{"id":51004,"date":"2020-09-28T12:15:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/?p=51004"},"modified":"2020-09-28T12:16:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:16:00","slug":"farmville-buys-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quartertothree.com\/fp\/2020\/09\/28\/farmville-buys-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"FarmVille buys the farm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FarmVille, one of the first games to hit it big on Facebook, is done. Zynga <a href=\"https:\/\/zyngasupport.helpshift.com\/a\/farmville\/?s=announcements&amp;f=important-announcement&amp;l=en\">posted<\/a> the bad news to its fans and informed them that although the game will remain playable until the end of the year, no in-app purchases will be allowed past November 17th. It marks an 11-year run for the game, a lifetime for social media web games, but with Adobe ceasing support for Flash, the time had come to sunset the title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;We are also working on fun in-game activities to be announced soon that are designed to make your remaining time with FarmVille even more enjoyable.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farmville 2: Tropic Escape and Farmville 2: Country Escape are still available, and there&#8217;s a third installment on the way if you feel the urge to give Zynga more money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FarmVille, one of the first games to hit it big on Facebook, is done. Zynga posted the bad news to its fans and informed them that although the game will remain playable until the end of the year, no in-app purchases will be allowed past November 17th. 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