據該公司一位前員工介紹，奧斯汀Zynga今天大規模裁員，該員工表示，這一宣佈是在今天廣為宣傳的蘋果iPad Mini公告期間釋出的。

據稱，該公司解僱了100多名員工，並關閉了6月份釋出的街坊真人模擬遊戲《Ville》（The Ville），一位前員工在電子郵件中告訴《邊緣》（The Verge）。該公司還解僱了整個團隊，因為一個新的未發行的遊戲；這名前僱員說，這兩個遊戲“現在都結束了”。

這座城市的首映勢頭強勁，但本月早些時候人氣急劇下降。這款遊戲也是今年8月藝電（Electronic Arts）提起訴訟的目標，藝電指控Zynga複製了旗下游戲Sims Social。今年9月，Zynga反訴。

這一訊息釋出前一天，Zynga將宣佈第三季度財報，預計這將是該公司股價暴跌的又一個令人失望的訊息。

我們聯絡了Zynga，被告知該公司將很快發表宣告。我們仍在報道這個故事，並將更新與確認。

最新訊息：另一個訊息來源證實，今天在奧斯汀、芝加哥和波士頓都有裁員。

更新2：以下是Zynga CEO馬克·平卡斯的備忘錄：

Team,

Earlier today we initiated a number of changes to streamline our operati***, focus our resources on our most strategic opportunities, and invest in our future. We waited to share this news with all of you until we had first spoken with the groups impacted.

As part of these changes, we’ve had to make some tough decisi*** around products, teams and people. I want to fill you in on what's happened and address any concerns you may have.

Here are the most important details.

We are sunsetting 13 older games and we’re also significantly reducing our investment in The Ville.

We are closing the Zynga Boston studio and proposing closures of the Zynga Japan and UK studios. Additionally, we are reducing staffing levels in our Austin studio. All of these represent terrific entrepreneurial teams, which make this decision so difficult.

In addition to these studios, we are also making a **all number of partner team reducti***.

In all, we will unfortunately be parting ways with approximately 5% of our full time workforce. We don’t take these decisi*** lightly as we recognize the impact to our colleagues and friends who have been on this journey with us. We appreciate their amazing contributi*** and will miss them.

This is the most painful part of an overall cost reduction plan that also includes significant cuts in spending on data hosting, advertising and outside services, primarily contractors.

These reducti***, along with our ongoing efforts to implement more stringent budget and resource allocation around new games and partner projects, will improve our profitability and allow us to reinvest in great games and our Zynga network on web and mobile.

Zynga made social gaming and play a worldwide phenomenon, and we remain the industry leader. Our success has come from our dedication to a simple and powerful proposition – that play is not just something people do to pass time, it’s a core need for every person and culture.

We will all be discussing these difficult changes more with our teams and as a company. Tomorrow, Dave and I will be hosting a post-earnings webcast (details to follow) and next week we will be discussing our broader vision and strategy during our quarterly all-hands meeting. I’m confident this puts us on the right path to deliver on the promise of social gaming and make Zynga into an internet treasure.

If you have any immediate questi***, I hope you will talk directly with your manager, Colleen, or me.

I look forward to talking with you tomorrow.