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Farmville gets closer to foreclosure as Words with Friends developer Zynga is laying off 18 percent of its workforce to try to cut $100 million in costs.

Zynga has announced that founder Mark Pincus will be making a full circle return to his original role as CEO as Don Mattrick is walking away from the position.

Baseball can be a slow moving game compared to football and basketball, but that seemingly languid pace can disguise its most appealing element. The crack of the bat on a baseball is a sound and sight to behold, especially if you've bought tickets to the stadium. Baseball Slam attempts to capture that dynamic, with mixed results.

According to Ryan Seacrest, the go-to source for video gaming news, Draw Something 2 will be headed to a mobile device near you very soon. The American Idol mainstay took to his Twitter account, along with OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter, to announce that Zynga would be bringing back last year’s runaway doodling sensation for a sequel.

Zynga is looking past the fields of Farmville and is headed for greener, perhaps more blood-soaked pastures. The company has acquired the small development team, November Software, and is set to release a mid-core game called Battlestone. Find out the details of the acquisition after the jump!

According to a tipster over at Gamasutra, social gaming giant Zynga is in the process of closing down their entire Austin studio.

Zynga has had quite a few hits on their hands with Word With Friends, Hanging With Friends and Scramble With Friends. Now a new social media app has hit the App Store and it's another fun way to play random strangers or your Facebook friends. Best of all? It's free!