Zynga To Launch New Game ChefVille

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The big Facebook gaming giant Zynga is about to launch the latest of ongoing series of ‘Ville’ games.  The game is called “ChefVille” and as the name implies, the game puts Facebook players in the shoes of a chef trying to create and run a successful restaurant.

Of course, it is not all sun shinny for this new Zynga launch.  The company is facing multiple lawsuits — two accusing the top brass of insider trading and a third accusing the company of blatantly copying another company’s game. Specifically, Electronic Arts is accusing Zynga of copyright infringement, alleging that Zynga’s brand new “The Ville” rips off EA’s game ”The Sims Social.”  When it comes to these accusations of copycatting, the launch of “ChefVille” highlights an interesting question: What’s the difference between copyright infringing copycatting and good-ol’ game development evolution?

Zynga has been accused of borrowing heavily from a whole host of games.  When it comes to “ChefVille,” Zynga believes it has taken an older concept, improved upon it and made it fresh again. ”I think ChefVille represents a huge evolution in the restaurant genre,” studio general manager Jonathan Knight told me recently during an advance look at the company’s newest game.  Not only does “ChefVille” boast some of the highest production values you’ll find in a Facebook game, he says, but they’ve baked in some unique gameplay elements.  What do you think of this?  Are you excited for a new Zynga game?

Source News: In-game MSNBC

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   Leymah

   August 11, 2012 at 2:08 am

   ChefVille is fun, if you are patient and have many MANY neighbors. It’s got quirks I don’t like, but that’s just how Zynga games are which are not really particular to ChV (like low inventory limits, having to WAIT for neighbors to respond to my help requests to proceed in MY game). Neighbors are part of the FB social gaming framework, I can understand that, but it gets so boring waiting for friends to respond – and the new FB timeline gobbles up our help requests so our neighbors can’t even see them usually.

   Facebook has to do something about these games requiring a link up to strangers (gaming neighbors). It’s a huge privacy concern, and it MAKES people need to use fake names so their privacy is guarded while still able to play the games. If you take any person’s real life group of friends and family (which they use their real name and info for), they aren’t going to want these spammy help requests but gaming neighbors welcome them.

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   Leymah

   August 11, 2012 at 2:13 am

   In other words, make people able to play the games with themselves — without having to spend a fortune (bypassing the help-requirements). Make people able to get everything they need by their own merit.

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     Leymah

     August 11, 2012 at 2:14 am

     FB/Zynga will get more money from more people that way anyway.

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