Zynga is filing suit against a former manager who jumped ship to Kixeye, claiming he took company assests and data with him.
Cityville manager Alan Patmore is alleged to have uploaded information about the city building sim to a Dropbox account before leaving the company. Zynga also note he refused to sign a termination certificate, which would have bound him not to steal such data.
A Zynga spokesman said the data taken “could be used to improve a competitor’s internal understanding and know-how of core game mechanics and monetization techniques, its execution, and ultimately its market standing to compete more effectively with Zynga.”
