In a press release unleashed into the wild yesterday, Zynga head of platform partners Rob Dyer led the announcement that the social gaming giant will be flexing some of its (not inconsiderable) promotional muscle on behalf of partners using its growing Zynga.com platform.
Zynga revealed three new game partners to their recently announced game platform today at GDC, including Rebellion and Playdemic (creator of Gourmet Ranch). The big news is that the third game partner is Konami.What is Konami releasing as a social game on Zynga? We don't know. When? Ditto.
Back in October, Zynga announced an upcoming social platform for games codenamed Project Z. Today Zynga has let us know what players can expect from Project Z - now officially known as Zynga Platform - and it's a pretty substantial offering. After seeing the service first hand, there seems to be little doubt that Zynga Platform should become an instant hit with both gamers and developers alike.
Woodland Heroes' unique take on turn-based strategy and charming world made it one of our favorite Facebook games of 2011, but the developers at Row Sham Bow aren't done yet. Very soon players will get to enjoy a brand new feature in the game, with an upcoming expansion that adds city building to the formula.
Though it was only founded this year, Orlando-based games studio Row Sham Bow has already made a big splash on Facebook thanks to the excellent strategy game Woodland Heroes. The studio was founded by a number of industry veterans who have worked on everything from EA Sports games like Madden and Tiger Woods to hit series like Guitar Hero and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. They're now using that expertise to do something interesting in the free-to-play social space, and in the latest edition of Gamezebo Cribs we head down to their dowtown Orlando office to see just where that's happening.
Starting this week the Facebook strategy game Woodland Heroes will be receiving what the developers are describing as a major update, which brings about a redesigned world map as well as tweaks to the recapture battles.