最近，Zynga公司的网站发布了还未成立的西雅图工作室正在招聘贤能的通告，这也意味着Zynga公司计划扩展美国西北部的游戏市场。据FarmVille开发者网站所说，Zynga公司“正在招觅游戏工程师，在西雅图打造世界顶级的工程师团队。”

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除了组织一个专门团队开发令人上瘾的社交游戏外，Zynga还有什么企图？更重要的是，为什么选西雅图？

是的，世界两家最受欢迎的视频游戏平台：任天堂和微软都在美国华盛顿州的雷蒙德设有总部。鉴于Zynga公司在成立的短短两年间创下的盈利已经接近4年前的任天堂时。这两家公司之间可能有某些计划。

如果两家公司达成某个协议，先发制人的Zynga Seattle就可以全力帮助任天堂公司扩大在线游戏市场。然而，似乎别的公司也和Zynga一样注意到了这点。 比如Microsoft, 有谣传称这个硅谷的核心公司将在2011年也要分社交游戏的一杯羹。

大家想想，如果这些公司真的想要打造自己的社交游戏品牌。并从中得利的话，那他们必然需要聘请一些有经验的员工。那还有谁比Zynga这个社交游戏开发行业的龙头更有资格呢？（本文由游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译）

Zynga recently posted some job openings on their website referring to an office in Seattle that is yet to exist, meaning that they’re planning to expand their reach into the Northwest world of gaming, which the company confirmed. According to the FarmVille creator’s website, the company is putting together, “a world-class team of web engineers in Seattle! We are hiring at all levels from associate engineers to architects.”

Aside from creating yet another ragtag team of code junkies (which Zynga seems to be on a roll with), what else could Zynga be up to and, more importantly, why Seattle? Well, two of the most popular video game publishers in the world both have stationed their American headquarters in Redmond, Wash.: Nintendo and Microsoft. And considering Zynga is expected to make nearly as much money in its 2-year-old infancy as Nintendo did just four years ago, they probably would like to have a few talks.

If some type of alliance were to take place, the preemptively-named Zynga Seattle could help Nintendo’s online presence immensely. And it’s not as if is Zynga is above this strategy. As for Microsoft, they seem to already have a relationship with the company on some level. Not to mention it’s been rumored that the center of Silicon Valley could take a bite of the social games market in 2011. Zynga is worth entirely too much to consider buying on the whole, but what about subsidizing one studio? It’s all that Microsoft would need to help launch some social game marketing for its Halo franchise.

Think about it. With the way things are going, these guys are going to need someone experienced if social game branding is to take off and become profitable. Who better qualified than the company who developed the face of the industry?（Source：Games.com）