Games Giant Zynga Starts Playing With Bitcoin
Social gaming giant Zynga has announced that it will be accepting bitcoin for in-app payments in selected games, as a "test" with payment processor BitPay. The move opens up $200m per quarter in potential markets for the digital currency. The Zynga team account posted the following on reddit: "The Bitcoin test is only available to Zynga.com players playing FarmVille 2, CastleVille, ChefVille, CoasterVille, Hidden Chronicles, Hidden Shadows and CityVille. The games can be accessed at http://zynga.com. Zynga is always working to improve our customer experience by incorporating player....
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Social game developer Zynga announced this weekend plans to test in-game purchases using bitcoin, according to an announcement post on Reddit.com. The company, famous for their 'FarmVille' game, says they're partnering with bitcoin payment processor BitPay to make it all work. The test is said to only be available to users playing the following Zynga games: FarmVille 2, CastleVille, ChefVille, CoasterVille, Hidden Chronicles, Hidden Shadows and CityVille. A user on Reddit has uploaded a sample video showing the purchase-with-bitcoin process, which is embedded below. What do you think?....
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Zynga hasn’t had much to celebrate lately — the social gaming company suffered a huge drop in users last year and it hasn’t had a hit title in some time. But now it’s taking a new tack, turning to the Bitcoin community. In a post on Reddit’s Bitcoin subreddit last night, the Zynga team said it is currently “testing expanded payment options for players to make in-game purchases using Bitcoin,” specifically through the payment provider Bitpay. Currently, only seven Zynga games support Bitcoin payments, most of them titles in Zynga’s derivative “ville” series: CastleVille, ChefVille,....