OMGPOP dev explains why he walked away from Zynga takeover
The only employee at Draw Something developer OMGPOP who refused to sign a new contract following the studio’s $210 million acquisition by social gaming giant Zynga last week has explained why he walked away from the merger. Writing in a guest Gamasutra column, Shay Pierce explained that he felt uncomfortable compromising his ideals to sign up with the controversial Farmville developer, and that his would-be employer had shown a lack of flexibility during contract negotiations. When he questioned whether he would be asked to remove an iOS game called Connectrode from the App Store that he had developed in his own time due to conflict of interests, Zynga’s lawyers failed to offer any assurance and refused to tweak the small print in his contract. Read more…
