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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Target Stores First to Sell Facebook Credits Gift Cards

3. September 2010

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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 in Facebook games and apps. [...]

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Slop Making & Truffle Hunting Now Available in FarmVille! (UPDATE)

2. September 2010

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Slop Making & Truffle Hunting Now Available in FarmVille! (UPDATE)

After giving users a little while to fully complete their Pigpens, Zynga has officially unleashed the world of Truffle Hunting into FarmVille. Please note that this feature, as with most large-scale features, is rolling out to users slowly. If you don’t see the following feature in your own game the next time you login, don’t [...]

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New Neighbor Interactions, Wild West Items – FarmVille Updates!

1. September 2010

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New Neighbor Interactions, Wild West Items – FarmVille Updates!

The latest FarmVille Podcast announced that a new system of neighbor visits would be coming to FarmVille in the future, with the future apparently meaning right now, as they have quickly pushed out this update, allowing you to earn more coins and experience points than you normally would when visiting friends. In addition to this, [...]

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FarmVille Podcast Hints At Nursery Barn Expansions, Neighbor Visit Tweaks

30. August 2010

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While this week’s installment of the official FarmVille podcast may have been a short one, it wasn’t lacking in the world of “coming soon” announcements. First, FarmVille community manager Lexilicious has reassured users that the next features associated with Pigpens, those being Slop and Truffle Hunting, will be added to the game in the coming [...]

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Crafting Recipe Change, Wild West Items – FarmVille Updates!

29. August 2010

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Crafting Recipe Change, Wild West Items – FarmVille Updates!

FarmVille has left the days of summer behind, as Zynga has officially launched a new limited edition theme within the game, this time taking us out west, to the Wild West to be exact. Along with these new items, found on the Animals, Buildings and Decorations tabs of the marketplace, Bakers will now notice a [...]

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zLotto – Win Prizes in FarmVille, FrontierVille, PetVille, YoVille and Mafia Wars

28. August 2010

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zLotto – Win Prizes in FarmVille, FrontierVille, PetVille, YoVille and Mafia Wars

Zynga has launched an entirely new website and giveaway system outside of Facebook proper, that uses a Zynga-based account, along with your Facebook account, to offer you free prizes in five of their games: FarmVille, YoVille, PetVille and Mafia Wars – FrontierVille prizes are coming soon. The website and promotion are called zLotto, and they [...]

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Crafting Recipe Mastery Now Available in FarmVille

27. August 2010

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Crafting Recipe Mastery Now Available in FarmVille

Zynga has been pretty busy this week, not only introducing new crops and an entirely new Pigpen feature (see our coverage for full details), but they’ve also begun to unleash a system of recipe mastery in crafting buildings, giving users added incentive to repeatedly create the same recipe. This is actually a fairly complex, and [...]

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Spinach/Squash Crops, Special Delivery Boxes & More – FarmVille Updates!

27. August 2010

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Spinach/Squash Crops, Special Delivery Boxes & More – FarmVille Updates!

Amidst the excitement of the new Pigpen feature, it might be easy to miss the other updates that have launched in FarmVille this week, namely, the addition of two new permanent crops (one of which has a crop mastery requirement), and the launch of Special Delivery Boxes, which should help users complete building projects, or [...]

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FarmVille Pigpens Now Available; Truffle Hunting Coming Soon!

26. August 2010

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FarmVille Pigpens Now Available; Truffle Hunting Coming Soon!

We learned about a week ago that Pigpens would be coming to FarmVille, and it didn’t take long for Zynga to start officially rolling out the feature to all users. Note: This feature is being released over time, so if you don’t have access to the Pigpen just yet, don’t fret, as it will come [...]

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Mystery Game Update, New Summer Items – FarmVille Updates!

25. August 2010

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Mystery Game Update, New Summer Items – FarmVille Updates!

It’s that time once again when Zynga decides to overhaul FarmVille’s Mystery Game by adding new items, and in addition to that, they’ve also expanded on the Summer theme of items by releasing new options into the game’s store. Let’s take a look at these updates, shall we? Mystery Game Contains New Items It seems [...]

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FarmVille Podcast Confirms Pig Pens, Slop, & Truffle Hunting Features

22. August 2010

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The latest edition of the FarmVille podcast gave us an in-depth rundown concerning some of the more technical aspects of the game’s new Storage Cellar, on top of giving us a brief look at some new features that will be coming to the game in the future, including news about pig pens and truffle hunting. [...]

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More Beach Items, Pig Pen Coming Soon? – FarmVille Updates!

20. August 2010

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More Beach Items, Pig Pen Coming Soon? – FarmVille Updates!

Zynga has expanded the summer theme of items in FarmVille’s marketplace, and they’ve also released a new loading screen that gives us all something to think about, in terms of future happenings in the game. Let’s take a look at these updates. New Summer Buildings and Decorations For the next seven days, a new batch [...]

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