Zynga's casual game wunderkind FarmVille has finally made it to the iPhone. Announced back at WWDC, the iPhone version of the popular Facebook farm sim is now starting to roll out -- it's already available to New Zealanders [iTunes link].
Presumably that means the rest of the world should expect to get access to FarmVille for iPhone very soon -- most likely tomorrow. If ever there was a platform with the potential to expand the game's already ridiculous number of users, the iPhone would be it. At a more than 85 million and counting install base, getting onto the iPhone could be a significant growth opportunity for FarmVille.
The timing for the iPhone release appears to come at a critical juncture as well, as the once rapidly growing title looks to have fallen off a bit over the past month in terms of monthly active users, according to AppData:
If you haven't yet been enticed to try out the game on Facebook, will your curiosity be piqued by an iPhone version? Could a launch on the iPhone be the next jolt FarmVille needs to resume its spectacular growth rate?
[via Games.com]