{"id":501295,"date":"2025-11-16T19:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2188953"},"modified":"2025-11-16T19:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:41:42","slug":"farmville-maker-zynga-plans-studio-sized-group-making-blockchain-and-nft-games-by-year-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/farmville-maker-zynga-plans-studio-sized-group-making-blockchain-and-nft-games-by-year-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmville maker Zynga plans studio-sized group making blockchain and NFT games by year end"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/farmville-maker-zynga-plans-studio-sized-group-making-blockchain-and-nft-games-by-year-end.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nZynga, maker of Farmville and Words with Friends, plans to expand its team making games centred around the blockchain and NFTs to a studio-sized amount by the end of the year. <\/p>\n<p>This means as many as 70 to 100 staff will be working on such titles, Zynga blochain boss Matt Wolf told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/signup\/gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Axios<\/a>. Hiring is now ongoing, including for a position titled &#8220;tokenomics designer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-10-farmville-maker-zynga-plans-studio-sized-group-making-blockchain-and-nft-games-by-year-end\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2022-02-10-farmville-maker-zynga-plans-studio-sized-group-making-blockchain-and-nft-games-by-year-end\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zynga, maker of Farmville and Words with Friends, plans to expand its team making games centred around the blockchain and NFTs to a studio-sized amount by the end of the year. This means as many as 70 to 100 staff will be working on such titles, Zynga blochain boss Matt Wolf told Axios. Hiring is now ongoing, including for a position titled &#8220;tokenomics designer&#8221;. 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