Reacting to the closure of The Sims Social, "patty.switzer.1" wrote on the Playfish forum: "As of now I will not be playing Sims anymore. I will boycott anything EA if you remove this. You really know how to make customers happy. and this is it! It is the ONLY GAME I PLAY. Naomi Szwed, from Australia, wrote on Facebook of SimCity Social's closure: "I only play ONE game on Facebook. Players of these games have reacted to the news in anger. The two companies eventually settled the dispute out of court. The Sims Social hit the headlines last year when EA accused The Ville, run by bitter social game rival Zynga, of ripping it off. We hope you have gotten many hours of enjoyment out of the games and we thank you for everything you've added to the community." On The Sims Social, it said: "We had to make the difficult decision to close down The Sims Social so we can reallocate development resources to other titles that we hope you'll have just as much fun playing. Pet Society launched on 8th August 2008.ĮA offered more detailed statements on each title - they're all the same, but with the name of the game in question swapped in. The Sims Social released on 9th August 2011.
In the case of SimCity Social, it won't make it to a year online - that game launched on 25th June 2012. These games, all made by the EA-owned social developer PlayFish, will go offline on 14th June. "For people who have seen other recent shutdowns of social games, perhaps this is not surprising," EA said in a statement. 1 "We know that cats touch the lives of so many people, including the passionate gaming community, and we are thrilled to have their support as we connect more cats with a family.EA has announced its intention to shut down Facebook games The Sims Social, SimCity Social and Pet Society.ĮA said it took the "difficult decision" to "retire" what it described as its "older" Facebook games after witnessing the number of players and amount of activity for each title decrease. "Fresh Step is committed to helping cats in need find a loving home and that's why we are so excited about this program," said Elaine Lee, Brand Manager at Fresh Step, in the release.
According to an organizational release, 1 the enlisted gamers will use the adoptable cats as avatars while they play the game and will share information on the cat during the live stream. Fresh Step announced that it partnered with Best Friends Animal Society for the launch of its streaming adoption event to connect adoptable cats with their forever family during National Animal Shelter Appreciation week.įresh Step plans to enlist cat-loving gaming influencers to launch livestreams of Stray, a popular cat adventure game.
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