"You're a valued fan and we want to make sure you get a smooth transition to PopCap," EA said.Pet Society Vacation Released on App Store EA Play FIFA 23 F1™ 22 Madden NFL 23 Apex Legends Battlefield™ 2042 The Sims 4 It vowed to make a special offer to introduce those who have played the games being taken offline to PopCap games. My reasons for leaving now is I will not put anymore money, time or effort into playing a game that is ending."ĮA said it will continue to deliver popular titles for Facebook, and pointed to PopCap games Bejeweled Blitz, Solitaire Blitz and Plants vs. I would like to be reimbursed for the remaining 92 Sims Cash. 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. 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.
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