Iconic Facebook game Farmville shutting down after 11 years ZyngaAfter 11 years, the iconic online Facebook game FarmVille will be shutting down on December 31, 2020. Here\u2019s what you need to know about why it\u2019s going offline, what will be done about in-app purchases, and more. In the mid-2000s and early 2010s, web games took the world by storm. Having the ability to play simple but fun games within your own web browser, without having to download any applications, was something that tons of companies took advantage of. One of the more popular web-based games was FarmVille. The Facebook title attracted millions and millions of players during its time online, so while it might not be everyone\u2019s cup of tea, there\u2019s no denying its popularity. Unfortunately, it\u2019s time is coming to an end. Developer Zynga has announced that on December 31, 2020, FarmVille will finally be shutting down. The game was released on Facebook on June 19, 2009, which means it\u2019s been over 11 years since its original launch date. According to Zynga, the move was done because of the loss of support for Adobe Flash Player, the platform that the game is built on. While a lot of games built on the platform have transitioned to other services, FarmVille seems to have not made the jump. In the lead-up to the game\u2019s shutdown, the developer announced that the game\u2019s microtransaction system will be shut off on November 17. While no specific details were revealed, Zynga confirmed that it is working on some final activities and events for people to sink their teeth into before the shutdown. While the loss of Flash Player was certainly the most defining reason why the game\u2019s being shutdown, the game\u2019s popularity is also more than likely to blame. While there\u2019s no telling the current player-count for FarmVille, there\u2019s pretty much no denying it\u2019s not anywhere close to where it once was, with the game bringing in millions and millions of players when it was its most popular in 2010 and 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Iconic Facebook game Farmville shutting down after 11 years ZyngaAfter 11 years, the iconic online Facebook game FarmVille will be shutting down on December 31, 2020. Here\u2019s what you need to know about why it\u2019s going offline, what will be done about in-app purchases, and more. In the mid-2000s and early 2010s, web games took […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82330\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}