Zynga Dallas (formerly Bonfire Studios) was a video game development company based in Dallas, Texas. After

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was shut down by

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in 2009, Bonfire Studios was one of four companies founded by former Ensemble employees. Bonfire's co-founders were Bill Jackson, David Rippy, Scott Winsett, and

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. In late July 2010, the team released '' We Farm'' for

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. On October 5, 2010, Bonfire Studios was acquired by

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and renamed Zynga Dallas. Their first project was '' CastleVille'', released in 2011. The studio was shuttered as part of mass worldwide layoffs by their parent company in 2013. Immediately following the closure of Zynga Dallas, Boss Fight Entertainment was founded by former employees of the studio in June 2013.

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