Launching later this month: A new Zynga.com, where you can go instead of Facebook to play your Zynga games and connect with friends.
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Forget Facebook. When Zynga.com launches, you'll be able to get your social game fix directly from the source.
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Gamer profiles
Zynga.com will let you connect with other users solely to play games with them. It will also manage your profile for you, and fill it with game-specific info and state.
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Play without stopping
When playing on Zynga.com, you'll be able to keep going on games like CastleVille (shown), even while chatting with other players.
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Five games supported at launch
CityVille is one of the five games launching on Zynga.com. The others are CastleVille, Hidden Chronicles, Words With Friends, and Zynga Poker.
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Get help when you need it
The new puzzle game Hidden Chronicles makes an appearance. With the real-time communications in Zynga.com, you'll be able to get, and give, help when it's needed.
