
In a , founder and CEO Mark Pincus detailed the "cost-reductions that are taking place company-wide".
Pincus wrote: "We are saying painful goodbyes to about 18% of our Zynga brothers and sisters. None of us ever expected to face a day like today."
But the moves, he explained, are part of a proactive strategy made "from a position of financial strength".
The move will .
Until March this year, users of Zynga games were only able to sign-up and play through Facebook, but to become a standalone "destination for play" on zynga.com.
In November 2011, the initial public offering (IPO) for Zynga .