Leading social game devs pulling out of MySpace
Zynga reportedly declines $100m deal to purchase News Corp network
Major social game developers have in recent months withdrawn a number of their titles from declining social network MySpace.
InsideSocialGames notes that RockYou has pulled all of its top titles from the News Corp-owned service – including Truth Box with its near-eight million users.
Disney-owned developer Playdom has closed two roleplaying games (each with more than 2 million users), meaning it is no longer the second biggest studio in the MySpace top 25. It still has five apps in the chart.
Zynga still operates seven of the top 25 MySpace games, but its Ville series remains noticeably absent following a recent deal with Facebook. So far though, only Rollercoaster Kingdom and Street Racing (also pulled from Facebook) have been removed.
Rumours emerged last week that Zynga had considered purchasing the beleaguered MySpace from NewsCorp, but backed away from the alleged deal when the Rupert Murdoch firm asked for Zynga shares rather than money.
Business Insider quotes sources as alleging that News Corp is asking around $100 million for the network, despite revenues having plummeted from $300 to 80 million over the last two years.