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Zynga Launches ‘Scramble With Friends’

By TechTaffy Desk

[Techtaffy Newsdesk] Zynga has launched a mobile social game app in its ‘With Friends’ franchise called Scramble With Friends for iPhone and iPod touch users. Scramble With Friends is a made-for-mobile game where players compete against opponents to beat the clock and find as many words as possible on the game board.

“Scramble With Friends takes one of Zynga’s earliest games and sprinkles the magic of ‘With Friends’ games to enhance play and bring players a raucously fun mobile social experience,” said David Ko, chief mobile officer for Zynga.

Scramble With Friends is available for free. Additional tokens are available through In-App purchase on the App Store.

 

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