![]() Here’s an image of Ramses playing a guitar after I gave him a custard. Feed your pet a treat and it will do a trick. One cool thing about Petville’s food is the treats that are stored in the chest. This is interesting to note, because Playfish COO Sebastien de Halleux once told me that when Pet Society was first released, it featured animal food, but the company found out that players preferred to feed their pets human food. I bought a banana, but it looks like dried dog food in the bowl, and the pet shovels it in with his hands. I tested Petville on three separate occasions. Perhaps the competition will be good in helping Pet Society improve its features. It’ll be very interesting to see how Petville fares in the coming months. To be fair, I’m sure someone working at Zynga would say the same about their games, and a poll on AOL’s shows that more people actually prefer the look of Petville over Pet Society. On the day of Petville’s release, a Playfish staff member contacted me and had this to say about the rivalry between the two companies: “I’m biased of course, but even if I didn’t work for Playfish I’d gravitate to our games because they look better, have more depth, and are more creative and innovative.” The game is made by Playfish frenemy Zynga, the maker of Mafia Wars, Farmville and Yoville. You get a virtual pet, you customize its appearance, feed it, shop for it, decorate its house, visit friends and earn money. The game is pretty much a copy of Pet Society. The culling of the 11 games were yet another step in its cost cutting measures, which has already seen over 100 employees laid off and the closing of two of its offices in the US.A few days ago, a new game, Petville, was released on Facebook. The company has been hit hard financially in recent times, most notably due to its huge failure with its IPO, where it has plummeted close to 70% from its $10 IPO price last year. Word Scramble Challenge – Pulled from app stores.Mafia Wars Shakedown – Pulled from app stores.Indiana Jones Adventure World – Closed to new players, shuts down January 14th.Some of these have already been shut down, while others will be pulled off app stores. As part of Zynga’s ongoing cost reduction plan that was announced in November, the company has decided to reduce the number of games in its portfolio with the culling of eleven of its games. ![]()
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