Target Stores First to Sell Facebook Credits Gift Cards

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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New iPods, Game Center, iOS 4.1: Apple September Event Round-Up

New iPods, Game Center, iOS 4.1: Apple September Event Round-Up

Apple hosted their annual music event today in sunny San Francisco and they certainly brought out the big guns for this event, holding nothing back and unveiling a ton of new products and services. iOS 4.1 Releases Next Week, Includes Game Center The first new announcement of the day was when Apple ...

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5 Reasons Facebook Places Matters for Social Games

5 Reasons Facebook Places Matters for Social Games

I've never "played" Foursquare, but I have used it. To me, most location based check-in apps (like Foursquare & Gowalla) are more of a novelty than anything. You don't have to look too hard to find a debate on whether or not this type of geocaching should be considered a ...

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PR 101 for Indie Game Developers

PR 101 for Indie Game Developers

TriplePoint's Chris Heintz had the opportunity to give an updated version of his 'PR for iPhone Games' talk to the New York Gaming Meetup last Tuesday. Focusing on indie development publicity for multiple platforms, the presentation walks viewers through the What, Why and How of doing PR - whether budgets ...

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Party in the XBLA: The Power and Beauty of Video Game Music

Party in the XBLA: The Power and Beauty of Video Game Music

Most of us non-Miley Cyrus fans are tired of hearing the song “Party in the USA.” From the clichéd opening rift to the seemingly simple lyrics, I hope that it is a fad that will soon die out. But still, people young and old scream at the ...

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Fantasy University Beta Key Giveaway

Fantasy University Beta Key Giveaway

Hey you Facebook-gamin' Frisky readers - remember yesterday when we told you that Fantasy University from Triplepoint client Simutronics had just entered closed beta on Facebook? Well, if you want to try it out for yourself, we snagged a couple of beta keys to let you do just that! To win ...

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Start Building Your Underground Storage Cellar in FarmVille

Start Building Your Underground Storage Cellar in FarmVille

Back in May, we were told that underground storage would be coming to FarmVille in the future, and that time is now, as all users have been given a free Storage Cellar, that can be placed on less land than it takes for a single plot of a crop. The underground ...

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Mafia Wars Cheats, Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Be Top Don

Mafia Wars Cheats, Tips, Tricks and Strategies to Be Top Don

Mafia Wars is one of Zynga's oldest games, and it's also one of the most complex - so complex in fact, that it can be easy to become overwhelmed when you're first starting in the game, or even if you just take a break of a week or two! We're ...

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Labor Day Sales from Namco, EA, OnLive, Wadjet Eye and Big Fish Games!

3. September 2010

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Labor Day Sales from Namco, EA, OnLive, Wadjet Eye and Big Fish Games!

In many people’s eyes, Labor Day marks the official end of the summer season. The last weekend to embrace the sweet smells and the hot temperatures of summer before the leaves start changing color. Well, some gaming companies recognize this too, and are offering big savings to celebrate Labor Day Weekend. EA Mobile is offering [...]

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Pop Bubbles With Pubbles on iPhone – A Frisky Hands-On

3. September 2010

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Pop Bubbles With Pubbles on iPhone – A Frisky Hands-On

Back in May, we took a look at Pubbles, a Facebook game launched by Japanese developer Ateam, Inc. Now months later, the developer has decided to expand the brand onto the iPhone with a title of the same name. Pubbles for iPhone plays much like the Facebook original. The game is a bubble-popping puzzle game [...]

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Draw Your Way Through Drawn on PC/Mac – A Frisky Hands-On

1. September 2010

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Draw Your Way Through Drawn on PC/Mac – A Frisky Hands-On

Big Fish Games Studio has released Drawn: Dark Flight on the PC/Mac, and we had a chance to go hands-on with this sequel to Drawn: The Painted Tower, an interesting take on the hidden-object, puzzle genre. Drawn places you in the role of a survivor of an attack on the rightful Queen’s tower. The heir [...]

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From E3 to Casual Connect: When Hardcore Meets Social Gaming

31. August 2010

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From E3 to Casual Connect: When Hardcore Meets Social Gaming

Are core and casual games at a crossroads? Gen Katz, industry veteran and editor of Games4Girls/Games4Women, seems to think so. She’s graciously given the ‘Goose permission to share her latest gaming newsletter, which discusses some new and old revelations from Casual Connect 2010. Bopping from E3 (in LA) to Casual Connect, July 20-24 in Seattle, [...]

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New Controller, New LIVE Prices: Xbox 360 News Round-Up

31. August 2010

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New Controller, New LIVE Prices: Xbox 360 News Round-Up

Over the past few days, the headlines have been burning with the fires of Xbox, both good and bad. Today, we’re taking a look at the new Xbox 360 Controller set to release later this fall, along with the new Xbox Live pricing model announced yesterday. New Xbox 360 Controller With Fixed D-Pad Coming in [...]

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5 Reasons Facebook Places Matters for Social Games

30. August 2010

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5 Reasons Facebook Places Matters for Social Games

I’ve never “played” Foursquare, but I have used it. To me, most location based check-in apps (like Foursquare & Gowalla) are more of a novelty than anything. You don’t have to look too hard to find a debate on whether or not this type of geocaching should be considered a “game” in the standard definition. [...]

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Party in the XBLA: The Power and Beauty of Video Game Music

29. August 2010

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Most of us non-Miley Cyrus fans are tired of hearing the song “Party in the USA.” From the clichéd opening rift to the seemingly simple lyrics, I hope that it is a fad that will soon die out. But still, people young and old scream at the sound of those opening notes and belt the [...]

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Playboy Expands to Gaming With PoisonVille

29. August 2010

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Playboy Expands to Gaming With PoisonVille

Playboy Enterprises is looking to expand its reach beyond the obvious and into the world of gaming, with the eventual goal of offering titles suitable to the personalities of men ages 18-35 (Playboy’s current target demographic). To begin with this expansion, they have secured a partnership with German company Bigpoint, which will help create and [...]

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Reduced and Reused, And Yet It Moves Target to Recycle

27. August 2010

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Reduced and Reused, And Yet It Moves Target to Recycle

What if you lived in a world where everything is recycled?  Everything from the clothes on your back to the furniture in your living room to the streets you walk on is made of scraps of something that was tossed away by its previous owner.  Now I’m not talking about garbage here, I’m talking about [...]

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TGIF: HarperCollins Tot Apps, Digimon Guilds, Internet TV and Land of Chaos Launch

27. August 2010

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TGIF: HarperCollins Tot Apps, Digimon Guilds, Internet TV and Land of Chaos Launch

Happy Friday, folks!  TGIF is the name of the game today – let’s spell out a few good reasons to Thank ‘Goose It’s Friday… Shall we? Several TriplePoint clients, including HarperCollins, WeMade Entertainment, Metrological and burda:ic, announced noteworthy updates this week, and we’ve got the scoop: T (is for Tot Learning Apps) Since summer is [...]

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Match Tiles in Mahjongg Dimensions Deluxe on PC/Mac – A Frisky Hands-On

26. August 2010

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Match Tiles in Mahjongg Dimensions Deluxe on PC/Mac – A Frisky Hands-On

We’ve been covering Arkadium’s Mahjongg Dimensions on Facebook for some time now, but did you know that the game actually has a downloadable deluxe version? If not, the time to learn is now, as the game allows you to take the basic aspects that you know and love from the one-minute “blitz” version on Facebook, [...]

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Atari’s Greatest Hits on DS, Ivy the Kiwi on Wii/DS – Casual Gaming Round-Up

26. August 2010

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Atari’s Greatest Hits on DS, Ivy the Kiwi on Wii/DS – Casual Gaming Round-Up

We have quite a bit of casual gaming news for you today – not only has Harmonix unleashed a slew of info and trailers for Rock Band 3 and Dance Central (check out our coverage, here), but Atari and XSeed have been hard at work with announcements of their own. In Atari’s case, we see [...]

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