High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Empires & Allies is a social network game that is Zynga`s first combat and strategy game. The game, the first release by Zynga`s Los Angeles studio, launched in twelve languages on June 1, 2011. G4TV.com writer Jake Gaskill called the release the "biggest launch of any Zynga title to date". The game is a freemium game, meaning there is no cost to play but players have the option of purchasing premium content. As of November 2011, the game has over 19 million monthly active users.