'FarmVille' Is Shutting Down On Facebook After 11 Years
“FarmVille,” one of the first hits in social gaming, is shutting down on Facebook at the end of the year, game developer Zynga announced.
As Adobe will stop distributing and supporting the Flash Player that “FarmVille” uses for its web browser versions on Dec. 31, Facebook will also stop supporting Flash games, a move that the social media giant had announced in July. This also spelled the end of “FarmVille.”
FarmVille is finally shutting down after 11 years. Developer and publisher Zynga will no longer support the game once companies like Adobe, Facebook, and Google stop supporting the Flash Player that FarmVille runs on at the end of this year."Following an incredible 11 years since its initial launch back in 2009, we are officially announcing the closure of the original FarmVille game on Facebook," Zynga wrote on its official support site. "As pre…
The original FarmVille on Facebook is shutting down at the end of the year
Farmville | ZyngaIf you want to harvest those apples, you better get on it soon: Zynga is shutting down its original FarmVille web game on Facebook at the end of the year, the company announced. It’s not entirely unexpected news; Facebook said in July it would no longer support Flash games as of December 31st, the same date Adobe is killing the Flash player altogether.But it does feel like the end of a gaming era. As silly (and sometimes annoyin…