I didn't play (to be honest, I think the genre is exploitative), but knew some people who did. The game was high quality in its category, particularly the art. I imagine this was a big reason they are being shut down - Activision Blizzard, Inc is panicking for a variety of reasons and this game was way too costly, even if they were turning a profit, when you can have the same developers shovel out crap at higher margin.

"High quality in its category" doesn't really change my opinion that any app offering a $99.99 "speed up the game" option is exploitative and gross.

They laid off the developers, they're not being reallocated to a different game

they didn't lose money, they were part of a branch of a larger division that decided to shut the entire branch down.

the linked story is higher in the thread -- don't worry, there is still time for that Farmville clone project you've yet to release ;)