PetVille has a new premium currency called PetCash, and a new virtual goods marketplace where you can spend it (on premium virtual products, what else?).
All PetVille players received 5 PetCash as a free gift from Zynga to entice appetites for the new premium goods. And for a limited time, you can visit your neighbors’ houses [...]
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Mainstream Gamers Gone are the days when gamers consisted only of nerdy guys in their mother’s basements. Social games on Facebook and MySpace have expanded the video games market, and these “social gamers” now consist of women, older people, and people who don’t even identify themselves as traditional gamers. Playdom seems ...)
Madden Experience Coming to Facebook
As reported by Bloomberg.com, EA Sports president Peter Moore has announced that Playfish, which EA purchased for $400 million last year, will be creating a version of Madden that will be playable on Facebook. Moore confirmed that whatever the Facebook version of Madden ends up including, that it will be a ...)
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Here's a weekend web round-up of all the odds & ends in mobile gaming news from the past week - get your iPhone fix, around the web in 10 links or less: Siri launches an iPhone personal assistant that actually works [for free!] (via VentureBeat) - "One of the reasons Siri ...)
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50 More Levels Coming to PetVille, Community Competes to Name Them
Voting just wrapped up last night over at the PetVille forums in the Facebook game's latest community contest. Zynga was polling PetVille players for ideas on what the upcoming 50 new levels should be named. The developer's favorite 50 entries will be announced on February 12, so it sounds like ...PetCash Premium Currency and Special New Store in PetVille
8. February 2010
Happy Pets Gets Room Expansions, New Dog Breeds
Happy Pets saw two big updates over the past weekend. The first is something that users have been clamoring for – room expansions. The room expansions create a larger room both horizontally and in terms of depth, and, lucky you, the first expansion is free to all users. After that, you’ll have to save up [...]
8. February 2010
Pink Patch Calf is Now Adoptable in FarmVille
One more piece of Valentine’s Day related goodness has been added to the world of FarmVille in the form of a Pink Patch Calf. As the name suggests, the calf comes from a Pink Patch Cow, which, as we reported last week, is now available to purchase in the marketplace for 14 Farm Cash.
After purchasing [...]
8. February 2010
Nintendo’s Weekly Downloadables: Bubble Popping, Sudoku and More
The week’s batch of DSiWare, WiiWare and Virtual Console games have “casual” written all over them. From Sudoku and balloon popping to a quirky little “press one button” title, this week’s assortment has something for anyone who may be new to gaming, or who just wants a stress-free way to spend some time. Here’s the [...]
8. February 2010
1000: Find ‘Em All! is Like Pokemon With Maps
Glu Mobile’s latest iPhone title launched last week. The game, 1000: Find ‘Em All!, is a location-based title that incorporates both GPS and Google Maps to direct players around the colorful game world in an attempt to collect 1,000 special items.
According to CasualGaming.biz, the game has various ways for you to go about collecting items. [...]
8. February 2010
Save a Little Money With These PC Gaming Deals
Gamezebo has posted their Steals and Deals for this week, a list of gaming discounts for all over the web, brought together in one place for easy browsing (and shopping, of course).
Playrix’s “Platinum Pack” of Mac games is now 75% off ($34.95 after discount). The pack contains: 4 Elements, The Rise of Atlantis, Call of [...]
8. February 2010
Max & the Magic Marker to Challenge Your Creativity This March
Triplepoint client Press Play today announced that their title Max & the Magic Marker will be releasing in the US on Nintendo’s WiiWare platform this March.
Max & the Magic Marker, which is already available on both the PC and Mac, is a platformer that follows the title character through an adventure into his own drawings, [...]
8. February 2010
True Life: Sorority Girls are Gamers Too!
Mainstream Gamers
Gone are the days when gamers consisted only of nerdy guys in their mother’s basements. Social games on Facebook and MySpace have expanded the video games market, and these “social gamers” now consist of women, older people, and people who don’t even identify themselves as traditional gamers. Playdom seems to have tapped into yet [...]
8. February 2010
Developers Turning Away from Wii in Favor of iPhone
As reported over on GamesBeat, Game Developer Research recently released their findings from a survey of 800 game developers in North America that documents an increasing trend in the consoles developers are choosing to create games for – a trend that doesn’t speak very well for the future of the Nintendo Wii.
Compared to last year’s [...]
8. February 2010
Mafia Wars Wants to Add a Bit of Romance to Your Crimes
Even Mafia Wars is getting into the Valentine’s Day spirit, as, according to Games.com, today Zynga will launch the “Valentine’s Day Massacre,” a series of three timed jobs (one ready after five minutes, eight hours, or 24 hours), that offer “unique Valentine’s Day bonuses” as well as a “cool mastery item” should you complete the [...]
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