Thunderstone: Zynga also apparently even copied right down to the rgb skin tones from The Sims Social
http://i.imgur.com/Lue6v.png

Gazoinks: Now that is weird. At that point it seems like they're putting more effort into copying than it'd take to actually come up with their own colors.

orcishgamer: EA is going to bend Zynga right over on this one. Furthermore, saying EA is even in the same ballpark with Zynga is just silly, EA doesn't always do great stuff but they've been hitting a pretty good average for being a decent big company in the past few years (it's wonder they even try with all the shit gamers give them no matter what they do), Zynga is nearly flat out evil.orcishgamer: Zynga's stocks are in free fall, a rich company could buy them out at this point (napkin math, I could be wrong, but don't think so).

Neobr10: It's kind of common for facebook games to copy assets from well-known franchises. There's a game called Social Wars that uses an image of a Spartan soldier (like Master Chief) to advertise the game. And in fact, these Spartan soldier taken from Halo are in the game. And i can bet my ass they don't have permission to use that. I guess Microsoft doesn't want to go through the hassle of suing them, but they could.

Neobr10: I seriously hope that EA wipes the floor with them in court. Zynga is known for ALWAYS copying other games. It's not just taking inspiration or doing something similar, they COMPLETELY copy other games from smaller companies that don't have the resources to face a legal battle. But this time they messed with the big guys.

Of all gaming companies i know, Zynga is certainly the worst. Other companies at least make their own games, Zynga doesn't. I hope ZYnga goes bakrupt this time. Such a terrible company has to go down.

By the way, here's another example of a Zynga's clone:
http://cdn.toucharcade.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/dearzynga.jpg

Some people accuse Gameloft of copying other games too, but actually it has nothing to do with the blatant rip-offs by Zynga. Gameloft sometimes use similar names and backgrounds from well-known franchises, but the games themselves are very different from the ones they are accused of copying. Take a look at Modern Combat for example. The name and the settings obviously come from COD Modern Warfare (and the game was released at the sime time as Modern Warfare 2), but the game itself looks nothing like COD, excpet for being a FPS and sharing a similar background. Same goes for Starfront Collision (inspired by Starcraft 2).

EDIT: Here's Zynga's response to the lawsuit:
“We are committed to creating the most fun, innovative, social and engaging games in every major genre that our players enjoy. The Ville is the newest game in our ‘ville’ franchise – it builds on every major innovation from our existing invest-and-express games dating back to YoVille and continuing through CityVille and CastleVille, and introduces a number of new social features and game mechanics not seen in social games today. It’s unfortunate that EA thought that this was an appropriate response to our game, and clearly demonstrates a lack of understanding of basic copyright principles. It’s also ironic that EA brings this suit shortly after launching SimCity Social which bears an uncanny resemblance to Zynga’s CityVille game. Nonetheless, we plan to defend our rights to the fullest extent possible and intend to win with players.” -Reggie Davis, General Counsel, Zynga

Are you fucking kidding me? Simcity franchise has been around for decades before this CityVille crap.

By the way, this:
http://dwimg.com/files/52079584313322472876.jpeg

GO EA GO.

fr33kSh0w2012: FaceBook terrible company hope it goes belly up also CIA shills they are Zuckerman is the biggest sellout of them all.

Fesin: If copying gameplay-mechanics was illegal now, the only FPS-franchise allowed to exist would be Wolfenstein.

And maybe it's because I'm not on facebook, but what's with all the hate for Zynga?