News: EA to close Playfish Facebook titles

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News: EA to close Playfish Facebook titles

Added: 15.04.2013 15:36 | 7 views | 0 comments

SimCity Social, The Sims Social and Pet Society to be retired in June.

News: EA to close Playfish Facebook titles news

SimCity Social, The Sims Social and Pet Society will all be taken offline on June 14, with the publisher citing a drop in player numbers as the reason for their retirement.

Despite the fall in numbers for Playfish's range, however, EA states that it will continue to deliver "popular titles" for Facebook, including PopCap's Bejeweled Blitz, Solitaire Blitz and Plants vs Zombies.

The games' retirement follows last week's news of lay-offs within EA.

Joystiq claims that around 60 to 70 permanent employees were made redundant last week, with a further 100...