A Bit Lucky, the developer behind Lucky Train and Lucky Space, has been acquired by Zynga. The team is currently at work on Solstice Arena, a multiplayer game set to release on several platforms, and they'll continue development of the game once settled into their new offices at Zynga San Francisco.
I came to TrainCity as one of the few Americans who still rides trains on a daily basis, whether it's by dodging knife fights on Chicago's Green Line or suffering through yuppie commentaries on Desperate Housewives on the statelier Metra line. As such, perhaps I expected a bit too much from this charming but simple offering by LIFO Interactive and Gamevil. TrainCity has passenger trains, yes, but it wrestles with just how to implement them into the growing city around it (much like Houston or Los Angeles), and while the overall gameplay isn't bad at all, TrainCity is probably best left to the most casual of city builders.
Just this month, Pixel Federation launched of TrainStation on Facebook, a game that is advertised as allowing you to experience the history of trains from their very invention, all of the way to the modern, streamlined, and super fast versions of today.