P-L-A-Y Your Way to Victory in Words With Friends on Messenger
May 02 2017 - 12:00PM
Zynga (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, today
announced the launch of Words With Friends for Instant Games.
Developed using Facebook’s newly announced rich gameplay features
for Instant Games, Words With Friends pairs the beloved gameplay of
one of the world’s most popular word games with the global, social
connection on Messenger and Facebook.
“We’re proud to be one of the first gaming companies innovating
on the Instant Games platform, delivering an immersive Words With
Friends experience on Messenger to word fans everywhere,” said
Vaibhav Sahgal, Vice President of Games for Zynga. “As one of the
most popular word games in the world, Words With Friends is a daily
ritual in millions of people’s lives, connecting them with their
friends and family around the globe. We’re excited to partner with
Facebook in reimagining Words With Friends for Instant Games on
Messenger – bringing its iconic gameplay and rich social experience
directly to the places that people are communicating.”
As the first-ever turn-based game on Messenger, players can now
have all the fun Words With Friends offers, right where they are
already connecting with friends from around the world. Now players
can make moves directly on Messenger and Facebook, invite
connections from their friends list and play faster than ever
before with a compact game board and fewer tiles. Exclusive to
Words With Friends for Instant Games on Messenger is a convenient
Games List that allows players to track all of their games in one
place, a first for any Words With Friends experience on a messaging
platform.
With every turn of Words With Friends, players receive real-time
updates with words played and points scored, delivering a dynamic
and engaging experience that is true to the ways they are already
connecting on Messenger. Leveraging game bots on Messenger, Words
With Friends features notifications that seamlessly remind players
when to make their next move. And, for the first time ever in Words
With Friends, all connections within a Messenger group can watch
the exciting wordie gameplay unfold while simultaneously chatting
about strategy, amplifying the overall social experience of the
game.
Launched in 2009, Words With Friends has been installed more
than 200 million times and is one of the App Store’s Top 10 free
games of all time. An estimated 55 million active Words With
Friends matches are played around the world at any moment, and more
than 75 million words are played every day.
For more information on Words With Friends, visit the game’s
community channels on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Game images can be found here:
https://zynga.box.com/s/o4vobttja4b1uo3sgr1wcuj05b0drftv
About Zynga
Inc. Since its founding in 2007, Zynga's mission has been
to connect the world through games. To-date, more than 1 billion
people have played Zynga's games across Web and mobile, including
FarmVille, Zynga Poker, Words With Friends, Hit it Rich! Slots and
CSR Racing. Zynga's games are available on a number of global
platforms including Apple iOS, Google Android, Facebook and
Zynga.com. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif.,
and has additional offices in the U.S., Canada, Finland, U.K.,
Ireland and India. Learn more about Zynga at
http://blog.zynga.com or follow us on Twitter and
Facebook.
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains forward-looking
statements, including those statements relating to, among other
things, the launch of Words With Friends for Instant Games, the
game's success and the game's features (including gameplay and
social features). Forward-looking statements often include
words such as "outlook," "projected," "intends," "will,"
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future tense are generally forward-looking. The achievement or
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Commission (the "SEC"), copies of which may be obtained by visiting
our Investor Relations web site at
http://investor.zynga.com or the SEC's web site at
www.sec.gov.
Contact
Erin Smith-Cheng
esmithcheng@zynga.com
(650) 224-2462
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