Zynga Shows Its Wild Side With the Launch of Dream Zoo for Mobile

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zynga, the world’s leading social game developer, today announced the global launch of Dream Zoo, the latest mobile game from the makers of Words With Friends, Hanging With Friends, CityVille Hometown and most recently Mafia Wars Shakedown. Available today in the Apple App store, Dream Zoo is Zynga’s first zoo themed game where players can collect, breed, and care for the world’s most amazing animals in their very own zoo.

“Zynga is dedicated to innovating in mobile social games and bringing more play into everyone’s daily lives wherever and whenever they want. Now everyone can be a zookeeper of the zaniest animals imaginable while sharing the experience with their friends.”

In Dream Zoo players create and expand their zoo by breeding animals only found in their wildest, most psychedelic dreams. Rainbow giraffes, polka dot baboons, and colorful zebras roam around animal kingdoms that players create and decorate. Players connect and visit their friends’ zoos to discover different habitats and terrains for a truly social experience. Dream Zoo enables players to watch their animals grow from babies to adults, building emotional connections with the breeds they created themselves – thousands of animal varieties possible.

Wake up! You’re not dreaming, the possibilities are endless when it comes to the number of animals players can breed in fun patterns and colors – thousands of animal varieties possible.
Wash up! No one likes flies on their zebra! Earn extra bonus points for caring, feeding, petting and cleaning your zoo animals by touch, tap, and swiping directly on your animals.
Say what? ‘Zoo’ is spelled the same in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish. Dream Zoo will be available in these five languages at launch making it Zynga’s third mobile game offered in multiple languages.

Dream Zoo also offers Zynga Mobile’s location-based bonus play feature for the first time, giving players the opportunity to unlock in-game rewards based on playing in multiple locations. Utilizing Apple’s Location Services, the game awards players with free safaris to discover animals hiding in their neighborhood. The location feature can be turned on or off any time players want, similar to any location-based app.

“Dream Zoo is a great addition to the growing portfolio of Zynga’s multi-platform games and follows four new mobile games just launched this month including Mafia Wars Shakedown,” said David Ko, chief mobile officer for Zynga. “Zynga is dedicated to innovating in mobile social games and bringing more play into everyone’s daily lives wherever and whenever they want. Now everyone can be a zookeeper of the zaniest animals imaginable while sharing the experience with their friends.”

Dream Zoo is available today as a free download from the App Store on iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, or at http://zyn.ga/zoo in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

For more information about Dream Zoo, visit: http://www.facebook.com/Dream.Zoo.Zynga. For game images and additional information, please visit https://zynga.box.com/s/q70r4lpv8zbk6v35o7hp or contact press@zynga.com. More information can also be found via the Zynga blog post at: http://www.zynga.com/about/blog.php and the Dream Zoo trailer can be watched at: http://youtu.be/TOqMAthsh9c

About Zynga Inc.

Zynga Inc. is the world's leading social game developer with 232 million monthly active users playing their games which include CityVille, FarmVille, Empires & Allies, The Pioneer Trail, Adventure World, Words With Friends, Mafia Wars, Mafia Wars 2, Zynga Poker, Cafe World, and Treasure Isle. Zynga Inc games are available on a number of global platforms including Facebook, Google+, Tencent, MySpace, Yahoo, the iPad, the iPhone and Android devices. Through Zynga.org, Zynga players have raised more than $10 million for world social causes. Zynga Inc. is headquartered in San Francisco. For more information, visit www.zynga.com or www.zynga.org.