Zynga buys mobile game developer November

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time November 10 morning, Zynga announced in Friday, will acquire mobile gaming studio November Software. November was founded in January 2011, the studio's many developers from the Lucas Electrical Arts (LucasArts). November has been working with Zynga to develop a new "moderate fever" (Mid-core) mobile game in the months before. The game, code-named "Golden Arrow", is an action-fighting game with a new cross-platform 3D engine. "We are focused on developing high quality 60fps performance, fast workflow, and on-demand content flow on the mobile platform," said Szymon Swistun, co-founder of November-Simon Sveston. "In the development process, November noted Zynga's" deep insights and enthusiasm for game improvement, "and Zynga has a good understanding of the free model of social elements and games. "Through our contacts with Zynga-related people, we find that they have the faith and passion to develop heavyweight mobile games and impress players," says Sveston. So we were moved. We realize that by combining the professionalism of our team's host game with the professionalism of Zynga in large-scale social gaming, we can accelerate game development. "Zynga's gaming business has underperformed in the past few months, which has also put Zynga in trouble." In the early weeks of August, some angry shareholders filed lawsuits against Zynga alleging that Zynga had failed to issue an early warning on its revenue slump. In addition, EA has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Zynga. and Zynga coo John Chapetre (John Schappert) then left the company. However, November still said he was delighted to work with Znyga, especially with Zynga's gang war team. "We continue to learn and draw on their knowledge, mainly about how to make the ' moderate ' fever ' game more interesting and how to develop a large-scale social game," Sveston says. "It is not clear what the terms of the deal are. There have been unconfirmed reports that Zynga has slashed jobs in Austin, Texas. The rumor is that Zynga will lay off more than 100 people in its studio in Austin, Texas, and may close its Boston and Chicago Studios, leaving only its headquarters in San Francisco. (Zhang Fan)