was announced via a brief statement on Zynga’s investor website, stating “MGM Television and Zynga…today announced a collaboration to develop a new television game show based on Words With Friends. The show will …

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