Zynga and EA: Dog chasing tail

This week, we saw EA launch a citybuilder game that evokes memories of 2010’s CityVille from Zynga. Less than 24 hours later, Zynga announces a life simulation that looks an awful lot like EA’s 2011 hit The Sims Social. Has the copycat phase of Facebook games finally jumped the shark?

As we’ve detailed in our coverage, The Ville is a life sim where players build a dream house and interact with other players’ avatars — going so far as to have sex with them where possible.

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