The Pioneer Trail, formerly known as FrontierVille was a simulation, role-playing video game available for play on social networking sites such as Facebook. Developed by Zynga, and launched on June 9, 2010, it is a freemium game, meaning it's free to play, but players have the option of purchasing premium content. The game was shut down on April 30, 2015. FrontierVille was the first game developed at Zynga East, Zynga's Baltimore studio led by Brian Reynolds.