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''Café World'' was a multiplayer restaurant simulation social network game created by Zynga and launched in September 2009. It quickly became the fastest growing social game ever, reaching 8 million users in seven days,〔http://venturebeat.com/2009/10/15/the-making-of-zyngas-cafe-world-the-fastest-growing-social-game-in-history/〕 and peaked at over 10 million daily active users, which made it Zynga's third-largest game〔http://www.tsanalysis.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Zynga-IPO-and-Social-Gaming-Landscape.pdf〕 after ''FarmVille'' and ''CityVille''. Available on Facebook, players strive to become master chefs and build a food empire by completing catering orders. In celebration of the first anniversary, players were challenged to complete a “One Year Anniversary Party” order with five new cookbook recipes. Players who successfully completed the order were entered for a chance to win a trip for two to New York City.〔Joe Osborne, (Café World's 1 Year Anniversary Catering Order: Everything you need to know ), Games.com, 24 September 2010.〕 Following the Japan earthquake in March 2011, Zynga re-released several Japanese-themed decorations to ''Café World'' in order to benefit Japan's Save the Children Earthquake Emergency Fund.〔Joe Osborne, (Want to help Japan? Play Zynga Facebook games (and buy something) ), Games.com, 14 March 2011.〕 To celebrate the second anniversary, players were challenged to complete a goal series to prepare a feast for British Royals. Players who successfully completed the goal series were entered for a chance to win a trip to Britain.〔Brandy Shaul, (Café World 2 Year Anniversary Winston's Royals Goals: Everything you need to know ), Games.com, 15 September 2011.〕 In 2012, the game attracted approximately 2.6 million monthly active users.〔(Café World by Zynga – Facebook application metrics ), AppData, Retrieved 1 September 2012.〕 It was a freemium game, meaning there is no cost to play, but players have the option of purchasing premium content. Zynga announced on 23 May 2014 that it would be closing the game on 22 July 2014. On July 23, 2014, Café World was completely removed from Facebook. ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Café World」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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