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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 ...)
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 ...)
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 ...)
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 ...){kind=logo}
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 ...)
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 ...)
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 ...){kind=logo}
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 ...Archive | Puzzle RSS feed for this section
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 [...]
Draw Your Way Through Drawn on PC/Mac – A Frisky Hands-On
1. September 2010
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 [...]
Reduced and Reused, And Yet It Moves Target to Recycle
27. August 2010
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 [...]
I-Play Releases Paradise Quest HD for iPad
8. July 2010
I-Play and Oberon Media have announced the launch of Paradise Quest HD on the iPad. This marks the company’s first iPad release, and it brings the popular Paradise Quest mechanics from the iPhone to the iPad with HD graphics. The game is a match-three puzzler that takes you on a tropical journey as ecologist Dr. [...]
Dream Chronicles: The Book of Air Now Available
8. July 2010
PlayFirst has announced today that Dream Chronicles: the Book of Air is now available to download for PC and Mac. The game is the latest in the Dream Chronicles franchise, and actually marks the beginning of a new trilogy for the series. The game follows Lyra, who finds herself trapped in another dimension on the [...]
PopCap Publishes New Hidden Object Game
20. June 2010
Casual game giant PopCap Games, Inc. has published a brand new Hidden Object Game (HOG). The new game is developed by SpinTop Games, the creators of the popular Mystery P.I. series and Escape Rosecliff Island, and is titled Escape Whisper Valley. This time around, you’ve become trapped in an abandoned village high in the mountains [...]
Vote Now For 2nd Annual Great Game Awards and Win a Trip to Casual Connect
19. June 2010
Casual game players, now is your chance to vote on the great casual games of the past year over at Gamehouse. Voting is open to everyone for the Great Game Player’s Choice Award. Voters can select their first, second and third favorite game from 12 different titles. Don’t see a game you think should be [...]
E3 2010: Puzzle Quest 2 Hands-On (360)
16. June 2010
At this year’s E3, we had a chance to go hands-on with the Xbox 360 version of D3′s upcoming sequel to the massively popular Puzzle Quest, appropriately titled Puzzle Quest 2. The game plays in much the same way as its predecessor (Puzzle Quest: Galactrix notwithstanding – this is actually a true sequel to the [...]
PlayFirst Announces Launch Date For Dream Chronicles: Book of Air
13. June 2010
PlayFirst has announced that the next entry in the popular Dream Chronicles franchise, titled Dream Chronicles: Book of Air, will launch early on June 24th. The “normal” version of the game will be out in “2-3 weeks”, according to PlayFirst’s website. The version launching early on the 24th will be a Collector’s Edition, containing the [...]
Get All Bejeweled Games At Once, Save Some Dough
19. May 2010
PopCap has announced their latest promotion for all of you awesome puzzle game fans out there. Bejeweled is quite possibly their most popular game and for right now, you can score an excellent deal when buying all three versions of it at once. The offer is called “The Bejeweled Bundle” and includes Bejeweled 2, Bejeweled [...]
Kids Draw Their Way to Victory with Max & the Magic Marker
16. May 2010
March saw the release of Triplepoint client Press Play’s Max & the Magic Marker on WiiWare. The game is garnering acclaim from USA Today columnist Jinny Gudmundsen for its kid-friendly design and gameplay. In Max & the Magic Marker, you play as the titular Max, a child who receives a magic marker in the mail. [...]
New Playfirst “Play of the Week” Now Available
11. May 2010
Over on the official Playfirst fan page on Facebook, the company has announced a new entry in their promotion entitled the Playfirst “Play of the Week,” which works quite simply. Once a week, Playfirst will discount one title to the wallet-friendly price of $2.99, and allow all of us to snap it up in reckless, [...]
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