Zynga announces transfer of YoVille to Big Viking Games

After weeks of anticipation, Zynga has announced it has come to a definitive agreement with Big Viking Games (BVG), which will see the YoVille Facebook game transferred wholesale to BVG for operation going forward. This news comes after Zynga’s original decision, in January 2014, to close YoVille, and the passionate response from players urging Zynga to reconsider.

The game’s original creator, Greg Thomson of Big Viking Games, immediately jumped into the mix, saying the company would be happy to discuss buying the game and operating it to prevent its closure.

As of March 6, Zynga had reversed its decision to close the game on its original date of March 31, but the game’s ultimate fate was still in the air.