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Happy Island on Android, Playdom Passes CrowdStar in Userbase

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

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Just yesterday, we brought you the news that Playdom has brought Social City to the Android, and today we can add another Facebook title to that list. In other Facebook news, we see that Playdom has now passed CrowdStar in terms of overall user numbers. Happy Island Now Available on Android Back in early July, [...]

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From E3 to Casual Connect: When Hardcore Meets Social Gaming

Tuesday, August 31, 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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Let Your Imagination Wander With Pet Society Fairytale Items

Monday, August 30, 2010

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Let Your Imagination Wander With Pet Society Fairytale Items

It’s another Monday in the world of Pet Society, and that means that a new item theme has been unleashed in the game’s many stores. This week, we take a trip to the world of princes and monsters – it’s Fairytale Week! The theme starts in the game’s Gardening Shop, where you’ll find all sorts [...]

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Thursday Throwdown: City of Wonder or My Empire? You Decide!

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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Thursday Throwdown: City of Wonder or My Empire? You Decide!

Welcome to another edition of the Thursday Throwdown! After taking a break from Facebook games in our last installment, we return to that world once again this week. Before we do that though, let’s take a look at the results from our last Throwdown, which pitted the top two digital distribution services, Steam and GamersGate, [...]

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Travel to Morocco With New Restaurant City Items & Food

Thursday, August 26, 2010

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Travel to Morocco With New Restaurant City Items & Food

This week’s new item theme in Restaurant City takes us to the streets of Morocco, where the colorful food and clothing stands come together to form a bazaar. The items in this theme are equally colorful and vibrant, containing all sorts of intricate patterns and designs. There are new free gifts and recipes also associated [...]

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Candy Shop, Pink Decorations – Hotel City Updates!

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

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Candy Shop, Pink Decorations – Hotel City Updates!

Hotel City developer Playfish has been hard at work lately, adding both new commercial rooms and new decorations to the hotel simulation game. In today’s case, we see the launch of a new commercial room in the form of a Candy Shop, and the release of some new decorative items, all in a very cute [...]

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Order Fast Food With New Pet Society Items

Monday, August 23, 2010

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Order Fast Food With New Pet Society Items

This week’s theme in Pet Society will be one that is a bit familiar to those players that also play Playfish’s Restaurant City, as a similar theme passed through that game a couple of weeks ago. Here in Pet Society, this week’s theme is Fast Food, and sees all sorts of themed objects available in [...]

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Restaurant City Celebrates Sports With New Items and Food

Thursday, August 19, 2010

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Restaurant City Celebrates Sports With New Items and Food

Playfish seems to have used last week’s introduction of the Bowling Alley as cause for an entire sports-themed week in Restaurant City, as that’s exactly what we see this morning. The theme will have your guests sitting on themed chairs, eating off of themed tables, and even eating themed food. Let’s take a look at [...]

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Win 500 Playfish Cash or Purchase A Walk-In Closet – Pet Society Updates!

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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Win 500 Playfish Cash or Purchase A Walk-In Closet – Pet Society Updates!

This week, Playfish is offering users a very exciting chance to win a whole slew of Playfish Cash in Pet Society, among other prizes. That being the case, if you win the Playfish Cash prize, and go on a shopping spree for your pet, you’ll need a new place to store all of those new [...]

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Purchase Oversized Items in Pet Society’s Newest Theme

Monday, August 16, 2010

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Purchase Oversized Items in Pet Society’s Newest Theme

No one can say that Playfish isn’t creative when it comes to new themes, as this week we see a creative new theme containing items that will make your pet feel as though they’ve shrunk! Oversized items are now available in several of the games stores, and come in the form of basic, everyday items [...]

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Sunday Soapbox: Pop-Up Edition

Sunday, August 15, 2010

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Sunday Soapbox: Pop-Up Edition

How many pop-ups is too many pop-ups? Shouldn’t there be a more reasonable cap on pop-up notifications, so players can get busy playing (and spending money, for that matter)? Log-in interruptions are particularly bothersome in my opinion, but some games are offering smoother entry these days, so I’ll just assume that’s been noted and move [...]

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25 Brain Games: Essential Back-to-School Supplies

Thursday, August 12, 2010

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25 Brain Games: Essential Back-to-School Supplies

Back to school already? Here are 25 social, casual and mobile games that will get your brain in shape before you know it. They’ll also keep you entertained for hours, and (let’s be honest), distract you from all that pesky homework! Did your favorites make the list? Facebook games: Brain Buddies by wooga – Brain [...]

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