Chief game designer leaves Zynga

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Bloomberg, via @Cabel:

Reynolds founded and led the Baltimore studio known as Zynga East, which produced the game "FrontierVille." Prior to Zynga, he earned acclaim as the lead designer of Sid Meier's "Civilization II," a strategy game developed by MicroProse Software Inc. Reynolds didn't respond to requests for comment. Zynga shares declined 8.5 percent to $2.60 at the close in New York.

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