If you’ve been staring longingly at some of Tiki Farm’s “Tiki Gem” only items (that’s the game’s premium currency), but had been waiting for a good reason to pull the proverbial trigger on picking up a Playdom Game (cash) Card, the company has announced a new promotion (via the game’s fan page) that might interest [...]
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FarmVille's St. Patrick's Day Celebration Adds New Crops and More
It took a few days more than I expected, but Zynga has finally added new St. Patrick's Day items to FarmVille, in addition to the Pot of Gold you've (hopefully) been filling for a few days now. The item collection, at the time of this writing, is a small one, containing ...)
Legends of the Silver Screen Costumes Land a Role in PetVille Premium Store
14 new Legends of the Silver Screen costumes are now available in the PetVille premium store. Just in time for the Oscars on Monday, March 8 - and PetVille Movie Awards Day! Dress your pet up for the red carpet with new costumes ripped straight from the scenes of movie stars ...)
FarmVille Pot of Gold for Saint Patrick's Day: Players Get Lucky with Irish Gifts
Last night, we broke news of the latest holiday celebration to hit the fields of FarmVille. The St. Patrick's Day Pot of Gold event (phew, what a mouthful) is an event that is, generally speaking, a copy and paste of the Valentine's Day event, and now that we've had a ...){kind=icon}
Facebook Nixes App Notifications, Social Games Get Email Alert Incentives
Now that Facebook apps can no longer send notifications to users, social game developers are implementing new methods of keeping in touch with their players. Here's an overview of recent game updates from a few top social titles, as reported on FriskyMongoose.com. First, in case you've been under a rock, the ...){kind=icon}
Fishdom Swims onto Facebook This Week: Gamezebo Previews Aquarium Sim
According to Gamezebo, Playrix Entertainment's flagship Fishdom franchise is going social. The Facebook adaptation of the popular match-3/aquarium sim is slated to hit Facebook on March 5 (thanks to Games.com for the heads-up), with versions planned later on for MySpace and the popular Russian social network Vkontakte as well. Playrix's President, ...11. March 2010
New Happy Aquarium Fish: Six Bar Wrasse
A new fish has been added to the underwater world of Happy Aquarium, and dare say it might be the cutest fish I’ve seen in the game to date.
The Six Bar Wrasse (named for the six vertical stripes that run the length of its body) is now available to purchase in the game’s store, but [...]
11. March 2010
Help Your Friends Build a Pirate Ship in Fish World
A new Pirate Ship has come to Fish World as a collectible gift. However, Tall Tree Games isn’t just allowing you to purchase one of these nautical beauties, oh no, you’ll have to earn it with a little help from your friends.
As announced over on the game’s fan page, the pirate ship is split into [...]
11. March 2010
New Decorative Plates Now Available in Happy Pets
If you liked the last set of Happy Pets decorative plates, or even if you’re simply just a fan of Alice in Wonderland, you’ll be happy to know that CrowdStar has added a trio of Alice in Wonderland themed decorative plates to the game.
Unfortunately, these plates aren’t available via the free gifts page, as the [...]
11. March 2010
FreeAppADay for 03/11/10: Alexia
Today’s free app is Alexia, a word game from Prome Toys that falls in the same vein as games like Scrabble or Boggle, in that it asks you to create words out of letter orbs in order to rack up points and earn achievements.
Letter orbs will fall from the top of the screen, and you [...]
11. March 2010
FarmVille’s St. Patrick’s Day Celebration Adds New Crops and More
It took a few days more than I expected, but Zynga has finally added new St. Patrick’s Day items to FarmVille, in addition to the Pot of Gold you’ve (hopefully) been filling for a few days now.
The item collection, at the time of this writing, is a small one, containing just three crops, an animal, [...]
11. March 2010
Send These Three New Gifts to Friends in FarmVille
While you may have eyes set only on gold pieces, the next time you make your way to FarmVille’s free gifts page, scroll down a bit and you’ll be greeted with three new options, two of which are FarmVille.com exclusives.
The single gift that’s available to send via the game’s Facebook portal is the Kelly Green [...]
10. March 2010
FourWhere Wants You to Have Conversations with Maps
The newly launched FourWhere takes two existing services and combines them into one. Think Foursquare and Google Maps put into a melting pot and you have FourWhere. Essentially, it allows users to comment on locations on Google Maps with tips or conversation.
I could see this coming as a nice feature for events such as SXSW [...]
10. March 2010
Facebook to Take On Foursquare
Facebook is constantly looking to improve how it does social interaction in as many ways as possible. The company is now ready to officially announce its next project with its new location features that will surely rival such existing platforms as Foursquare and Gowalla. Of course, it’s not intended to rival these other services but [...]
10. March 2010
Veteran Developers to Take On Facebook Games
While Social gaming seems to be taking over lately, only a handful of veteran developers have taken on the task of attempting such a game as FarmVille themselves. As a part of a panel of veterans at GDC, some veterans have stated that they are not intimidated of social gaming and ready to jump in [...]
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