company founded december 6 2008 ; 7 years ago 2008 12 06 1 headquarters palo alto california u.s. key people john pleasants former ceo resigned from disney november 2013 david sobeski former cto left disney december 2013 brad serwin former coo left disney march 2012 dan yue founder chris wang founder ling xiao founder industry video games social network service parent disney interactive the walt disney company website playdom.com playdom was an online social network game developer popular on facebook google and myspace . the company was founded in the san francisco bay area 2 by university of california berkeley graduates ling xiao and chris wang and swarthmore college graduate dan yue . in 2009 the market for games played on social networking sites was valued at 300 million consisting mostly of online sales of virtual goods . 3 it was a wholly owned subsidiary of disney interactive itself a division of the walt disney company . on september 1 2016 disney announced the closure of the remaining playdom games marvel avengers alliance and its mobile sequel at the end of the month effectively shuttering the studio . 4 contents 1 history 2 games 2.1 sold games 2.2 discontinued games 3 references 4 external links history edit on november 12 2009 playdom acquired green patch and trippert labs . 5 in september 2009 competitor zynga initiated a trade secrets lawsuits against playdom and 22 other rivals 6 including green patch . these lawsuits were finally settled in november 2010 less than 4 months after disney s acquisition of playdom in july 2010 . 7 on march 31 2010 playdom announced the acquisition of argentina based online game developer three melons for an undisclosed amount . 8 in april 2010 playdom closed all but one of the games from the green patch studio six months post acquisition . 9 on april 26 2010 playdom announced the acquisition of merscom a north carolina based social game developer . 10 on may 19 2010 they acquired acclaim games . 11 on june 7 2010 playdom announced the acquisition of gaming developer hive7 after a 33 million funding round . this marked playdom s sixth acquisition over the prior year . 12 on july 8 2010 playdom announced it acquired metaplace inc. . the pricing of the deal was not disclosed . 13 on july 27 2010 the walt disney company acquired playdom in a 763 million deal . disney initially paid 563 million for playdom which was the no. 3 social game company with about 42 million monthly players at the time of the acquisition . the deal also included a further 200 million in additional payments if playdom achieves certain growth thresholds . 14 in may 2011 playdom has been ordered by the federal trade commission to pay 3 million in fines for collecting and disclosing children s information without parental approval . 15 in april 2014 playdom announced the closure of all online games on the playdom site including gardens of time marvel avengers alliance kitchen scramble pirates of the caribbean isles of war ghosts of mistwood disney city girl and disney words of wonder . the games closed on april 25 2014 . rockyou acquired the facebook games gardens of time words of wonder and disney city girl renamed to city girl life . 16 on september 1 2016 disney interactive media announced the end of marvel avengers alliance and its mobile only sequel marvel avengers alliance 2 bringing a close to the studio . games edit sold games edit the following games were sold to rockyou between april and october 2014 . disney city girl now renamed city girl life disney words of wonder now renamed words of wonder gardens of time kitchen scramble discontinued games edit guardians of the galaxy the universal weapon gotg social city a casual strategy game in which the player develops a city . social city won the 2010 game developers choice online award for best social network game . 17 inside social games rated social city as the 2 best facebook game of the first half of 2010 . 18 social city also received an honorable mention on gamasutra s list of the top 5 facebook social games in 2010 . 19 gamezebo rated social city at 3.5 out of 5 highlighting balanced gameplay and adorable graphics . however it was criticized for its lack of complexity once you ve mastered the game s ecosystem of manufacturing residential leisure all you ll be doing is visiting your town to keep this balance in check and grow your city . growing your city remains exciting throughout but by the time you hit level 15 or so you just start wishing there was something more . 20 social city was closed on december 20 2011 . 21 armies of magic big city life blackwood & bell mysteries bloodlines bola botkin s hidden cove city of wonder deep realms disney animal kingdom explorers disney ghosts of mistwood disney gnome town disney hidden worlds espnu college town espn return man espn sports bar & grill fanglies fish friends full bloom the incredible machine lil farm life lil green patch market street marvel avengers alliance marvel avengers alliance 2 marvel avengers alliance tactics mobsters facebook mobsters myspace mobsters overdrive mobsters 2 vendetta mobsters criminal empire my vineyard nba dynasty pet resort pirates of the caribbean isles of war poker palace scribblemix sorority life facebook 22 sorority life myspace threads of mystery tiki farm tiki resort verdonia wild ones 23 references edit playdom.com whois dns & domain info domaintools . whois . retrieved 2016 08 21 . stone brad 16 december 2009 . russian facebook investor adds stake in zynga . new york times . retrieved 16 december 2009 . wawro alex 16 december 2009 . online sale of digital content breaks 1bn in 2009 . pc world . disney interactive support . disney . retrieved 2 september 2016 . playdom announces acquisitions green patch trippert labs . retrieved december 2 2011 . zynga goes to the mattresses 22 lawsuits filed this year and counting . retrieved december 2 2011 . zynga is extremely pleased with playdom disney litigation settlement . retrieved december 2 2011 . playdom acquires argentine game developer three melons . 31 march 2010 . retrieved 1 april 2010 . six months after acquiring it playdom is killing off lil green patch . retrieved december 2 2011 . playdom announces acquisition of merscom pdf . playdom . 2010 04 26 . retrieved 2012 07 03 . tom ivan 2010 05 19 . playdom acquires acclaim edge magazine . next gen.biz . retrieved 2011 09 09 . playdom announces acquisition of hive7 pdf . playdom . 2010 06 24 . retrieved 2012 07 03 . dean takahashi venturebeat . playdom buys metaplace which forsook virtual worlds for social games . july 8 2010 . http www.playdom.com marketing pdfs 2010 07 27 nytimesdisneybuysplaydom.pdf don reisinger cnet . ftc disney s playdom violated child protection act . may 13 2011 . retrieved may 13 2011 . venturebeat . rockyou buys three playdom games from disney to keep them running game developers choice online awards 2010 recipients . retrieved 2011 11 22 . mack christopher 2010 06 30 . the best facebook games of 2010 . inside social games . inside network . retrieved 2011 11 22 . caoili eric 2010 12 28 . gamasutra s best of 2010 top 5 facebook social games . gamasutra . ubm techweb . retrieved 2011 05 10 . squires jim 2010 04 04 . social city review . gamezebo . retrieved 2011 05 10 . playdom email sent to players 22 november 2011 https playdom.zendesk.com entries 33972407 locale 1 http forum.playdom.com showthread.php 311343 wild ones shutting down on august 26 2013 playdom external links edit official game website v t e the walt disney company company timeline retlaw enterprises criticism company officials founders walter elias disney roy oliver disney executives bob iger ceo alan n. braverman sevp gc christine mccarthy cfo board of directors susan arnold john s. chen jack dorsey bob iger chairman fred langhammer aylwin lewis monica c. lozano robert matschullat mark parker sheryl sandberg orin c. smith independent lead walt disney studios walt disney 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