more info whoa..Report: Zynga Austin shut down (during Apple’s iPad Mini event); no word of Zynga Dallas layoffs 3 1
comments (1) By Britton Peele / Editor bpeele@dallasnews.com 1:30 pm on October 23, 2012 | Permalink
Near the end of Apple’s livestream when the press was distracted by shiny new iPads, Twitter started to freak out about rumors of layoffs and possible studio closures at Zynga Austin, Boston and Chicago.
Troy Gilbert @troygilbert
Have confirmed that #Zynga Austin has laid off entire The Ville and Bingo teams, leaving just Slots team. Gross. 23 Oct 12
Jess Conditt @JessConditt
Zynga Austin employee: "What I know as of now that the ville and bingo teams were cut." Knows nothing of Chicago. aol.it/Uy4iOh 23 Oct 12
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Joystiq wrote up a quick post on what little is known so far.
As horrible as layoffs are in general, the gross thing here is the timing, which does seem to have been carefully orchestrated to coincide with Apple’s event.
There was no mention of Zynga Dallas in this (at least not yet). That studio might be best known (at least under Zynga rule) for Castleville.
I’ll update if we learn more, or if Dallas is, in fact, affected.
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