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Launched in 2007, [[Challenge Games]] was backed by Sequoia Capital and Globespan Capital Partners for developing online games with a virtual goods component. Its games included [[Warstorm]], Ponzi and many other games. |
Launched in 2007, [[Challenge Games]] was backed by Sequoia Capital and Globespan Capital Partners for developing online games with a virtual goods component. Its games included [[Warstorm]], Ponzi and many other games. |
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| β | On June 3, 2010, [http://zynga.com Zynga] acquired Challenge games, and renamed the company as Zynga Austin. However, Warstorm now belongs to Zynga but not Zynga Austin, as the department provides service mainly to Asian countries.<ref>[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/zynga-acquires-challenge-games-expands-social-gaming-footprint/15272 Zdnet:Zynga acquires Challenge Games; expands social gaming footprint]</ref> In the acquiring process most games created by Challenge |
+ | On June 3, 2010, [http://zynga.com Zynga] acquired Challenge games, and renamed the company as Zynga Austin. However, Warstorm now belongs to Zynga but not Zynga Austin, as the department provides service mainly to Asian countries.<ref>[http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/zynga-acquires-challenge-games-expands-social-gaming-footprint/15272 Zdnet:Zynga acquires Challenge Games; expands social gaming footprint]</ref> In the acquiring process most games created by Challenge Gaems were forced to be discontinued and closed, however Warstorm was the only game to be brought onto Facebook and was lucky enough to live since. However, the original website [[Warstorm.com]] was shortly closed afterwards. |
The merging process and discontinuation of Warstorm was speculated to be negatively rated and Zynga, as the acquiring company, was also negatively commented. <ref>[http://artofwarstorm.com/index.php/component/content/article/95-zynga-buys-challenge-games#comments Comments of "Zynga buys Challenge Games!" on Art of Warstorm]</ref> The major critizations included not acting to merge or move most of the account data, including [[challenge coin]], [[copper]], [[reward point]] conversion, cards, [[achievement]]s, [[level]] and ladder system ratings; giving very inactive response on improving the game on [[Facebook]]; and designing a very Warstorm [[Cash]] based playing system. |
The merging process and discontinuation of Warstorm was speculated to be negatively rated and Zynga, as the acquiring company, was also negatively commented. <ref>[http://artofwarstorm.com/index.php/component/content/article/95-zynga-buys-challenge-games#comments Comments of "Zynga buys Challenge Games!" on Art of Warstorm]</ref> The major critizations included not acting to merge or move most of the account data, including [[challenge coin]], [[copper]], [[reward point]] conversion, cards, [[achievement]]s, [[level]] and ladder system ratings; giving very inactive response on improving the game on [[Facebook]]; and designing a very Warstorm [[Cash]] based playing system. |
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