Chelsea Stark2013-04-15 15:18:11 UTCEA is shuttering three of its Facebook games on June 14: Sim City Social, The Sims Social and Pet Society.
Those games' players are being notified by the Playfish forums and the Facebook fan pages. Players are encouraged to spend all their in-game currency before June 14.
Sim City Social was announced last year and released on June 25, meaning it will have survived for only a year. The game was developed by Playfish and Maxis, and allowed players to collaborate on cities.
The Sims Social was the Facebook spinoff of EA's dominant simulation game. It was released in 2011 and rose to the top of Facebook's app charts, becoming second only to Farmville in popularity. In the past six months, however, it had seen a decline in users.
Pet Society was developed and released by Playfish Games before it was acquired by EA for $300 million in 2009. It allowed players to create and customize their own pets, and then interact with other friends across the game. Pet Society had an immense following and had been on Facebook since 2008.
This announcement comes after EA decided to shutter other Facebook games; EA Sports NFL Madden Superstars and EA Sports NHL Superstars are both being shuttered May 14. EA could be re-evaluating its position in the social games market with these closures, but the games represent most of the titles Playfish supported. Another of the developer's games, a hidden object game called JetSet Secrets released in September, is being retired later this month.
For devoted players of those social games, these closures might represent another reason to be bitter at EA, which was voted Worst Company in America by Consumerist readers just last week.
Did you play SimCity Social, The Sims Social or Pet Society? Share your memories of those games with us in the comments.
Image courtesy SimCity Social Facebook
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