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Thursday Throwdown: Zoo World or Zoo Paradise? You Decide!

Welcome to another edition of the Thursday Throwdown here on Frisky Mongoose. This week, we jump back into the world of Facebook gaming by taking a look at two zoo games, CrowdStar's Zoo Paradise, and RockYou!'s Zoo World. Before we do that, though, let's take a second to recap last week's ...

Exclusive Contest: Enter to Win Free City Story Bucks

To celebrate the recent update of City Story for iPhone, TeamLava (a TriplePoint client) is hosting an extra-special double giveaway! There are two ways to win this week - (1) right here, exclusively on Frisky Mongoose, and (2) on the game's official forum. Either way, you'll want to download City Story ...

Digital Chocolate Releases Millionaire City on iPhone - A Frisky Hands-On

After releasing Millionaire City on Facebook back in May, the game took off with users who appreciated the mix of quest-based and city-building gameplay. Now, Digital Chocolate has ported the game to iPhone with an app of the same name, available to download for free. While Millionaire City on the iPhone ...

New Windows Phone 7 Commercial & iOS 4.1 Release: Mobile Monday Madness

Welcome to this special Labor Day edition of Mobile Monday Madness! We wrap-up the latest mobile news so you can get on with your Monday. Today, we have the commercial from Microsoft concerning Windows Phone 7 and the release date information for Apple's iOS 4. Windows Phone 7 Commercial States "The ...

Install the FrontierVille Game Bar, Receive 20 (or 35) Free Horseshoes

Attention FrontierVille players! Are you looking for a way to earn a whole slew of free Horseshoes for doing little more than clicking a few buttons? You're in luck, as Zynga has officially released the FrontierVille toolbar, as part of their ongoing Tool or Game Bar support for their most ...

Back to School Missions, New Collection - FrontierVille Labor Day Event!

Zynga has never been one to let a holiday, no matter how trivial it might seem, slip by them, and they have made that apparent yet again with the release of an entire event in FrontierVille surrounding Labor Day. The Labor Day Extravaganza, as it's being called, offers a new ...

LEGO Universe Gold! PAX Screenshots Gallery

LEGO brick heads, listen up - Our frisky favorite in the upcoming MMOG category (and a TriplePoint client), LEGO Universe has officially gone gold! That's developer speak to say that the game is definitely shipping to shelves this October 26th (and LEGO channels beginning October 8th), for PC and Mac. If ...

Target Stores First to Sell Facebook Credits Gift Cards

Beginning this Sunday, Target (a TriplePoint client) will be the first retailer to carry Facebook Credits gift cards in stores nationwide. This is great news for social gamers who can't (or prefer not to) use a credit card to make online purchases, but still want to use premium virtual currency ...

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9. September 2010

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Dead Runner & Ricochet Infinity: iPhone Game Reviews

With so many games being released on the iTunes app store, it’s sometimes hard to keep up with which ones you should or shouldn’t be playing on your iPhone. Thankfully, we have the review round-up to show you the best games available on the app store, complete with summaries and reviews from all around the [...]

9. September 2010

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PopCap Releases Plants vs Zombies for Xbox Live Arcade: A Frisky Hands-On

PopCap, known for their popular Bejeweled and Zuma series released a rather stunning gem last year with Plants vs Zombies for Mac/PC and then iPhone and iPad earlier this year. Xbox Live Arcade seemed like the perfect platform to bring the game over to next and it has paid off in what is likely the [...]

9. September 2010

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Bioware Borrowing Metrics-Based Social Game Approach for Mass Effect 2

Social game developers are often criticized for focusing on “player metrics” — gameplay data culled from actual player experience that’s used to guide frequent, carefully crafted updates. But a new interview with the creators of one of the biggest traditional game releases of the year shows that this metrics-based approach is starting to spread to [...]

9. September 2010

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Thursday Throwdown: Zoo World or Zoo Paradise? You Decide!

Welcome to another edition of the Thursday Throwdown here on Frisky Mongoose. This week, we jump back into the world of Facebook gaming by taking a look at two zoo games, CrowdStar’s Zoo Paradise, and RockYou!’s Zoo World. Before we do that, though, let’s take a second to recap last week’s events. Last week, we [...]

9. September 2010

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Game Center Launch Day Report (FarmVille Achievement Support!)

Yesterday, we told you that Game Center had been unleashed on the masses as a feature added to iOS 4.1 for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch 2G and up. (iPad support coming in 4.2 in November). Today, we thought we’d bring you some more details about this exciting new service and [...]

9. September 2010

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Take A Trip to Tuscany With New Restaurant City Items and Food

In keeping with the current geographical theme in Restaurant City, this week’s new items take us on a trip to Tuscany. There are plenty of new items, both premium and non, available to decorate your cafe to look like it rests in the heart of Italy, and if you have the ingredients, you’ll be able [...]

9. September 2010

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OMGPOP Launches Cupcake Corner on Facebook – A Frisky Hands-On

While OMGPOP may be best known for its own casual gaming / social interaction website of the same name, they also develop Facebook games of their own, with their latest release coming in the form of Cupcake Corner. The game can be most easily described as a combination of Cafe World and Restaurant City. You’ll [...]

9. September 2010

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FreeAppADay for 09/09/10: Inkstrumental

Today’s free iPhone app at FreeAppADay.com is Inkstrumental, from ustwo. Inkstrumental isn’t so much a game as it is a music creation app with a very unique theme. Inkstrumental allows you to choose from a variety of illustrated scenes for your background, along with choosing from 31 different creatures, each designed by Jon Burgerman to [...]

9. September 2010

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Mahjongg Dimensions Cash Competitions, New Bonus Gifts – Arkadium Updates!

It’s not everyday when we have not one, but two pieces of news concerning Arkadium, specifically, Arkadium’s own Mahjongg Dimensions on Facebook, but today just happens to be one of those days. In this news round-up, we see the release of cash competitions in the world of Mahjongg Dimensions, along with the release of new [...]

9. September 2010

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Toy Collection, Gifting Increase, Wild West Items – FarmVille Updates!

It’s been a busy week for FarmVille, as Zynga has updated the game with not only new items in the ongoing Wild West theme, but has also added a new Lightning Collection, in addition to making a technical change that should please users with lots of FarmVille neighbors. Collect Toys for a Special Prize! A [...]

9. September 2010

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Challenge the Bosses in Mafia Wars’ San Juan Event

After the massive popularity of the “Beat the Feds” mission that was available in Mafia Wars in August, Zynga has added another Challenge Mission to the game, this time in the form a mission called “In’s On in San Juan.” This mission was released earlier, but due to some technical difficulties, was removed. These bugs [...]

8. September 2010

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