1）据business insider报道，EA Playfish制作人Catherine Mallet最近也离开公司，她于两年前加入该伦敦工作室，离职前在负责监管一款未公开的“AAA社交游戏”。据知情者透露，她已经有了新去向。

2）据games报道，除了《龙腾世纪传奇》之外，EA还将在6月18日关闭另外4款Facebook和Google+游戏，即Faceook平台的《Age of Immortals》、《Six Gun Galaxy》、《Starship Command》以及Google+平台的《宝石迷阵闪电战》。

Google-plus-bejeweled blitz(from publicsocial.co.uk)

值得注意的是，《宝石迷阵闪电战》在Facebook人气极旺，据AppData数据显示，该游戏在Facebook平台的MAU将近1000万，这种情况表明Google+这个游戏平台才是问题所在。观察者认为，这样一款热门Facebook游戏在Google+都无法长存，可见Google+Games前途堪忧。

3）Lightside Games日前向Facebook平台推出一款以耶稣为主题的社交游戏《Journey of Jesus: The Calling》，支持玩家在游戏中与耶稣一起展开福音书之旅，学习以色列古代史。该公司此前还推出了另一款同类题材的Facebook游戏《Journey of Moses》。

journey of jesus：the calling(from gamebase.com.tw)

4）据venturebeat报道，最近出现了一款支持用户在iPad平台运行Facebook游戏的新应用TheWorx，该应用可将Flash游戏转换成视频导入iPad，但开启应用之后，用户看到的是一个带有应用标签的标准Facebook页面，可以像在Facebook页面一样选择自己所玩的游戏。预计该应用将于6月出炉。

TheWorx(from postants.com)

5）虚拟世界Webkinz World日前推了Facebook社交游戏《Webkinz Friends》，其玩法与原版虚拟世界相似，支持玩家在其中注册自己的填充玩具，赢取虚拟奖品，并建设供Kinz居住的小镇。

Webkinz Friends(from blog.games.com)

6）东京社交游戏公司Voltage日前宣布将于本月在美国旧金山成立Voltage Entertainment USA工作室，将由Voltage首席执行官Yuzi Tsutani主导该工作室事务。

Voltage旗下产品以社交约会模拟游戏为主，此类游戏让玩家在各种情境下与虚拟角色“约会”，通常会融入故事元素引导玩家进入下一个情境。这种题材的游戏又分为三种，一是希望与男生约会的女生版本，二是希望与女生约会的男生版本，三是同性恋版本。

My Forged Wedding(from itunes.apple.com)

该公司计划通过本次契机将社交约会模式游戏推向英语国家的智能手机平台，目前已经面向Android和iOS平台发布两款英文版游戏《Pirates In Love》以及《My Forged Wedding》。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，拒绝任何不保留版权的转载，如需转载请联系：游戏邦）

1）Catharina Mallet leaves EA Playfish — Catherine Mallet, the producer at EA Playfish who was heading up production on an unannounced “triple-A social title” is leaving the company.

Mallet was brought into the London studio two years ago, but sources “close to the company” are telling Business Insider that she already has a new job waiting for her.（source:insidesocialgames）

2）EA goes on killing spree, shuts down four more games on June 18

by Brandy Shaul

Just as soon as we learned that Dragon Age: Legends will be shut down on Facebook and Google+, we’ve also discovered the Electronic Arts isn’t stopping there, and in fact is shutting down four more games across Facebook and Google+ next month.

If you’re a fan of Age of Immortals, Six Gun Galaxy or Starship Command on Facebook, or even Bejeweled Blitz on Google+, your time with these games will come to an end on June 18, when servers for all four games will be shut down, according to EA’s service updates website.

If you’ve been playing Age of Immortals, you’re encouraged to try another game: Age of Champions, and will receive a special “player appreciation package” within Age of Champions if you reached at least level 9. This package includes in-game currency, a special themed badge for your profile, exclusive units and gear.

Meanwhile, Six Gun Galaxy players are being offered a similar package, but this one in Superhero City. You’ll be required to reach at least level 6 in Superhero City, and if you do just that, you’ll receive a special Six Gun Galaxy themed agility card, a piece of gear, in-game currency and a badge for your in-game profile. Starship Command’s package also comes by way of Superhero City, as you’ll be able to earn a free bundle of in-game currency if you check it out and reach level 6.

Perhaps the most interesting of these closures is Bejeweled Blitz on Google+. The Facebook version of the game is still incredibly popular, pulling in almost 10 million monthly active players (according to AppData). This then clearly points to the state of Google+ as a games platform, and not to the quality of Bejeweled Blitz as a standalone product. Are games simply being overlooked by users on Google+, or is the entire Google+ platform so devoid of active users that no game will be able to survive? It’s too early to say for sure (and one could make the argument that anyone that cares about the game is already playing it on Facebook), but this doesn’t bode well for the future of the Google+ Games service if such a popular Facebook game no longer merits support there.

Add these closures to the closing of Restaurant City on Facebook and Restaurant City: Gourmet Edition for iPad on June 29 and you have an incredibly sad month for EA’s social gamers. If more casualties are announced, we’ll make sure to let you know.（source:games）

3）Jesus comes to Facebook, shows no sympathy for the devil [Launch] — Developer Lightside Games decided to make Facebook a little more holy on the same day Blizzard’s Diablo III was released, launching Journey of Jesus: The Calling. Players travel with Jesus through the Gospels, learning about the history of Ancient Israel as they do so. Publications like The Escapist took note of Journey of Jesus: The Calling because its cover photo features Jesus standing triumphant over Diablo in a boxing ring. This isn’t Lightside’s first such game, either, having previous released Journey of Moses on Facebook.（source:insidesocialgames）

4）Facebook games now playable on tablets with TheWorx — Facebook’s mobile app lets people access the network on the go, but it doesn’t let users play social games. VentureBeat reports a new Facebook app, TheWorx,  runs on tablets and converts Flash games to video which is then streamed to the iPad. When the app starts up, users see what looks like a standard Facebook page, but with a tab for apps. This tab allows users to select games they play on Facebook’s normal website and play it on their iPad. TheWorx is expected to launch in June.（source:insidesocialgames）

5）Webkinz now inhabiting Facebook [Launch] — The Popular Webkinz stuffed animals can finally call Facebook home, courtesy of their new social game Webkinz Friends. The game works similar to the original virtual world Webkinz World works. Players register their stuffed toys with the social game (which can also be registered with Webkinz Friends), receive virtual prizes and build up a town for their Kinz to live in.（source:insidesocialgames）

6）Voltage Opens Office In the US, Wants To Publish Social Dating Sims Globally [Social Games]

by Dr. Serkan Toto

Tokyo-based (and listed) social game maker Voltage is famous in Japan for covering a very specific genre: social dating simulations. In these games, players are supposed to “date” virtual characters in various settings, usually embedded in a narrative that guides users from one situation to the next.

There are various types in this genre: games for girls wanting to date boys and vice versa, and games with a gay theme.

Voltage focuses on the first type and now plans to bring their catalogue (they publish games on GREE, Mobage, and Mixi) to the world.

The company announced plans to establish “Voltage Entertainment USA” within this month but so far didn’t specify when exactly. Apparently, the US office in San Francisco will be led by the CEO of Voltage proper, Yuzi Tsutani.

The plan is to bolster efforts to distribute social dating and love simulations on smartphones to the English-speaking world.

So far, Voltage has rolled out two such titles on Android and iOS in English, Pirates In Love and My Forged Wedding.（source:serkantoto）