Zynga Claims CityVille Is Its Fastest-Growing Game

Four days after opening CityVille on Facebook, Zynga is calling the new game its biggest-ever launch. Some 290,000 people played the title in its first 24 hours, according to the Zynga, with 25 percent continuing long enough to set up a franchise in a friend’s city, an action that takes at least 15 minutes of game play.

CityVille’s first-day performance is only important in context, though. Zynga had two other major releases this year: Treasure Isle and FrontierVille,

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