The YoVille Centaur Statue collectible that can be built at the Widget Factory will be leaving soon. This collectible is currently labeled as " Item About To Expire". If you haven't built one of those yet, make sure to start now!
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
YoVille: No more angry pets
Remember all the angry and upset pet faces that haunted you while playing YoVille? Well, you don't have to worry about them anymore. The " Feed" option has been removed from the pet interaction menu. You will still be able to play with your pets, but you don't have to feed them anymore.
No need to spend more coins on pet food. What do you think?
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
No need to spend more coins on pet food. What do you think?
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
YoVille: Seven days left to gift Silver Keys
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YoVille has re-released the Silver Key! You can now again for just 7 days, gift and receive the precious key to unlock the Silver Mystery Chest.
Follow this link to send the Silver Key.
Send Silver Keys
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
YoVille has re-released the Silver Key! You can now again for just 7 days, gift and receive the precious key to unlock the Silver Mystery Chest.
Follow this link to send the Silver Key.
Send Silver Keys
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
Wild Ones' terrifying Minigun is released for paying members
A new weapon is available to Wild Ones members: the Minigun. The Minigun can deal a huge amount of damage to multiple players in just one turn. In addition, like the laser weapons, the Minigun fires in a perfectly straight line, making it hard to miss your targets. Also, unlike other weapons, the player can change direction while firing allowing for multikills and heavier damage. The gun has a significant blow back effect, throwing the victims backwards as well as damaging them.
Unfortunately, as of late, all the cool new items in Wild Ones have been for members only, and just as expected the Minigun will only be purchasable for those paying the monthly fee.
Continue reading to see a video of the Minigun in action.
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Unfortunately, as of late, all the cool new items in Wild Ones have been for members only, and just as expected the Minigun will only be purchasable for those paying the monthly fee.
Continue reading to see a video of the Minigun in action.
Click here to play Wild Ones>
Farmville for iPhone hits New Zealand app Store
UPDATE (Midnight 6/23): FarmVille for iPhone is now available for download in the US iTunes store. See the announcement and our initial impressions of the portable version of the Facebook farming juggernaut.
Since Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference revealed the existence of an iPhone version of Farmville last month, we've been working hard to find out an exact date for the popular Facebook game's first official mobile release. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to pin down anything more concrete than the "late June" announced by Zynga CEO Mark Pincus at the show.
Well, apparently we can stop asking, because Zynga's official Farmville app is currently available on the New Zealand iTunes App Store. Why does New Zealand, of all places, get it first? Well, as of this writing, it's already June 24 in the land of the Kiwis, whereas it's still June 23 for most of the rest of the world.
Pocket Gamer UK says the New Zealand release implies that the game will hit the UK in the early morning hours and, presumably, other regions as morning comes around for them. Of course, if you create a new dummy New Zealand iTunes account you won't have to wait at all. But you didn't hear it from us *cough*
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Since Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference revealed the existence of an iPhone version of Farmville last month, we've been working hard to find out an exact date for the popular Facebook game's first official mobile release. Unfortunately, we haven't been able to pin down anything more concrete than the "late June" announced by Zynga CEO Mark Pincus at the show.
Well, apparently we can stop asking, because Zynga's official Farmville app is currently available on the New Zealand iTunes App Store. Why does New Zealand, of all places, get it first? Well, as of this writing, it's already June 24 in the land of the Kiwis, whereas it's still June 23 for most of the rest of the world.
Pocket Gamer UK says the New Zealand release implies that the game will hit the UK in the early morning hours and, presumably, other regions as morning comes around for them. Of course, if you create a new dummy New Zealand iTunes account you won't have to wait at all. But you didn't hear it from us *cough*
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Thursday, February 9, 2012
EA signs deal with Live Gamer; doubles down on microtransactions
Paying nickels and dimes to buy additional content in games isn't going away anytime soon, and, in fact, it looks like EA may be doubling down on microtransactions by announcing a new partnership with Live Gamer, which will run all of EA's "microtransaction projects" and will help "accelerate the company's online gaming strategy."
The press release doesn't mention any specific games, but just off the top of my head, this deal seems particularly relevant to EA's social gaming arm, Playfish, responsible for Pet Society and FIFA Superstars on Facebook, as well as its casual gaming portal Pogo, which has had microtransactions for a while now. EA has also started to integrate more microtransactions in its blockbuster console games as well: Madden NFL Football debuted microtransactions in the 2010 edition, Dragon Age and Dead Space (among other EA console games) also rolled out additional downloadable content.
A recent study says microtransactions will grow to $7 billion globally by 2015, so it's no surprise that Live Gamer's picking up new clients, which includes THQ and Real Networks' GameHouse. I'm sure we'll be hearing similar news from other traditional game publishers in the near future -- the success of selling virtual goods has everyone seeing dollar signs.
The press release doesn't mention any specific games, but just off the top of my head, this deal seems particularly relevant to EA's social gaming arm, Playfish, responsible for Pet Society and FIFA Superstars on Facebook, as well as its casual gaming portal Pogo, which has had microtransactions for a while now. EA has also started to integrate more microtransactions in its blockbuster console games as well: Madden NFL Football debuted microtransactions in the 2010 edition, Dragon Age and Dead Space (among other EA console games) also rolled out additional downloadable content.
A recent study says microtransactions will grow to $7 billion globally by 2015, so it's no surprise that Live Gamer's picking up new clients, which includes THQ and Real Networks' GameHouse. I'm sure we'll be hearing similar news from other traditional game publishers in the near future -- the success of selling virtual goods has everyone seeing dollar signs.
Cafe World, Mafia Wars 4 Comments Cafe World: Free Grill Father Super Stove when you level up in Mafia Wars
Cafe World Grill Father
In Cafe World, Super Stoves streamline cooking in the game into a one-click process, but harnessing that convenience costs 32 Cafe Cash. There's also a suited up version, called the Grill Father, that goes for 35 Cafe Cash. This puts it somewhere around $4-5 per stove.
But you can get the Grill Father for free by leveling up 5 times in Mafia Wars. New players will have to make it to Level 15. To get started, look for the tiny icon of the Grill Father Super Stove on the left side of your Cafe World game screen. Click on the notice (image above) and answer "Yes" to be redirected to the Mafia Wars game.
In Cafe World, Super Stoves streamline cooking in the game into a one-click process, but harnessing that convenience costs 32 Cafe Cash. There's also a suited up version, called the Grill Father, that goes for 35 Cafe Cash. This puts it somewhere around $4-5 per stove.
But you can get the Grill Father for free by leveling up 5 times in Mafia Wars. New players will have to make it to Level 15. To get started, look for the tiny icon of the Grill Father Super Stove on the left side of your Cafe World game screen. Click on the notice (image above) and answer "Yes" to be redirected to the Mafia Wars game.
Cafe World: Dinner at Twilight Eclipse is a guys-only affair
Cafe World Twilight
We haven't seen a Twilight Eclipse release since Crowdstar's Happy Pets and Happy Aquarium sets earlier this month. But just when we thought the Twilight fever has passed, Zynga's Cafe World comes out with 27 new decor pieces for Team Edward and Team Jacob. And like the Crowdstar sets, Bella is strangely absent...
Cafe World Twilight Gifts
There's also three new giftable snacks: Garlic Necklace, Apple of Temptation, and Vampire Staked Steak. The last of which, is also a new cafe recipe which earns 2,010 Coins from 335 servings in one day.
Cafe World Vampire Staked Steak
For those who want to collect both Twilight hunks, Edward is listed as Twinkling Vampire, is animated to sparkle, and costs 15 Cafe Cash. Jacob is the shirtless, Transforming Werewolf and costs 16 Cafe Cash. The most expensive premium item is the Red Plasma Fountain, which costs 18 Cafe Cash. For regular currency, the honor goes to the Vamperial Throne, which costs 35,000 Coins.
Cafe World Twilight decor
And for a bit of a heads-up, while the Blood and Bats Entrance looks like it should be a blood-dripping doorway, it actually doesn't move. So if you're thristing for the red ooze effect, grab A Family Portrait for 3 Cafe Cash under the windows section instead.
We haven't seen a Twilight Eclipse release since Crowdstar's Happy Pets and Happy Aquarium sets earlier this month. But just when we thought the Twilight fever has passed, Zynga's Cafe World comes out with 27 new decor pieces for Team Edward and Team Jacob. And like the Crowdstar sets, Bella is strangely absent...
Cafe World Twilight Gifts
There's also three new giftable snacks: Garlic Necklace, Apple of Temptation, and Vampire Staked Steak. The last of which, is also a new cafe recipe which earns 2,010 Coins from 335 servings in one day.
Cafe World Vampire Staked Steak
For those who want to collect both Twilight hunks, Edward is listed as Twinkling Vampire, is animated to sparkle, and costs 15 Cafe Cash. Jacob is the shirtless, Transforming Werewolf and costs 16 Cafe Cash. The most expensive premium item is the Red Plasma Fountain, which costs 18 Cafe Cash. For regular currency, the honor goes to the Vamperial Throne, which costs 35,000 Coins.
Cafe World Twilight decor
And for a bit of a heads-up, while the Blood and Bats Entrance looks like it should be a blood-dripping doorway, it actually doesn't move. So if you're thristing for the red ooze effect, grab A Family Portrait for 3 Cafe Cash under the windows section instead.
FishVille bewitches players with new Bayou Items
FishVille Bayou Country Items
FishVille is certainly feeling educational with their new Bayou Items release, I mean, check out the PR for their Buildable Swamp Shack: "Bayou Country is most closely associated with Cajun and Creole cultural groups native to the Gulf Coast region."
FishVille Bayou Items Store
Or how about the description of their Bayou themed Bullfrog:
One of the so-called "true frogs", Bullfrogs are native to the eastern United States, ranging from as far north as Nova Scotia, all the way down to central Florida. They also live as far west as Wisconsin and the Rockies and were introduced widely throughout Colorado, British Columbia, California, and other western states.
We're not sure what voodoo possessed FishVille to put out a theme for the Bayou. One would expect them to have ridden the coattails of Disney's Frog and the Princess film. Or at least, had saved this for the fall season, sometime near Halloween. But instead, we've got eight new pieces of decor (one of which, the Bullfrog, expires within the next 24 hours), plus a new wallpaper and floor for the tanks.
FishVille Bayou Tank Wallpaper
Astute players will also notice there's a new Brown Mystery Egg on the Gifts page. Unfortunately, there's no special fish to be had there. Both times I got one, the fish turned out to be a Pajama Cardinal.
FishVille Bayou Gifts
FishVille is certainly feeling educational with their new Bayou Items release, I mean, check out the PR for their Buildable Swamp Shack: "Bayou Country is most closely associated with Cajun and Creole cultural groups native to the Gulf Coast region."
FishVille Bayou Items Store
Or how about the description of their Bayou themed Bullfrog:
One of the so-called "true frogs", Bullfrogs are native to the eastern United States, ranging from as far north as Nova Scotia, all the way down to central Florida. They also live as far west as Wisconsin and the Rockies and were introduced widely throughout Colorado, British Columbia, California, and other western states.
We're not sure what voodoo possessed FishVille to put out a theme for the Bayou. One would expect them to have ridden the coattails of Disney's Frog and the Princess film. Or at least, had saved this for the fall season, sometime near Halloween. But instead, we've got eight new pieces of decor (one of which, the Bullfrog, expires within the next 24 hours), plus a new wallpaper and floor for the tanks.
FishVille Bayou Tank Wallpaper
Astute players will also notice there's a new Brown Mystery Egg on the Gifts page. Unfortunately, there's no special fish to be had there. Both times I got one, the fish turned out to be a Pajama Cardinal.
FishVille Bayou Gifts
PetVille Daily Clean Pet Bonus leads to free weekly Pet Cash
PetVille Daily Clean Pet Bonus
First announced last week, players who consecutively log in for up to five days to clean their pet will be eligible to receive 1-3 free Pet Cash from PetVille. What do you think? Is it enough to make you play more regularly? Personally, I always like it when games give players alternate ways of obtaining premium money.
Currently, PetVille players can earn free Pet Cash from doing surveys, randomly finding 'em in the homes of other pets, or playing the Genie Gems mini-game.
First announced last week, players who consecutively log in for up to five days to clean their pet will be eligible to receive 1-3 free Pet Cash from PetVille. What do you think? Is it enough to make you play more regularly? Personally, I always like it when games give players alternate ways of obtaining premium money.
Currently, PetVille players can earn free Pet Cash from doing surveys, randomly finding 'em in the homes of other pets, or playing the Genie Gems mini-game.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
PetVille lets the pups out with a free Cockapoo named Trubble
PetVille Designer Dogs: Paul the Puggle
PetVille Designer Dogs: Trubble the Cockapoo Prior to the weekend, PetVille announced their first ever Designer Dogs Collection. Unlike other Limited Edition items, these pups are free offerings on the game's gifts page. You'll be relying on cooperative players to distribute these puppies. Friday's Designer Dog #1 was Paul the Puggle, and today's Designer Dog #2 is Trubble the Cockapoo.
For those of you snickering out there -- and don't think I can't hear you! -- a Cockapoo is a real dog breed. It's a cross between a Poodle and a Cocker Spaniel. It's also known as a Spoodle, Cockerdoo, or Cockerdoodle. (Fine, the snickering may resume now.)
Anyway, our Trubble here is a sad, lonely pup with a heavy brow, tilting head, and the occassionally swishing tail. So he's animated, if only in the literal sense of the word.
But if he's too depressing to have around, you've always the option to sell Trubble off for 150 Coins.
PetVille Designer Dogs: Trubble the Cockapoo Prior to the weekend, PetVille announced their first ever Designer Dogs Collection. Unlike other Limited Edition items, these pups are free offerings on the game's gifts page. You'll be relying on cooperative players to distribute these puppies. Friday's Designer Dog #1 was Paul the Puggle, and today's Designer Dog #2 is Trubble the Cockapoo.
For those of you snickering out there -- and don't think I can't hear you! -- a Cockapoo is a real dog breed. It's a cross between a Poodle and a Cocker Spaniel. It's also known as a Spoodle, Cockerdoo, or Cockerdoodle. (Fine, the snickering may resume now.)
Anyway, our Trubble here is a sad, lonely pup with a heavy brow, tilting head, and the occassionally swishing tail. So he's animated, if only in the literal sense of the word.
But if he's too depressing to have around, you've always the option to sell Trubble off for 150 Coins.
Germany's Wooga celebrates 10 million monthly active users
Just one year after launching it's first game on Facebook, German developer Wooga (a.k.a. World of Gaming) has already attracted 10 million monthly users across its catalog, according to AppData. Wooga is the ninth company to reach the eight-figure user milestone, and the only European company thus far to achieve this sort of scale (all the others are from the Western United States
The achievement is especially impressive when you consider Wooga's users are spread over only three games -- puzzle game Bubble Island, educational mini-game collection Brain Buddies and farming sim Monster World. The company didn't buy their way into market prominence either -- in a post on the official Wooga blog, CEO Jen Begemen trumpeted the fact that only three percent of Woog'as users came directly from paid advertising.
The company currently employs 50 people from 12 countries and is looking to expand further. If they can keep up this pace of cheap user acquisition, I can't imagine they will have much trouble with that.
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The achievement is especially impressive when you consider Wooga's users are spread over only three games -- puzzle game Bubble Island, educational mini-game collection Brain Buddies and farming sim Monster World. The company didn't buy their way into market prominence either -- in a post on the official Wooga blog, CEO Jen Begemen trumpeted the fact that only three percent of Woog'as users came directly from paid advertising.
The company currently employs 50 people from 12 countries and is looking to expand further. If they can keep up this pace of cheap user acquisition, I can't imagine they will have much trouble with that.
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Seniors flocking to social networks: Are they playing games?
The image of social networks as a place just for teens and college kids continues to fall away thanks to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project showing older Americans using social networks in larger numbers than ever before.
Over 40 percent of American Internet users 50 and older now use social networking sites, according to the study, nearly doubling their proportion from only a year ago. While young people are still the most active social networkers (86% of 18-29 year olds are on a social network), older Americans represent the fastest growing demographic for the sites.
While the Pew study didn't break out game use among these older social network users, it stands to reason that some of the group's increase in numbers is being driven by the popularity of social games. A Popcap study from February found that 46 percent of social gamers in the US were at least 50 years old, far outpacing the 30 percent or so of total internet users in that age group.
Even if those older social networkers aren't gaming now, it's likely their rising numbers will lead to more and more social game developers targeting their games at this growing audience.
Over 40 percent of American Internet users 50 and older now use social networking sites, according to the study, nearly doubling their proportion from only a year ago. While young people are still the most active social networkers (86% of 18-29 year olds are on a social network), older Americans represent the fastest growing demographic for the sites.
While the Pew study didn't break out game use among these older social network users, it stands to reason that some of the group's increase in numbers is being driven by the popularity of social games. A Popcap study from February found that 46 percent of social gamers in the US were at least 50 years old, far outpacing the 30 percent or so of total internet users in that age group.
Even if those older social networkers aren't gaming now, it's likely their rising numbers will lead to more and more social game developers targeting their games at this growing audience.
Happy Pets: Albino Cat and Dog available when you add neighbors
Now in Happy Pets, new neighbors mean access to new pets -- specifically the Albino Doberman and Albino Siamese Cat. You can buy the Doberman if you have 9 neighbors, while the Cat requires 11 neighbors. Both animals cost 15,500 Coins.
Albino animals made their first appearance back in May, as Trapped Pets, or mystery animals in a locked kennel. That offering consisted of a free albino horse, ferret, parrot, guinea pig, and bunny. (There was also a mini dinosaur involved, but it wasn't an albino dino.)
Albino animals made their first appearance back in May, as Trapped Pets, or mystery animals in a locked kennel. That offering consisted of a free albino horse, ferret, parrot, guinea pig, and bunny. (There was also a mini dinosaur involved, but it wasn't an albino dino.)
Quote of the Moment: "My dog is in the pound"
"My grandmother-in-law, she is 83 years old, she wears thick glasses, she has curly grey hair, she's been about four years widowed now, she lives with my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law was recently returning from a trip out of town. As soon as she got home, my grandmother-in-law comes out to the back porch to meet her, she's very upset, she's distraught.
She says, 'Well, my dog is in the pound,' and my mother-in-law says "What do you mean your dog is in the pound?" She thought for a minute she was talking about her boston terrier. And she says 'No, my dog on Farmville. My dog's been thrown in the pound! You've got to go to the store and you've got to buy farm dollars for me.' The obvious answer was to drive 20 miles, to Target, buy the card for $30 then turn around and drive back home that very night so she could get her dog out of the pound."
Leigh Fransen, of Fort Mill South Carolina recounts the lengths he family has gone to for Farmville in a very entertaining NPR piece on the appeal of social games.
She says, 'Well, my dog is in the pound,' and my mother-in-law says "What do you mean your dog is in the pound?" She thought for a minute she was talking about her boston terrier. And she says 'No, my dog on Farmville. My dog's been thrown in the pound! You've got to go to the store and you've got to buy farm dollars for me.' The obvious answer was to drive 20 miles, to Target, buy the card for $30 then turn around and drive back home that very night so she could get her dog out of the pound."
Leigh Fransen, of Fort Mill South Carolina recounts the lengths he family has gone to for Farmville in a very entertaining NPR piece on the appeal of social games.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
FrontierVille: 'Enjoy Some Tasty French Fries' for a delicious Energy refill
A new goal appeared in FrontierVille on September 26 titled "Enjoy Some Tasty French Fries," and it looks delicious. This goal will reward you with the brand new food item, French Fries, which restores 20 Energy. The requirements of the mission are simple enough: harvest 10 Potatoes, collect 10 Elbow Grease and collect 10 Lard.
Harvesting the 10 Potatoes--which cost 90 coins and take four hours to ripen-- is easy. But to get a hold of the Lard and Elbow Grease you'll have to ask your friends to gift them to you. Remember to put them in your wishlist to make sure your friends notice that you need them (and remember where to find your gifts). Complete the goal to be rewarded with two orders of French Fries and 50 XP. As always, these requirements can be unlocked for Horseshoes, but honestly, we think you can wait for some stinkin' fries.
Harvesting the 10 Potatoes--which cost 90 coins and take four hours to ripen-- is easy. But to get a hold of the Lard and Elbow Grease you'll have to ask your friends to gift them to you. Remember to put them in your wishlist to make sure your friends notice that you need them (and remember where to find your gifts). Complete the goal to be rewarded with two orders of French Fries and 50 XP. As always, these requirements can be unlocked for Horseshoes, but honestly, we think you can wait for some stinkin' fries.
FarmVille Trellis Swing & Lamp Post soon to lighten up gardens
It seems there are a few surrealists on the FarmVille design team. While we often see very regular farm items, things you'd expect to find on a farm, once in a while they throw something completely bizarre our way. A previous example of this was the pig in a hula skirt on a see-saw with two ducks. It's crazy! Now the latest surrealist FarmVille item is the Trellis Swing.
Look at it! It's a sheep and a pig, on a romantic date! At first it seemed wrong, but the more I think about it, it's starting to appear totally cute. The pig and sheep make a great couple, and clearly they like each other. It's not easy to sit on a swing and chat endlessly with someone you don't really love. Hmm, I wonder what they're talking about...
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Atari GO to update classic games for social networks, bring on the nostalgia
Classic game publisher Atari, in a move to catch up after a shaky past couple of years, has set its sight on the social game world (who hasn't?). They're approach is Atari Games Online (GO), which Atari CEO Jeff Lapin announced is designed to help independent developers create, publish and rake in some dough on social games.
Thom Kozik, former executive of the K2 Network and Bigpoint, will spearhead the search for indie developers and distribution partners for Atari GO. While developers will be independent, the company is looking into updating their classic brands like Asteroids and Adventure for a social game audience.
"The programs, tools and support structures behind Atari GO allows developers to focus on making great games that can then be delivered globally," Kozik said. "Developers can already sign up for our programs and collaborate with us as we envision the future of cross-platform gaming."
Does this mean we'll be playing a Facebook connected Adventure on iPhone or Android? We can't imagine updates to games that are over 30-years-old being too much for either platform to handle, so it's a possibility.
Part of the plan is also to "cultivate new original games and games based on Atari's deep catalog of classic IP while supporting them with the strength of the Atari brand, marketing and platform support," according to Atari.
Have an idea for an awesome new game, but want it to have a better chance at getting buzz? Atari might have fallen from its former glory, but the name alone throws rosy-colored glasses right over the eyes of millions of classic gamers. Atari GO already has over a dozen developers with re-energized classics set to debut in the next few months, according to GameSpy. Just please, whatever you do Atari, don't bring over Pac-Man. Just leave the yellow guy to the pros.
Thom Kozik, former executive of the K2 Network and Bigpoint, will spearhead the search for indie developers and distribution partners for Atari GO. While developers will be independent, the company is looking into updating their classic brands like Asteroids and Adventure for a social game audience.
"The programs, tools and support structures behind Atari GO allows developers to focus on making great games that can then be delivered globally," Kozik said. "Developers can already sign up for our programs and collaborate with us as we envision the future of cross-platform gaming."
Does this mean we'll be playing a Facebook connected Adventure on iPhone or Android? We can't imagine updates to games that are over 30-years-old being too much for either platform to handle, so it's a possibility.
Part of the plan is also to "cultivate new original games and games based on Atari's deep catalog of classic IP while supporting them with the strength of the Atari brand, marketing and platform support," according to Atari.
Have an idea for an awesome new game, but want it to have a better chance at getting buzz? Atari might have fallen from its former glory, but the name alone throws rosy-colored glasses right over the eyes of millions of classic gamers. Atari GO already has over a dozen developers with re-energized classics set to debut in the next few months, according to GameSpy. Just please, whatever you do Atari, don't bring over Pac-Man. Just leave the yellow guy to the pros.
FarmVille freak of the week: Harold's Birthday!
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Happy Birthday FarmVille freak Harold!
This week's FarmVille freak of the week is FarmVille fan, Harold, who celebrated his birthday with an awesome FarmVille inspired cake. Harold gets extra points for rocking our FarmVille T-shirt, that he received as a gift.
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This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Happy Birthday FarmVille freak Harold!
This week's FarmVille freak of the week is FarmVille fan, Harold, who celebrated his birthday with an awesome FarmVille inspired cake. Harold gets extra points for rocking our FarmVille T-shirt, that he received as a gift.
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This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
FrontierVille Jack-in-the-box gift has Frontier Jack jumping for joy
A new free gift has appeared in FrontierVille called the Jack-in-the-box. Zynga added this little guy in an unannounced update for players to find themselves, and who else could it be but FroniterVille Jack?
That one is just too easy. This item doesn't seem to have a limited time, but that isn't any reason to take your sweet old time in getting this cool new item. Gift the item to your friends and once they send one back (if they're nice) this animated decoration will be yours. Click on the box for a little Jack to pop out and surprise you. Well, not so much; with an item like "Jack-in-the-box," who wouldn't see this coming from a mile away?
That one is just too easy. This item doesn't seem to have a limited time, but that isn't any reason to take your sweet old time in getting this cool new item. Gift the item to your friends and once they send one back (if they're nice) this animated decoration will be yours. Click on the box for a little Jack to pop out and surprise you. Well, not so much; with an item like "Jack-in-the-box," who wouldn't see this coming from a mile away?
Friday, February 3, 2012
Mafia Wars' 'Take Out a Rival Operation' Secret Mission calls for seven mobsters
Secret Mission Take Out a Rival Operation
Time to start calling up the family. A new Secret Mission (new name) was recently added to Mafia Wars titled "Take Out a Rival Operation," according to Mafia Wars Maniac, that requires seven extra helpers to complete. Considered a Hard mission, the three-day job asks for both Stamina and Energy users--with one role requiring both--and will pay in Lira. There are a slew of common, uncommon and rare items to win in addition to some extra cash.
Find more information on the possible item rewards after the break.
Secret Mission Items
Common:
Death Dealer Minigun: 48 Attack, 64 Defense
Z4 Night Prowler: 57 Attack, 35 Defense
Armed Doorman: 51 Attack, 24 Defense
Reef Shark: 55 Attack, 24 Defense
Uncommon:
Fatima: Collection Item
Mountain Lion: Collection Item
Four of a Kind: Collection Item
Turkey Vulture: 62 Attack, 50 Defense
Rare:
Alpine: 35 Attack, 57 Defense
Sumatra Tiger: 60 Attack, 30 Defense
Players are complaining about some of the potential items being those from collections in much older locations and thus offering little to no help for players currently in Italy. While there still are some impressive rare items to win like the Sumatra Tiger, hopefully Zynga addresses this issue and replaces these otherwise useless items with some that are slightly more valuable to players at this moment.
Time to start calling up the family. A new Secret Mission (new name) was recently added to Mafia Wars titled "Take Out a Rival Operation," according to Mafia Wars Maniac, that requires seven extra helpers to complete. Considered a Hard mission, the three-day job asks for both Stamina and Energy users--with one role requiring both--and will pay in Lira. There are a slew of common, uncommon and rare items to win in addition to some extra cash.
Find more information on the possible item rewards after the break.
Secret Mission Items
Common:
Death Dealer Minigun: 48 Attack, 64 Defense
Z4 Night Prowler: 57 Attack, 35 Defense
Armed Doorman: 51 Attack, 24 Defense
Reef Shark: 55 Attack, 24 Defense
Uncommon:
Fatima: Collection Item
Mountain Lion: Collection Item
Four of a Kind: Collection Item
Turkey Vulture: 62 Attack, 50 Defense
Rare:
Alpine: 35 Attack, 57 Defense
Sumatra Tiger: 60 Attack, 30 Defense
Players are complaining about some of the potential items being those from collections in much older locations and thus offering little to no help for players currently in Italy. While there still are some impressive rare items to win like the Sumatra Tiger, hopefully Zynga addresses this issue and replaces these otherwise useless items with some that are slightly more valuable to players at this moment.
Mafia Wars Italy Rail Ticket: Where to find them
mafia wars italy rail ticket
If there's one thing that's likely to stand in your way of making progress in Mafia Wars, it's those darn consumable items required to complete jobs and defeat bosses. Just when you thought you were done with hunting down consumables, Mafia Wars Italy arrives and everyone's been on the hunt for severed pinkies and other new consumable items to get the job done.
mafia wars rail ticket
You'll need Rail Tickets to complete the 'Bug the Don's Train Car' job in Mafia Wars Italy Region 3 Venezia.
You'll need a total of 65 Mafia Wars Rail Tickets to master all four levels of the 'Bug the Don's Train Car' job. That breaks down into the following per mastery level:
Bronze - 10 Rail Ticket
Silver - 13 Rail Ticket
Gold - 17 Rail Ticket
Ruby - 25 Rail Ticket
Mafia Wars Rail Tickets are not available as gifts and cannot be traded. There is just one way to find these train slips:
1. Complete the 'Track Down Don Adriano' job in Region 2: Palermo. This job will yield Rail Tickets as loot.
If there's one thing that's likely to stand in your way of making progress in Mafia Wars, it's those darn consumable items required to complete jobs and defeat bosses. Just when you thought you were done with hunting down consumables, Mafia Wars Italy arrives and everyone's been on the hunt for severed pinkies and other new consumable items to get the job done.
mafia wars rail ticket
You'll need Rail Tickets to complete the 'Bug the Don's Train Car' job in Mafia Wars Italy Region 3 Venezia.
You'll need a total of 65 Mafia Wars Rail Tickets to master all four levels of the 'Bug the Don's Train Car' job. That breaks down into the following per mastery level:
Bronze - 10 Rail Ticket
Silver - 13 Rail Ticket
Gold - 17 Rail Ticket
Ruby - 25 Rail Ticket
Mafia Wars Rail Tickets are not available as gifts and cannot be traded. There is just one way to find these train slips:
1. Complete the 'Track Down Don Adriano' job in Region 2: Palermo. This job will yield Rail Tickets as loot.
Bejeweled Blitz tricks out your screen with new Halloween wallpapers
Bejeweled Blitz Halloween Wallpaper: Zombie Squad
If you loved the recent Halloween makeover that PopCap gave Bejeweled Blitz, then you'll be happy to hear that the new, spooky game background, "Haunted Blitz Mansion", can now be used to decorate your computer desktop.
Two other versions, "Here Come the Bats" and "Zombie Squad", are later designs based on the first one. "Zombie Squad" is actually a shoutout to PopCap's other widely popular title, Plants vs. Zombies, which unfortunately, isn't on Facebook, but folks can buy it for the PC, Mac, iPhone, and the Xbox Live Arcade. Plus, there's a Nintendo DS version set for next January.
To see the full-sized wallpapers, click on each of the following thumbnails, then right-click each image with "Set As Desktop Background":
If you loved the recent Halloween makeover that PopCap gave Bejeweled Blitz, then you'll be happy to hear that the new, spooky game background, "Haunted Blitz Mansion", can now be used to decorate your computer desktop.
Two other versions, "Here Come the Bats" and "Zombie Squad", are later designs based on the first one. "Zombie Squad" is actually a shoutout to PopCap's other widely popular title, Plants vs. Zombies, which unfortunately, isn't on Facebook, but folks can buy it for the PC, Mac, iPhone, and the Xbox Live Arcade. Plus, there's a Nintendo DS version set for next January.
To see the full-sized wallpapers, click on each of the following thumbnails, then right-click each image with "Set As Desktop Background":
Mafia Wars Italy Smart Phone: How to find this elusive gadget
mafia wars italy smart phone
If there's one thing that's likely to stand in your way of making progress in Mafia Wars, it's those darn consumable items required to complete jobs and defeat bosses. Just when you thought you were done with hunting down consumables, Mafia Wars Italy arrives and everyone's been on the hunt for severed pinkies and other new consumables to get the job done.
You'll need Smart Phones to complete a variety of different jobs depending on what path you take. In Mafia Wars Italy Region 4 Milano, you need Smart Phones for the 'Bug A Confessional' or 'Infiltrate A Seven Star Hotel' jobs. In Mafia Wars Italy Region 5 Napoli, you need Smart Phones for the 'Take Out a Troublesome Carabinieri', 'Break Out an Incarcerated Lieutenant', or 'Link the Camorra to The Police'.
mafia wars italy smart phone
You'll need a total of 65 Smart Phones to master all four levels of the 'Bug A Confessional' job. That breaks down into the following per mastery level:
Bronze : 10 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 13 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 17 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 25 Smart Phone needed
For the 'Infiltrate a Seven Star Hotel' job you need a total of 91 Smart Phones:
Bronze : 15 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 17 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 25 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 34 Smart Phone needed
'Take Out a Troublesome Carabinieri' also requires a total of 91 Smart Phones:
Bronze : 15 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 17 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 25 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 34 Smart Phone needed
'Break Out an Incarcerated Lieutenant' requires 112 Smart Phones:
Bronze : 17 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 20 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 25 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 50 Smart Phone needed
Finally, the 'Link the Camorra to the Police' job requires 112:
Bronze : 17 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 20 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 25 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 50 Smart Phone needed
Smart Phones are not available as gifts and cannot be traded. There is only one way to find the missing cellular phone:
If there's one thing that's likely to stand in your way of making progress in Mafia Wars, it's those darn consumable items required to complete jobs and defeat bosses. Just when you thought you were done with hunting down consumables, Mafia Wars Italy arrives and everyone's been on the hunt for severed pinkies and other new consumables to get the job done.
You'll need Smart Phones to complete a variety of different jobs depending on what path you take. In Mafia Wars Italy Region 4 Milano, you need Smart Phones for the 'Bug A Confessional' or 'Infiltrate A Seven Star Hotel' jobs. In Mafia Wars Italy Region 5 Napoli, you need Smart Phones for the 'Take Out a Troublesome Carabinieri', 'Break Out an Incarcerated Lieutenant', or 'Link the Camorra to The Police'.
mafia wars italy smart phone
You'll need a total of 65 Smart Phones to master all four levels of the 'Bug A Confessional' job. That breaks down into the following per mastery level:
Bronze : 10 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 13 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 17 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 25 Smart Phone needed
For the 'Infiltrate a Seven Star Hotel' job you need a total of 91 Smart Phones:
Bronze : 15 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 17 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 25 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 34 Smart Phone needed
'Take Out a Troublesome Carabinieri' also requires a total of 91 Smart Phones:
Bronze : 15 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 17 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 25 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 34 Smart Phone needed
'Break Out an Incarcerated Lieutenant' requires 112 Smart Phones:
Bronze : 17 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 20 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 25 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 50 Smart Phone needed
Finally, the 'Link the Camorra to the Police' job requires 112:
Bronze : 17 Smart Phone needed
Silver : 20 Smart Phone needed
Gold : 25 Smart Phone needed
Ruby : 50 Smart Phone needed
Smart Phones are not available as gifts and cannot be traded. There is only one way to find the missing cellular phone:
Lunchtime poll: Has Facebook's privacy leaks changed the way you play?
Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that FarmVille and a slew of other Facebook games were leaking your information to advertisers and data mining companies. Numerous other reports about other networks leaking consumers private information (Myspace included) have followed and you can't help but acknowledge the fact that if you play games on a social network, your information is there for the taking. For now, at least.
So the big question is -- since you've learned that your private Facebook info may have been passed along to outside companies, has that affected how much you play your favorite Facebook games?
So the big question is -- since you've learned that your private Facebook info may have been passed along to outside companies, has that affected how much you play your favorite Facebook games?
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Go shopping in My Vineyard with player-run stores
My Vineyard has always been on the bleeding edge of innovation, being one of the first games to bring multiplayer as a standard across the game and having some of the best opportunities for creativity available in social games. The winemaking game has now released a brand new feature - the ability to sell items to other players by way of a General Store.
This new General Store is purchasable from the Market for 20 Wine Cash. Once you purchase a store, you can then click on it to begin pricing items in your store as you wish. You can sell items for coins or Wine Cash, and My Vineyard will take a 10% cut (or a minimum of 1 WC or 100 coins). At any time, you can click on the shopping bag icon on the left side of your screen to see a list of stores that you can visit, and you can click on them to go shopping.
Shopping is done by visiting friend's vineyards with stores, and clicking the shopping cart at the bottom of the game. Any item that is for sale will then have a price tag on it so that you can click on it and buy it directly from that store. The difference between this, and say, PetVille, is that when you buy the item it will actually leave your friend's vineyard and go to yours. The seller will also get the profit. This is a really neat way for players to get rid of old premium items that they no longer want, and for newer players to have access to items that are no longer available for purchase in the game.
Player can also pay 1 Wine Cash to have their store listed in the Featured List so that more players will see their store. This means that players who aren't neighbors can still see the stores and go shopping. When you're visiting a friend's vineyard, you will see other players there and you can actually chat with them, which is a feature of My Vineyard.
This new General Store is purchasable from the Market for 20 Wine Cash. Once you purchase a store, you can then click on it to begin pricing items in your store as you wish. You can sell items for coins or Wine Cash, and My Vineyard will take a 10% cut (or a minimum of 1 WC or 100 coins). At any time, you can click on the shopping bag icon on the left side of your screen to see a list of stores that you can visit, and you can click on them to go shopping.
Shopping is done by visiting friend's vineyards with stores, and clicking the shopping cart at the bottom of the game. Any item that is for sale will then have a price tag on it so that you can click on it and buy it directly from that store. The difference between this, and say, PetVille, is that when you buy the item it will actually leave your friend's vineyard and go to yours. The seller will also get the profit. This is a really neat way for players to get rid of old premium items that they no longer want, and for newer players to have access to items that are no longer available for purchase in the game.
Player can also pay 1 Wine Cash to have their store listed in the Featured List so that more players will see their store. This means that players who aren't neighbors can still see the stores and go shopping. When you're visiting a friend's vineyard, you will see other players there and you can actually chat with them, which is a feature of My Vineyard.
Celebrate the Top Chef: Just Desserts finale in Cupcake Corner
OMGpop's first Facebook game Cupcake Corner is proving to be quite successful with 1.4 million monthly players as of right now. Now, the game has nailed a partnership promotional deal with Bravo's Top Chef: Just Desserts series and is offering a special recipe to celebrate this week's finale of the show.
The new available Top Chef recipe is the Frozen Key Lime Bar, which takes only 8 minutes to bake and creates 28 servings. The recipe gives out 140 total coins and 16 XP for baking.
This is a pretty neat promotion because it couldn't really be any more relevant to the Cupcake Corner players. This kind of in-game advertising is done in a way that doesn't detract from the overall feel of the game and take players out of the immersion. The Top Chef: Just Desserts show is a very popular show and there is likely a great deal of crossover between its viewers and the players of Cupcake Corner.
The new available Top Chef recipe is the Frozen Key Lime Bar, which takes only 8 minutes to bake and creates 28 servings. The recipe gives out 140 total coins and 16 XP for baking.
This is a pretty neat promotion because it couldn't really be any more relevant to the Cupcake Corner players. This kind of in-game advertising is done in a way that doesn't detract from the overall feel of the game and take players out of the immersion. The Top Chef: Just Desserts show is a very popular show and there is likely a great deal of crossover between its viewers and the players of Cupcake Corner.
Ravenwood Fair hacks are malicious, says LOLapps
Ravenwood Fair hacks
Ravenwood Fair is back in commission and is crawling back up the charts fast, gaining users with rapid speed. This means that players are already scouring the internet for Ravenwood Fair cheats and hacks, and some people have been releasing supposed hacks that LOLapps are now stating are 'malicious'.
WARNING: It's come to our attention that several 3rd party "Hacks" have been released for Ravenwood Fair. Upon testing, these apps were found to contain malicious software and didn't even work. Sorry for the scare, but we want your Ravenwood Fair experience to be as pleasant as possible.
While LOLapps could certainly be lying about this, we don't think so. If there were legitimate working hacks out there for Ravenwood Fair, it would be in LOLapps' best interest to not even mention them to the community to avoid attracting interest. It appears that the game's developers have indeed tested these supposed 'hacks' in order to see if they needed to revise their game code to prevent the hacks, and instead found that these hacks were instead spyware or viruses.
As always, it's best to avoid downloading anything from sources that you do not trust. When you are searching for ways to cheat in Facebook games, there is always a really good chance that whatever you are downloading actually contains spyware or some other form of malicious content. Besides, what fun is there in cheating in a game on Facebook anyway? We don't think your friends would appreciate that much. Keep yourself safe, avoid downloading any hacks or cheats, and enjoy Ravenwood Fair!
Ravenwood Fair is back in commission and is crawling back up the charts fast, gaining users with rapid speed. This means that players are already scouring the internet for Ravenwood Fair cheats and hacks, and some people have been releasing supposed hacks that LOLapps are now stating are 'malicious'.
WARNING: It's come to our attention that several 3rd party "Hacks" have been released for Ravenwood Fair. Upon testing, these apps were found to contain malicious software and didn't even work. Sorry for the scare, but we want your Ravenwood Fair experience to be as pleasant as possible.
While LOLapps could certainly be lying about this, we don't think so. If there were legitimate working hacks out there for Ravenwood Fair, it would be in LOLapps' best interest to not even mention them to the community to avoid attracting interest. It appears that the game's developers have indeed tested these supposed 'hacks' in order to see if they needed to revise their game code to prevent the hacks, and instead found that these hacks were instead spyware or viruses.
As always, it's best to avoid downloading anything from sources that you do not trust. When you are searching for ways to cheat in Facebook games, there is always a really good chance that whatever you are downloading actually contains spyware or some other form of malicious content. Besides, what fun is there in cheating in a game on Facebook anyway? We don't think your friends would appreciate that much. Keep yourself safe, avoid downloading any hacks or cheats, and enjoy Ravenwood Fair!
Happy Aquarium dives underwater and emerges with fall items
Crowdstar has just released a decent sized set of Fall and Thanksgiving themed items in Happy Aquarium, and given you just about everything you could possibly need to turn your tank into a autumn extravaganza. This set includes a few items for coins, but the majority of the new decorations will require you to shell out Facebook Credits or pearls in order to get your fins on them.
For an overall new look, there is a new tank wallpaper available for 40 pearls or 33 Facebook Credits. This wallpaper looks like a big fall tree, and is perfectly complemented by the new Fall Leaves gravel which will cost you an additional 40 pearls. A nice Fall Wreath for 1,000 coins will hang nicely in your tank, and there is also an animated Fall Tree in which the leaves drift to the floor slowly for 26 pearls.
If decoration isn't your thing and you'd prefer to have an animal, there is a new Colorful Scuba Turkey for 36 Pearls. There are only 11,304 available as of this writing but we're sure they'll be around for quite some time.
Lastly, if you like to gamble away your money, there is a Fall Mystery Box which contains common, rare, and exclusive fall items. These will cost you 12 pearls or 10 Facebook Credits each, so expect to spend a lot to get what you're looking for.
For an overall new look, there is a new tank wallpaper available for 40 pearls or 33 Facebook Credits. This wallpaper looks like a big fall tree, and is perfectly complemented by the new Fall Leaves gravel which will cost you an additional 40 pearls. A nice Fall Wreath for 1,000 coins will hang nicely in your tank, and there is also an animated Fall Tree in which the leaves drift to the floor slowly for 26 pearls.
If decoration isn't your thing and you'd prefer to have an animal, there is a new Colorful Scuba Turkey for 36 Pearls. There are only 11,304 available as of this writing but we're sure they'll be around for quite some time.
Lastly, if you like to gamble away your money, there is a Fall Mystery Box which contains common, rare, and exclusive fall items. These will cost you 12 pearls or 10 Facebook Credits each, so expect to spend a lot to get what you're looking for.
FarmVille: An autumn of magic's in store with Griffin and pals
FarmVille Griffin, Pegasus, Unicorn, Dragon, and Phoenix
When these sweet, magical critters were first leaked mid-October (with the Unicorn as last week's latecomer), players expected them to make their FarmVille debut in time for Halloween. Even though we know that there's no guarantee that unreleased items will ever hit the market, it was still a huge disappointment when that didn't happen.
But last night, FarmVille declared on its blog that "magic is in the autumn air" and that "Soon items like this Griffin will be available in the FarmVille Marketplace." So instead of Halloween, it's most likely that the Griffin, Pegasus, Unicorn, Dragon, and Phoenix will be making their appearance at the same time as the Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows (Part 1) movie, which will premiere internationally on November 18th, and in US theaters on November 19th.
When these sweet, magical critters were first leaked mid-October (with the Unicorn as last week's latecomer), players expected them to make their FarmVille debut in time for Halloween. Even though we know that there's no guarantee that unreleased items will ever hit the market, it was still a huge disappointment when that didn't happen.
But last night, FarmVille declared on its blog that "magic is in the autumn air" and that "Soon items like this Griffin will be available in the FarmVille Marketplace." So instead of Halloween, it's most likely that the Griffin, Pegasus, Unicorn, Dragon, and Phoenix will be making their appearance at the same time as the Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows (Part 1) movie, which will premiere internationally on November 18th, and in US theaters on November 19th.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Mafia Wars meets CityVille (sort of) with Urban Warfare on Facebook
Urban Warfare
Enjoying CityVille, but in search of more competition? Well, Blue Shell Games' first effort on Facebook hopes to bring social gamers the best of both worlds with Urban Warfare. With both city-building elements and Mafia Wars-style battles with friends, Urban Warfare is a jack-of-all-trades of sorts, allowing players to both maintain a sprawling town while defending it from invaders. However, this game is certainly not without its flaws. In fact, it has those in spades.
Take a look behind the break to get a detailed look at whether this game might interest you (but probably not).
Urban Warfare Battles
Urban Warfare throws players into a war-torn world where every city is required to have a full-blown military to defend itself, which would be absolutely badass in most situations (fictional, of course). It's too bad that this game doesn't bring much in the fun department. Sure, Urban Warfare is functional, but that's about where development seems to have tapered off to a point. For instance, the image above is what every battle looks like. And that's it. (Well, aside from a blank loading screen that simply reads, "Battling!")
So, don't think you're preparing for full-scale war here. Battles operate almost exactly like those in Mafia Wars, but with less detailed artwork and it's the bland soldiers you train that decide the outcome rather than collected items. Not to mention that Battles can be repeated over and over again with no real benefit or penalty. You'll almost immediately catch on to the trick of finding a weak player pummeling him repeatedly to level up at lightning speeds (due to the lack of animation), but what's the point?
City building
Not much really, though in order to compete at later levels you'll need to build out your city with coin-generating businesses, residencies that boost your population and barracks to train more soldiers--all of which cost coins. The balance between generating coins and population via plopping buildings on the grid and training an army is simple enough. In fact, it's probably too simple. In my short time playing the game, there are really no perceivable setbacks aside from losing a Battle and the excruciatingly long time it takes to train soldiers.
Despite its many shortcomings, Urban Warfare does get a few things right. Take Quests, for example. While they've surely been done before, it's somewhat reassuring to know that Blue Shell at least realizes that these have essentially standard to guide players along in social games. Taking a cue from games like CityVille, players can visit their friends' cities to provide them with boosts to supplies. Alright, I'll admit it: that's all I can think up. For Pete's sake, the game allows players to pay coins for decorations that have no benefit whatsoever besides a sliver of XP. I can get more XP in an instant by pummeling Random Newbie #27.
The game offers a paid currency known as Reward Points (sound familiar?), but I would strongly recommend you not spend your hard-earned dollars on a game with little to no animation or interesting artwork and a gameplay dynamic that doesn't feel complete before really getting to know it. It's a shame too, because the initial premise is spot-on and has loads of potential for the next big social game, which Blue Shell deserves credit for. Unfortunately, it's in the execution that Urban Warfare goes AWOL.
Click here to play Urban Warfare on Facebook now>
Enjoying CityVille, but in search of more competition? Well, Blue Shell Games' first effort on Facebook hopes to bring social gamers the best of both worlds with Urban Warfare. With both city-building elements and Mafia Wars-style battles with friends, Urban Warfare is a jack-of-all-trades of sorts, allowing players to both maintain a sprawling town while defending it from invaders. However, this game is certainly not without its flaws. In fact, it has those in spades.
Take a look behind the break to get a detailed look at whether this game might interest you (but probably not).
Urban Warfare Battles
Urban Warfare throws players into a war-torn world where every city is required to have a full-blown military to defend itself, which would be absolutely badass in most situations (fictional, of course). It's too bad that this game doesn't bring much in the fun department. Sure, Urban Warfare is functional, but that's about where development seems to have tapered off to a point. For instance, the image above is what every battle looks like. And that's it. (Well, aside from a blank loading screen that simply reads, "Battling!")
So, don't think you're preparing for full-scale war here. Battles operate almost exactly like those in Mafia Wars, but with less detailed artwork and it's the bland soldiers you train that decide the outcome rather than collected items. Not to mention that Battles can be repeated over and over again with no real benefit or penalty. You'll almost immediately catch on to the trick of finding a weak player pummeling him repeatedly to level up at lightning speeds (due to the lack of animation), but what's the point?
City building
Not much really, though in order to compete at later levels you'll need to build out your city with coin-generating businesses, residencies that boost your population and barracks to train more soldiers--all of which cost coins. The balance between generating coins and population via plopping buildings on the grid and training an army is simple enough. In fact, it's probably too simple. In my short time playing the game, there are really no perceivable setbacks aside from losing a Battle and the excruciatingly long time it takes to train soldiers.
Despite its many shortcomings, Urban Warfare does get a few things right. Take Quests, for example. While they've surely been done before, it's somewhat reassuring to know that Blue Shell at least realizes that these have essentially standard to guide players along in social games. Taking a cue from games like CityVille, players can visit their friends' cities to provide them with boosts to supplies. Alright, I'll admit it: that's all I can think up. For Pete's sake, the game allows players to pay coins for decorations that have no benefit whatsoever besides a sliver of XP. I can get more XP in an instant by pummeling Random Newbie #27.
The game offers a paid currency known as Reward Points (sound familiar?), but I would strongly recommend you not spend your hard-earned dollars on a game with little to no animation or interesting artwork and a gameplay dynamic that doesn't feel complete before really getting to know it. It's a shame too, because the initial premise is spot-on and has loads of potential for the next big social game, which Blue Shell deserves credit for. Unfortunately, it's in the execution that Urban Warfare goes AWOL.
Click here to play Urban Warfare on Facebook now>
FrontierVille Cheats and Tips: Top Five XP sources when between Goals
Visiting Friends
With the news of Zynga increasing the FrontierVille Level Cap to a whopping 150 (though, not without issues), surely a good amount of you pioneering pros are at a loss when in between Zynga's many Goals. Believe it or not, there are plenty of things to do to increase your XP when you're out of tasks to tackle. We've assembled a list of the top five fun things to do for XP (in no particular order) when you're all out of Goals to accomplish.
1. Visit Neighbors
We'll type it out until our wrists fall off. While this is essential to nearly every major set of Goals, you should pay your friends a visit daily. Why? Because it's the only way to boost your Reputation level, but more importantly in this case it's a fine source of Energy, resources like Cloth and coins and the whole reason you're reading this: XP. Every task that you take on in a neighbor's homestead will drop some XP. While it's not much, it'll sure add up. Especially considering that it probably took quite a lot of friends to blast past Level 100 in just a few months.
2. Plant High-Yield Crops
Why not set that alarm and give yourself something to look forward to? Besides, this will help offset the costs it took to get you this far. Not to mention that harvesting crops also provides XP. Better yet, it's only a matter of time before you find a Groundhog, which with a Varmint Cannon shot gives up 14 XP and extra Food.
Continue reading for three more things to do for XP between Goals.
Varmint Cannon3.Varmint Huntin'
Come to think of it, clobbering and blasting all types of Varmints has tons of potential for XP.Especially with the Varmint Cannons, which if you're past Level 100 we'll assume you have. Bears, Foxes and Snakes will spit up 30, 12 and 10 XP when pummeled with cannon balls, respectively. While it'll take a whole lot of Energy to stir these critters up, visiting your friends should offset that loss. However, remember not to clean out your homestead of trees and foliage or you'll be out of an Energy source in no time until things grow back.
4. Maximize Collections
While this is somewhat of a meta activity as it involves just about every other task that yields XP, it's definitely a good source of motivation. In fact, set the number of Collectibles to 10 from each Collection. This way, you'll amass tons of XP, Food and coins while preparing yourself for the unknown. Just make sure that before you trade a Collection in--many of which reward XP--that you won't be needing any of the items included in that Collection. Besides, we're sure you'll be getting your fill just working toward 10 of each item.
Badges!
5. Master Every Badge
Now, this is a toughie. The recently released Jackalope Society Badges are a great way to both motivate yourself and eat up gobs of XP. This is because every single Badge rewards XP... and lots of it. For instance, master all four Energy Badges and you just made yourself an extra 2,700 XP. Master each Badge up to Level 4 for maximum amounts of XP.
Check out the rest of our FrontierVille Cheats & Tips right here.
Have you tried any of these methods to maximize your XP gain when between Goals? What tips for nabbing XP might you have handy?
With the news of Zynga increasing the FrontierVille Level Cap to a whopping 150 (though, not without issues), surely a good amount of you pioneering pros are at a loss when in between Zynga's many Goals. Believe it or not, there are plenty of things to do to increase your XP when you're out of tasks to tackle. We've assembled a list of the top five fun things to do for XP (in no particular order) when you're all out of Goals to accomplish.
1. Visit Neighbors
We'll type it out until our wrists fall off. While this is essential to nearly every major set of Goals, you should pay your friends a visit daily. Why? Because it's the only way to boost your Reputation level, but more importantly in this case it's a fine source of Energy, resources like Cloth and coins and the whole reason you're reading this: XP. Every task that you take on in a neighbor's homestead will drop some XP. While it's not much, it'll sure add up. Especially considering that it probably took quite a lot of friends to blast past Level 100 in just a few months.
2. Plant High-Yield Crops
Why not set that alarm and give yourself something to look forward to? Besides, this will help offset the costs it took to get you this far. Not to mention that harvesting crops also provides XP. Better yet, it's only a matter of time before you find a Groundhog, which with a Varmint Cannon shot gives up 14 XP and extra Food.
Continue reading for three more things to do for XP between Goals.
Varmint Cannon3.Varmint Huntin'
Come to think of it, clobbering and blasting all types of Varmints has tons of potential for XP.Especially with the Varmint Cannons, which if you're past Level 100 we'll assume you have. Bears, Foxes and Snakes will spit up 30, 12 and 10 XP when pummeled with cannon balls, respectively. While it'll take a whole lot of Energy to stir these critters up, visiting your friends should offset that loss. However, remember not to clean out your homestead of trees and foliage or you'll be out of an Energy source in no time until things grow back.
4. Maximize Collections
While this is somewhat of a meta activity as it involves just about every other task that yields XP, it's definitely a good source of motivation. In fact, set the number of Collectibles to 10 from each Collection. This way, you'll amass tons of XP, Food and coins while preparing yourself for the unknown. Just make sure that before you trade a Collection in--many of which reward XP--that you won't be needing any of the items included in that Collection. Besides, we're sure you'll be getting your fill just working toward 10 of each item.
Badges!
5. Master Every Badge
Now, this is a toughie. The recently released Jackalope Society Badges are a great way to both motivate yourself and eat up gobs of XP. This is because every single Badge rewards XP... and lots of it. For instance, master all four Energy Badges and you just made yourself an extra 2,700 XP. Master each Badge up to Level 4 for maximum amounts of XP.
Check out the rest of our FrontierVille Cheats & Tips right here.
Have you tried any of these methods to maximize your XP gain when between Goals? What tips for nabbing XP might you have handy?
FrontierVille Barbecue Party Timed Mission: Everything you need to know
It's rare that we see new timed missions in FrontierVille being released day-after-day like this (see yesterday's launch of the Playtime! mission), but such a thing has happened this afternoon, as Zynga has launched the "Barbecue Party!" mission in FrontierVille.
The Barbecue Party! mission is a timed mission, that must be accepted before the year's end. You'll have five days to complete this mission, which will see you collecting two sets of items, and selling off some adult animals within a five day time limit to receive your bounty of prizes.
For a complete look at what it takes to pass this new timed mission, meet us behind the break.
Once you activate the mission on your account, you'll have five days to complete three tasks:
Sell Ten Adult Pigs
Collect Ten Carving Knives
Collect Ten Special Seasonings
All of these tasks can be completed by spending Horseshoes (as seen in the image above), but if you'd rather go the free (or at least cheaper route, if you don't already have 10 pigs), you can do that as well.
For the Adult Pigs, you can either sell any adult pigs you may already have on your Homestead, or you can purchase pigs from the market for 365 coins each. These pigs grow to adulthood after being fed 9 times, with each feeding being possible every 6 hours, regardless of the growth state of the pig (it will start as a Baby pig, and then move into Child, Adolescent, and finally Adult stages).
Meanwhile, the Carving Knives will look pretty familiar to those of you who were playing the game back during the Thanksgiving event, as we needed to collect them to complete the "Put on the First Course!" mission. If you didn't have any leftover knives from that event, you can click on the "Ask Friends" button to send individual gift requests to your FrontierVille neighbors, asking them to send you a Knife. If a friend asks you for one instead, you will receive one for your helping them out - it's a "Give one, get one" situation.
The Special Seasoning bottles, however, are gathered differently, as you'll have to post a news item to your wall asking your friends to send you a Seasoning. If you see a friend asking for one on your news feed, be sure to click to help them, as you'll receive a Special Seasoning in return.
If you can complete the mission within the five day time limit, you'll receive three rewards for your trouble: 2 Lunch energy items (worth 15 Energy each), a Smoker decorative item, and 250 XP. This is in addition to the 415 coins you will have earned for selling each one of your 10 Adult Pigs to finish that step in the mission.
If you don't have 10 Pigs readily available on your farm, it might be smart to wait on activating the mission until you do. That way, you can take your time growing your ten pigs to adulthood, and can sell them immediately when you do finally activate the mission, all without worrying about running out of time. Likewise, if you have a lot of friends that play FrontierVille, it's entirely possible to have all of the Carving Knives and Special Seasonings necessary before ever starting the mission yourself, if you keep a sharp eye out (get it? Knives = sharp? ...sorry) requests from your friends.
As always, we'd love to hear what you think of this new timed mission in FrontierVille. Do you think the rewards are worth selling ten pigs? Do you wish that the Special Seasonings were available to earn in a different way?
The Barbecue Party! mission is a timed mission, that must be accepted before the year's end. You'll have five days to complete this mission, which will see you collecting two sets of items, and selling off some adult animals within a five day time limit to receive your bounty of prizes.
For a complete look at what it takes to pass this new timed mission, meet us behind the break.
Once you activate the mission on your account, you'll have five days to complete three tasks:
Sell Ten Adult Pigs
Collect Ten Carving Knives
Collect Ten Special Seasonings
All of these tasks can be completed by spending Horseshoes (as seen in the image above), but if you'd rather go the free (or at least cheaper route, if you don't already have 10 pigs), you can do that as well.
For the Adult Pigs, you can either sell any adult pigs you may already have on your Homestead, or you can purchase pigs from the market for 365 coins each. These pigs grow to adulthood after being fed 9 times, with each feeding being possible every 6 hours, regardless of the growth state of the pig (it will start as a Baby pig, and then move into Child, Adolescent, and finally Adult stages).
Meanwhile, the Carving Knives will look pretty familiar to those of you who were playing the game back during the Thanksgiving event, as we needed to collect them to complete the "Put on the First Course!" mission. If you didn't have any leftover knives from that event, you can click on the "Ask Friends" button to send individual gift requests to your FrontierVille neighbors, asking them to send you a Knife. If a friend asks you for one instead, you will receive one for your helping them out - it's a "Give one, get one" situation.
The Special Seasoning bottles, however, are gathered differently, as you'll have to post a news item to your wall asking your friends to send you a Seasoning. If you see a friend asking for one on your news feed, be sure to click to help them, as you'll receive a Special Seasoning in return.
If you can complete the mission within the five day time limit, you'll receive three rewards for your trouble: 2 Lunch energy items (worth 15 Energy each), a Smoker decorative item, and 250 XP. This is in addition to the 415 coins you will have earned for selling each one of your 10 Adult Pigs to finish that step in the mission.
If you don't have 10 Pigs readily available on your farm, it might be smart to wait on activating the mission until you do. That way, you can take your time growing your ten pigs to adulthood, and can sell them immediately when you do finally activate the mission, all without worrying about running out of time. Likewise, if you have a lot of friends that play FrontierVille, it's entirely possible to have all of the Carving Knives and Special Seasonings necessary before ever starting the mission yourself, if you keep a sharp eye out (get it? Knives = sharp? ...sorry) requests from your friends.
As always, we'd love to hear what you think of this new timed mission in FrontierVille. Do you think the rewards are worth selling ten pigs? Do you wish that the Special Seasonings were available to earn in a different way?
FarmVille Free Farm Cash Round-up: Get 6 Farm Cash from Intel, McDonald's & Bing
Who wants some free Farm Cash? I know I wouldn't mind boosting my spending power in FarmVille this holiday season, what with all of the great winter holiday themed items being released. If you want some free Farm Cash for yourself, take a look at three new promotions that have now begun circulating around users' farms. Each offers just 2 Farm Cash, but when combined, that 6 Farm Cash will do well to help you buy yourself (or your friends) a little something this holiday.
The first is from Intel, and it asks you to take the "Intel Computer Personality Quiz." You'll do by clicking on the Sponsored Link at the bottom right corner of the FarmVille game page which will load a new window, where you'll answer a series of personality questions, about computers of course, until you are told that you earned your free Farm Cash in the top right corner of this new window.
The second new promotion is from McDonald's. Following the same procedure, this promotion, when clicked, loads a new window where you'll answer a quick poll, and will receive your Farm Cash in the same way as above - just keep an eye out for the phrase stating that you've earned your Farm Cash, and you can close the window at any time thereafter.
Finally, Bing is at it again, offering another promotion giving users 2 Farm Cash for participating. This promotion is a bit more complex, as it asks you to play the Word Challenge at Club Bing in order to earn your free Farm Cash. Please note that this promotion is different from the ones we saw released in July and November of this year.
As these Farm Cash promotions tend to appear and then disappear at random (and rather quickly at that), it's possible (nay, likely) that you won't see these particular promotions the next time you log into the game. However, with enough refreshes, or perhaps a bit of luck, they are sure to cycle around to your farm in time, allowing you cash in on some free Farm Cash.
Regardless of the promotion you click on, remember that your Farm Cash will automatically be added to your in-game total, it will NOT go to your Gift Box. Simply refresh the page after each promotion and you will see your updated (read: larger) Farm Cash total.
The first is from Intel, and it asks you to take the "Intel Computer Personality Quiz." You'll do by clicking on the Sponsored Link at the bottom right corner of the FarmVille game page which will load a new window, where you'll answer a series of personality questions, about computers of course, until you are told that you earned your free Farm Cash in the top right corner of this new window.
The second new promotion is from McDonald's. Following the same procedure, this promotion, when clicked, loads a new window where you'll answer a quick poll, and will receive your Farm Cash in the same way as above - just keep an eye out for the phrase stating that you've earned your Farm Cash, and you can close the window at any time thereafter.
Finally, Bing is at it again, offering another promotion giving users 2 Farm Cash for participating. This promotion is a bit more complex, as it asks you to play the Word Challenge at Club Bing in order to earn your free Farm Cash. Please note that this promotion is different from the ones we saw released in July and November of this year.
As these Farm Cash promotions tend to appear and then disappear at random (and rather quickly at that), it's possible (nay, likely) that you won't see these particular promotions the next time you log into the game. However, with enough refreshes, or perhaps a bit of luck, they are sure to cycle around to your farm in time, allowing you cash in on some free Farm Cash.
Regardless of the promotion you click on, remember that your Farm Cash will automatically be added to your in-game total, it will NOT go to your Gift Box. Simply refresh the page after each promotion and you will see your updated (read: larger) Farm Cash total.
Wishful Features: Sharing the wealth of FrontierVille Quest items
I'm a level 49 FrontierVille player. Having played the game pretty consistently since launch, I've accumulated an overwhelming amount of duplicate items from quests, that serve virtually no purpose once the quests are completed. Items like the Dress Patterns from the Tailor Shop missions, or extra Bloody Cannonballs from the Headless Horseman missions - and the list goes on and on, for literally page after page of items in my inventory.
While it's not entirely unheard of for Zynga to re-release an item in the game in a second or even third quest (see the Carving Knife from both the Thanksgiving missions and today's release of the Barbecue Party! mission), most of the items have been used once, and only once. Will they ever be used again? We honestly don't know the answer to that, but if they aren't, or if Zynga currently has no plans of ever re-using them, why aren't we allowed to share these items with friends?
I personally know of multiple users who have yet to finish, and will probably never finish their Graveyards, simply due to the fact that the Cannonballs are no longer appearing when visiting friends. Why is it that I can't send one of my nine extra Cannonballs to those friends in order to help them out? "But what if Zynga releases another mission requiring the Bloody Cannonball?" That's all well and good, but if I choose to give away items that I don't currently need, I would be accepting the fact that I could easily find them again when and if they are ever needed for another quest.
Of course, the argument against the inclusion of such a feature would be that users would exploit it - those users with dozens upon dozens of friends would finish quests within minutes, as users pass around extra, unneeded items. But for those players that are just starting, or who don't have as many neighbors to call on for help, this could be a real time and patience saver for them.
This was made even more apparent during the Thanksgiving Feast Table event, which has just ended in the game this week. I know of multiple users on my own friends list that weren't able to collect the 40 necessary dishes in each category in time, and therefore won't be able to Serve the Feast and claim their rewards. And with Zynga announcing that they will end the event entirely starting tomorrow, these friends will have worked on collecting those 40 dishes for nothing. Why can't I voluntarily send those friends my extra dishes? I have 50 Cranberry Sauces sitting in my inventory - 50! Assuming that they will only be required in the game for the Thanksgiving event, what am I ever going to do with them? I can't sell them, so why can't I help someone that genuinely needs them?
Ultimately, the inclusion of such an in-game gifting feature really seems like it could benefit the entire community, as players who would otherwise become frustrated and quit the game after failing timed or exclusive missions would stick around, knowing that there would always be a way for them to earn some help from friends. More players = more fun, in my book, and I can only hope that Zynga comes to the same conclusion in the future.
While it's not entirely unheard of for Zynga to re-release an item in the game in a second or even third quest (see the Carving Knife from both the Thanksgiving missions and today's release of the Barbecue Party! mission), most of the items have been used once, and only once. Will they ever be used again? We honestly don't know the answer to that, but if they aren't, or if Zynga currently has no plans of ever re-using them, why aren't we allowed to share these items with friends?
I personally know of multiple users who have yet to finish, and will probably never finish their Graveyards, simply due to the fact that the Cannonballs are no longer appearing when visiting friends. Why is it that I can't send one of my nine extra Cannonballs to those friends in order to help them out? "But what if Zynga releases another mission requiring the Bloody Cannonball?" That's all well and good, but if I choose to give away items that I don't currently need, I would be accepting the fact that I could easily find them again when and if they are ever needed for another quest.
Of course, the argument against the inclusion of such a feature would be that users would exploit it - those users with dozens upon dozens of friends would finish quests within minutes, as users pass around extra, unneeded items. But for those players that are just starting, or who don't have as many neighbors to call on for help, this could be a real time and patience saver for them.
This was made even more apparent during the Thanksgiving Feast Table event, which has just ended in the game this week. I know of multiple users on my own friends list that weren't able to collect the 40 necessary dishes in each category in time, and therefore won't be able to Serve the Feast and claim their rewards. And with Zynga announcing that they will end the event entirely starting tomorrow, these friends will have worked on collecting those 40 dishes for nothing. Why can't I voluntarily send those friends my extra dishes? I have 50 Cranberry Sauces sitting in my inventory - 50! Assuming that they will only be required in the game for the Thanksgiving event, what am I ever going to do with them? I can't sell them, so why can't I help someone that genuinely needs them?
Ultimately, the inclusion of such an in-game gifting feature really seems like it could benefit the entire community, as players who would otherwise become frustrated and quit the game after failing timed or exclusive missions would stick around, knowing that there would always be a way for them to earn some help from friends. More players = more fun, in my book, and I can only hope that Zynga comes to the same conclusion in the future.
Friday, January 13, 2012
FarmVille Winter Holiday items: Candy Cane Chicken, Winter Castle, Reindeer Balloon & More
If you check out the "Specials" tab of the FarmVille marketplace, you'll see that the middle image has now been transformed to say "Last Chance!" on "Winter Holiday Items!" However, the fact that the Christmas holiday is now just days away hasn't stopped Zynga from adding even more items to this quickly expiring theme.
Tonight's FarmVille update sees the release of a new animal, a new (and very large) building, along with five new decorative items in the game's store. Luckily, the majority of the decorative items are available for coins, so if you've got any extra space on your farm to hold them, be sure to check out all of the details about these new items with us behind the break.
First, the new animal is one that we gave you a Sneak Peek of a few days ago. It is the Candy Cane Chicken, and it is available to purchase for 25 Farm Cash. Candy Cane Chickens, when placed into a Chicken Coop, have a chance of laying a treasured Candy Cane Mystery Egg, which can then be shared with your friends via a generic wall post. As for your own farm, the chicken can be harvested from once per day and will give you 64 coins in the process. The chicken will be available for the next 9 days.
Moving on, the new building is the Winter Castle, another item that we gave you a Sneak Peek of earlier this week. It is available for 42 Farm Cash. You'll receive 4200 experience points as a reward for purchasing it, and if you'd like to sell it once the holiday season is over, you'll receive 21,000 coins in return. That's not very much, so maybe you'd try storing it instead? I know I would.
As for the decorations, four out of the five new items go for coins. The one premium item is the Reindeer Gnome. Gnome collectors better have their in-game wallets ready, as the Gnome will cost 12 Farm Cash to add to your collection. However, if you're willing to make the splurge, you'll receive 1200 experience points as a reward for doing so.
The other four items are the Chilipepper Lights, the Lighted Saguaro cactus, the Reindeer Balloon, and the Stocking Planter, which cost 10,000, 30,000, 50,000, and 5,000 coins, respectively. You'll receive 10% of the purchase price as a reward in experience points (100 for the Lights, 300 for the cactus, 500 for the balloon, and 50 for the planter). It should be noted that the Reindeer Balloon is yet another large item to be released in this theme. The base itself isn't large, but the balloon portion is, so it will probably block your view of whatever sits near it / behind it.
And there you have it! Presumably the final addition of Winter Holiday items in FarmVille for the year, which will be available for the next nine days. We'll be sure to let you know if Zynga adds any other decorative items to the game, but until then, happy holidays!
Tonight's FarmVille update sees the release of a new animal, a new (and very large) building, along with five new decorative items in the game's store. Luckily, the majority of the decorative items are available for coins, so if you've got any extra space on your farm to hold them, be sure to check out all of the details about these new items with us behind the break.
First, the new animal is one that we gave you a Sneak Peek of a few days ago. It is the Candy Cane Chicken, and it is available to purchase for 25 Farm Cash. Candy Cane Chickens, when placed into a Chicken Coop, have a chance of laying a treasured Candy Cane Mystery Egg, which can then be shared with your friends via a generic wall post. As for your own farm, the chicken can be harvested from once per day and will give you 64 coins in the process. The chicken will be available for the next 9 days.
Moving on, the new building is the Winter Castle, another item that we gave you a Sneak Peek of earlier this week. It is available for 42 Farm Cash. You'll receive 4200 experience points as a reward for purchasing it, and if you'd like to sell it once the holiday season is over, you'll receive 21,000 coins in return. That's not very much, so maybe you'd try storing it instead? I know I would.
As for the decorations, four out of the five new items go for coins. The one premium item is the Reindeer Gnome. Gnome collectors better have their in-game wallets ready, as the Gnome will cost 12 Farm Cash to add to your collection. However, if you're willing to make the splurge, you'll receive 1200 experience points as a reward for doing so.
The other four items are the Chilipepper Lights, the Lighted Saguaro cactus, the Reindeer Balloon, and the Stocking Planter, which cost 10,000, 30,000, 50,000, and 5,000 coins, respectively. You'll receive 10% of the purchase price as a reward in experience points (100 for the Lights, 300 for the cactus, 500 for the balloon, and 50 for the planter). It should be noted that the Reindeer Balloon is yet another large item to be released in this theme. The base itself isn't large, but the balloon portion is, so it will probably block your view of whatever sits near it / behind it.
And there you have it! Presumably the final addition of Winter Holiday items in FarmVille for the year, which will be available for the next nine days. We'll be sure to let you know if Zynga adds any other decorative items to the game, but until then, happy holidays!
FrontierVille Gingerbread House Goals: Everything you need to know
Gingerbread House WhackingYou pioneers are never satisfied, are you? First, it's the Buildable Snowman. Then Zynga gives you 12 days of Christmas Goals. And now, because that clearly wasn't enough, it threw in one of the most elaborate cross promotions you've ever seen this side of Rattlesnake Canyon: The Gingerbread House. Man, you FrontierVille players are just plain spoiled.
It seems that this adorable little gingerbread man is having trouble building his home this Christmas season as everywhere he's gone, people have literally eaten him out of house and home. In order to help, you'll need to go back to the three locales he's tried to build at and retrieve the essential ingredients to his home: CityVille, Treasure Isle and Mafia Wars. After placing his house on the homestead and giving it a few good whacks (that cost Food this time rather than Wood, get it?), you'll be greeted by this Building's menu. (If you're having trouble finding him, he's hanging out with the Carolers near the Toy Factory.)
Find out how to complete this Goal spanning several Zynga games after the break.
Finish your Gingerbread House
We'll get the easy--well, easier--stuff out of the way first. In addition to traveling to three different game worlds, you will need 15 Pretzels, 10 Gingerbread Slabs and 10 Frosting Tubes. All three of these items are acquired the old fashioned way: begging, of course. So, keep up on tapping your friends for these Gifts while you gallivant about three games.
Paul's Improvements
Let's start with finding a Chocolate Bar in CityVille. Clicking on the "Earn for Free" button will take you to a confirmation screen that will then launch you into your own city. From there, click on the Horseshoe icon to get started with "Paul's Improvements." Here, you'll need to do three simple tasks: place two Asphalt Roads, collect from five Residences and place three Decorations (yawn). Find the Asphalt Roads in the Decorations tab of the Build menu for 10 coins a pop. Also in that same tab will be where you can find three Decorations, so pick any three and put them any old place. Then, just click on five Residences with the coin icon hovering above them. If you're trying to save money or don't have any room for this nonsense, just delete it when your done using the Remove tool. For doing this, you'll receive 50 coins.
For some reason, completing the Goal won't return you to FrontierVille automatically nor did it instantly reward me with the Chocolate Bar. Only after jumping back into FrontierVille and following the same link that go me into CityVille from the game in the first place made Paul reappear, allowing me to jump back into FrontierVille to claim my Chocolate Bar. Next, let's take a stroll down the shady streets of Mafia Wars to get the next item, the Candy Cane.
Mafia Wars Candy Cane
Following the same process again, but for Mafia Wars, will take you where you need to be for the Candy Cane. For new or low level Mafia Wars players, this is going to be cake. For the veterans out there, have fun, OK? All you need to do in Mafia Wars to get the Candy Cane is gain one level above Level 5 through Jobs, which won't be so easy for the Level 100-plus players out there. Once you level up, you should receive a similar message to that from CityVille, prompting you to return to FrontierVille and open up your Candy Cane. Next, let's dive into Treasure Isle for the final item, the Gum Drops.
Treasure Isle Gum Drops
This Goal should be even easier than the last for most. For players above Level 4 (it's a requirement), all you need to do is find five Treasures... anywhere. So, you could probably just go about your business and work on whatever it is your currently tackling. Then, you should receive a similar confirmation as before, transporting you back to the homestead with Gum Drops in hand. If this doesn't happen automatically--this goes for Mafia Wars too--try the trick mentioned above. It worked in CityVille, so it might work the same way here. Now that you know what to do, go forth and conquer the worlds of what might soon be the misfit Zynga games, cowering in the shadow of the mighty CityVille empire.
It seems that this adorable little gingerbread man is having trouble building his home this Christmas season as everywhere he's gone, people have literally eaten him out of house and home. In order to help, you'll need to go back to the three locales he's tried to build at and retrieve the essential ingredients to his home: CityVille, Treasure Isle and Mafia Wars. After placing his house on the homestead and giving it a few good whacks (that cost Food this time rather than Wood, get it?), you'll be greeted by this Building's menu. (If you're having trouble finding him, he's hanging out with the Carolers near the Toy Factory.)
Find out how to complete this Goal spanning several Zynga games after the break.
Finish your Gingerbread House
We'll get the easy--well, easier--stuff out of the way first. In addition to traveling to three different game worlds, you will need 15 Pretzels, 10 Gingerbread Slabs and 10 Frosting Tubes. All three of these items are acquired the old fashioned way: begging, of course. So, keep up on tapping your friends for these Gifts while you gallivant about three games.
Paul's Improvements
Let's start with finding a Chocolate Bar in CityVille. Clicking on the "Earn for Free" button will take you to a confirmation screen that will then launch you into your own city. From there, click on the Horseshoe icon to get started with "Paul's Improvements." Here, you'll need to do three simple tasks: place two Asphalt Roads, collect from five Residences and place three Decorations (yawn). Find the Asphalt Roads in the Decorations tab of the Build menu for 10 coins a pop. Also in that same tab will be where you can find three Decorations, so pick any three and put them any old place. Then, just click on five Residences with the coin icon hovering above them. If you're trying to save money or don't have any room for this nonsense, just delete it when your done using the Remove tool. For doing this, you'll receive 50 coins.
For some reason, completing the Goal won't return you to FrontierVille automatically nor did it instantly reward me with the Chocolate Bar. Only after jumping back into FrontierVille and following the same link that go me into CityVille from the game in the first place made Paul reappear, allowing me to jump back into FrontierVille to claim my Chocolate Bar. Next, let's take a stroll down the shady streets of Mafia Wars to get the next item, the Candy Cane.
Mafia Wars Candy Cane
Following the same process again, but for Mafia Wars, will take you where you need to be for the Candy Cane. For new or low level Mafia Wars players, this is going to be cake. For the veterans out there, have fun, OK? All you need to do in Mafia Wars to get the Candy Cane is gain one level above Level 5 through Jobs, which won't be so easy for the Level 100-plus players out there. Once you level up, you should receive a similar message to that from CityVille, prompting you to return to FrontierVille and open up your Candy Cane. Next, let's dive into Treasure Isle for the final item, the Gum Drops.
Treasure Isle Gum Drops
This Goal should be even easier than the last for most. For players above Level 4 (it's a requirement), all you need to do is find five Treasures... anywhere. So, you could probably just go about your business and work on whatever it is your currently tackling. Then, you should receive a similar confirmation as before, transporting you back to the homestead with Gum Drops in hand. If this doesn't happen automatically--this goes for Mafia Wars too--try the trick mentioned above. It worked in CityVille, so it might work the same way here. Now that you know what to do, go forth and conquer the worlds of what might soon be the misfit Zynga games, cowering in the shadow of the mighty CityVille empire.
Mafia Wars 'No Crime Like the Present': Everything you need to know
If you took a look at your Operations today in Mafia Wars, you might have noticed a massive Christmas Tree plopped where your normal group missions should be. Do not be alarmed, this is Zynga's new, elaborate holiday event to ring in Christmas mobster-style, "No Crime Like the Present." In this special, limited time event, players will have to get into the holiday spirit like any self-respecting mafia member would: hoarding and stealing, of course. Mixing a little bit of gifting, stealing and protection, this event is going to take plenty dedication and team work if you want to nab the grand prize weapon: Auld Lang Syne (110 Attack, 135 Defense).
Peek behind the break to get a detailed look at how this huge holiday event works.
Holiday Gifting
Before you do much of anything involving Presents, we recommend getting your tree to the max level as soon as possible for it to hold the maximum amount of Presents: 45. (This becomes vitally important later, trust us.) To make your tree shine brilliantly at Level 5, you will need to collect large amounts of each Decoration: Ornaments, Lights and Candy Canes:
Level 2: Three of each Decoration (increases capacity to nine)
Level 3: Four of each Decoration (increases capacity to 18)
Level 4: Six of each Decoration (increases capacity to 30)
Level 5: Eight of each Decoration (increases capacity to 45)
That's a total of 21 for each Decoration, which adds up to a grand total of 63 gifted items.Thankfully, you can send these Decorations to your mafia members through the Free Gifts page as well as request them, making the task slightly less tedious. However, what you can send from that page is a Holiday Sack, which may contain one of seven items: any one of the three Decorations, any one of the three Presents or a Lump of Coal. If the person you're sending the Holiday Sack too has already maxed out their Christmas Tree, then that narrows down the possibilities to one of three Presents or the Lump of Coal (a weapon with one Attack and one Defense). After you've decked out the tree with blinding holiday bling, it's time to pilfer those Presents.
Rewards List
This is done exactly how decorating the tree was, but you can send Presents directly from the Christmas Tree menu. When sending or receiving a Gift, you have a random chance at getting or giving either a Blue, Red or Green Gift. This directly effects your chances at winning the 11 available items, most of which have impressive stats, thankfully. While there are five common items that can be found inside any of the three varieties of Presents with lesser stats, there are six items that can only be inside one of the three Presents with numbers that match some Italy-grade items. Here's where you can find the rarer holiday items:
Blue Gift: Shadow Transporter (77 Attack, 60 Defense); Bengal Tiger (72 Attack, 99 Defense)
Green Gift: Mobile Garage (55 Attack, 79 Defense); 40mm Bunker Buster (101 Attack, 68 Defense)
Red Gift: Achilles Salvation (69 Attack, 100 Defense); ET Hybrid (63 Attack, 75 Defense)
However, we don't recommend opening these Presents before New Year's Day. If you can't wait long enough and have the maximum amount of Presents come Jan. 1, you'll receive the grand prize. Unfortunately, that won't be so easy considering anyone can steal Presents from any Christmas Tree. Luckily for you, six friends can be enlisted to protect your Presents with their statistics contributing yours. So, make sure you recruit only your most powerful friends to keep your tree safe.
Tree Robbery
If you want to steal your own Presents, Christmas Trees will randomly appear on the Robbery Page with varying difficulty based on the mobsters protecting it, but you'll always need at least five mafia members and six Stamina to rob one. Also, Zynga added a News Feed to this Operation's home page so you can track who did what to your Presents and retaliate accordingly. With the threat of your precious Presents being stolen, we know where you're going to be this Christmas.
Peek behind the break to get a detailed look at how this huge holiday event works.
Holiday Gifting
Before you do much of anything involving Presents, we recommend getting your tree to the max level as soon as possible for it to hold the maximum amount of Presents: 45. (This becomes vitally important later, trust us.) To make your tree shine brilliantly at Level 5, you will need to collect large amounts of each Decoration: Ornaments, Lights and Candy Canes:
Level 2: Three of each Decoration (increases capacity to nine)
Level 3: Four of each Decoration (increases capacity to 18)
Level 4: Six of each Decoration (increases capacity to 30)
Level 5: Eight of each Decoration (increases capacity to 45)
That's a total of 21 for each Decoration, which adds up to a grand total of 63 gifted items.Thankfully, you can send these Decorations to your mafia members through the Free Gifts page as well as request them, making the task slightly less tedious. However, what you can send from that page is a Holiday Sack, which may contain one of seven items: any one of the three Decorations, any one of the three Presents or a Lump of Coal. If the person you're sending the Holiday Sack too has already maxed out their Christmas Tree, then that narrows down the possibilities to one of three Presents or the Lump of Coal (a weapon with one Attack and one Defense). After you've decked out the tree with blinding holiday bling, it's time to pilfer those Presents.
Rewards List
This is done exactly how decorating the tree was, but you can send Presents directly from the Christmas Tree menu. When sending or receiving a Gift, you have a random chance at getting or giving either a Blue, Red or Green Gift. This directly effects your chances at winning the 11 available items, most of which have impressive stats, thankfully. While there are five common items that can be found inside any of the three varieties of Presents with lesser stats, there are six items that can only be inside one of the three Presents with numbers that match some Italy-grade items. Here's where you can find the rarer holiday items:
Blue Gift: Shadow Transporter (77 Attack, 60 Defense); Bengal Tiger (72 Attack, 99 Defense)
Green Gift: Mobile Garage (55 Attack, 79 Defense); 40mm Bunker Buster (101 Attack, 68 Defense)
Red Gift: Achilles Salvation (69 Attack, 100 Defense); ET Hybrid (63 Attack, 75 Defense)
However, we don't recommend opening these Presents before New Year's Day. If you can't wait long enough and have the maximum amount of Presents come Jan. 1, you'll receive the grand prize. Unfortunately, that won't be so easy considering anyone can steal Presents from any Christmas Tree. Luckily for you, six friends can be enlisted to protect your Presents with their statistics contributing yours. So, make sure you recruit only your most powerful friends to keep your tree safe.
Tree Robbery
If you want to steal your own Presents, Christmas Trees will randomly appear on the Robbery Page with varying difficulty based on the mobsters protecting it, but you'll always need at least five mafia members and six Stamina to rob one. Also, Zynga added a News Feed to this Operation's home page so you can track who did what to your Presents and retaliate accordingly. With the threat of your precious Presents being stolen, we know where you're going to be this Christmas.
FrontierVille 12 Days of Christmas Goals: Everything you need to know for Day Nine
By now, you're probably overwhelmed with holiday-themed things to do in FrontierVille, but you must press on. And we're here to help. Today, Zynga unlocked "On the Ninth Day O' Christmas" in the 12 Days of Christmas series of Goals. Once again, seasoned players will have little to no trouble with this Goal (although it can quickly become time consuming), but players who are relatively new to the game have quite a lot of work do.
First things first, you're going to need a completed Schoolhouse to complete this task, so why don't you new players check out this detailed guide (courtesy of FrontierVille Wiki) on how to complete it and come on back when you're ready? Once that's through, you'll need to collect the Daily Bonus from the Schoolhouse twice. So, this Goal is obviously going to take at least two days--just take your time. Next, you have to find a Lunchbox. Conveniently enough, they happen to be part of the Schoolhouse Collection, so you might come across one while collecting those two Daily Bonuses, but it is random. All the while, you will need to ask your friends for 10 Book Reports, which will be used up in the Goal. Fulfill all three requirements and this Goal will be in the bag faster than that torn-up wrapping paper Christmas morning with 90 XP and 900 coins waiting for you.
First things first, you're going to need a completed Schoolhouse to complete this task, so why don't you new players check out this detailed guide (courtesy of FrontierVille Wiki) on how to complete it and come on back when you're ready? Once that's through, you'll need to collect the Daily Bonus from the Schoolhouse twice. So, this Goal is obviously going to take at least two days--just take your time. Next, you have to find a Lunchbox. Conveniently enough, they happen to be part of the Schoolhouse Collection, so you might come across one while collecting those two Daily Bonuses, but it is random. All the while, you will need to ask your friends for 10 Book Reports, which will be used up in the Goal. Fulfill all three requirements and this Goal will be in the bag faster than that torn-up wrapping paper Christmas morning with 90 XP and 900 coins waiting for you.
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
FarmVille Express, Words With Friends, Zynga Poker hit Facebook Mobile
Just when you thought Zynga might be through with HTML5 gaming for the time being, the developer has launched three of its most popular games to the mobile web. FarmVille Express, Words With Friends and Zynga Poker are all available now through either Facebook Mobile directly or on the mobile web.
Revealed earlier this week, the company announced the three games as part of its continued push into mobile gaming with the upcoming Dream Zoo and Mafia Wars Shakedown for iPhone and iPad. FarmVille Express is a stripped version of the native iOS game that's already available, but it allows players to plant crops on their main farm, send free gifts to their friends and respond to help requests.
There's no visual representation of your farm(s) in FarmVille Express--this is merely a companion app that's meant to let you keep up while on the go. While this is brilliant for those who don't own iPhones or other iOS devices, we can't see much reason for an iOS device owner to use this. And since the full Facebook Mobile platform is only available for iOS at the moment, that leaves Android and other smartphone users with just mobile web access to FarmVille Express.
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Words with Friends HTML5Words With Friends and Zynga Poker were designed with users who have access to only the mobile web in mind, as attempting to launch either from Facebook for iOS either moves you into the native app, or isn't available at all. And Word With Friends for mobile web appears no different from its native mobile counterpart. The presentation looks nearly identical to its iOS and Android cousins, albeit with less than stunning polish.
However, the game has full sound effects and smooth animations as you navigate its menus. That said, this version of Words With Friends is probably the most impressive HTML5 game we've seen to date. It tracks your finger movements with great accuracy and little to no lag, and it even has advertisements--just like the original! But if you already have Words With Friends for either iOS or Android, there's not much reason to play this version.
Zynga Poker, which must be played in landscape mode, is a somewhat stripped down version of what you'll find on Facebook, but more features are promised to be on the way. However, this too is an impressive HTML5 outing for Zynga. The game lets players sit down for poker hands in real time with other players. Sure, you can send free gifts and will soon be able to buy chips from right within the browser game, but just seeing players interact in real time over HTML5 within a browser is remarkable.
These games are certainly an impressive improvement over recent HTML5 games we've seen, and will only become more robust over time. However, it's tough to recommend these versions over their iOS counterparts or even their Android cousins, when it applies. If anything, consider these games a smooth step in the direction nearly everyone else in the social games world is headed.
Revealed earlier this week, the company announced the three games as part of its continued push into mobile gaming with the upcoming Dream Zoo and Mafia Wars Shakedown for iPhone and iPad. FarmVille Express is a stripped version of the native iOS game that's already available, but it allows players to plant crops on their main farm, send free gifts to their friends and respond to help requests.
There's no visual representation of your farm(s) in FarmVille Express--this is merely a companion app that's meant to let you keep up while on the go. While this is brilliant for those who don't own iPhones or other iOS devices, we can't see much reason for an iOS device owner to use this. And since the full Facebook Mobile platform is only available for iOS at the moment, that leaves Android and other smartphone users with just mobile web access to FarmVille Express.
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Words with Friends HTML5Words With Friends and Zynga Poker were designed with users who have access to only the mobile web in mind, as attempting to launch either from Facebook for iOS either moves you into the native app, or isn't available at all. And Word With Friends for mobile web appears no different from its native mobile counterpart. The presentation looks nearly identical to its iOS and Android cousins, albeit with less than stunning polish.
However, the game has full sound effects and smooth animations as you navigate its menus. That said, this version of Words With Friends is probably the most impressive HTML5 game we've seen to date. It tracks your finger movements with great accuracy and little to no lag, and it even has advertisements--just like the original! But if you already have Words With Friends for either iOS or Android, there's not much reason to play this version.
Zynga Poker, which must be played in landscape mode, is a somewhat stripped down version of what you'll find on Facebook, but more features are promised to be on the way. However, this too is an impressive HTML5 outing for Zynga. The game lets players sit down for poker hands in real time with other players. Sure, you can send free gifts and will soon be able to buy chips from right within the browser game, but just seeing players interact in real time over HTML5 within a browser is remarkable.
These games are certainly an impressive improvement over recent HTML5 games we've seen, and will only become more robust over time. However, it's tough to recommend these versions over their iOS counterparts or even their Android cousins, when it applies. If anything, consider these games a smooth step in the direction nearly everyone else in the social games world is headed.
Zynga: Mafia Wars is not connected to Air Force drone fleet virus
It seems that Zynga's Mafia Wars might not have anything to do with this Air Force drone scare, after all. Speaking to Kotaku, Zynga Chief Security Officer Nils Puhlmann said, "We have no indications that suggest Zynga's Mafia Wars was connected with the malware that infected the Pentagon's drone program."
Earlier this week, an anonymous defense official told the Associated Press that the virus that has infected the hard drives of remote cockpits used to pilot Air Force drones "is routinely used to steal log-in and password data from people who gamble or play games like Mafia Wars online." While the official simply name-dropped Mafia Wars, it seemed terribly specific.
However, Zynga's Puhlmann said to Kotaku, "We actively take steps to maintain and protect the trust of our customers, including educating our players about the risks associated with visiting untrusted sites and downloading untrusted applications. Both of those actions can increase the risk of getting infected with malware."
The malware that infected the cockpits' hard drives was first found on a connected thumb drive, but according to Air Force Space Command spokesperson Colonel Kathleen Cook, the malware has since been isolated and has not affected the drones directly. While it's possible that the drone crews weren't specifically playing Mafia Wars while said thumb drive was connected to either a personal or military PC, the malware was likely designed to attack social networks with such games on them.
According to Cook, the malware was found on a stand-alone, Windows-based support network and was considered a nuisance rather than a threat. However, the origins of the malware have yet to be determined, only narrowed slightly. Whether a social network website like Facebook was accessed through a military computer with the drive connected, or the infected drive was used on a personal computer, is still a mystery.
Earlier this week, an anonymous defense official told the Associated Press that the virus that has infected the hard drives of remote cockpits used to pilot Air Force drones "is routinely used to steal log-in and password data from people who gamble or play games like Mafia Wars online." While the official simply name-dropped Mafia Wars, it seemed terribly specific.
However, Zynga's Puhlmann said to Kotaku, "We actively take steps to maintain and protect the trust of our customers, including educating our players about the risks associated with visiting untrusted sites and downloading untrusted applications. Both of those actions can increase the risk of getting infected with malware."
The malware that infected the cockpits' hard drives was first found on a connected thumb drive, but according to Air Force Space Command spokesperson Colonel Kathleen Cook, the malware has since been isolated and has not affected the drones directly. While it's possible that the drone crews weren't specifically playing Mafia Wars while said thumb drive was connected to either a personal or military PC, the malware was likely designed to attack social networks with such games on them.
According to Cook, the malware was found on a stand-alone, Windows-based support network and was considered a nuisance rather than a threat. However, the origins of the malware have yet to be determined, only narrowed slightly. Whether a social network website like Facebook was accessed through a military computer with the drive connected, or the infected drive was used on a personal computer, is still a mystery.
Namco Bandai, DeNA to tell a social tale with Tales of Kizna for Mobage
Namco Bandai has as bad a case of sequelitis with its Tales series that Square Enix has with its Final Fantasy franchise. Marking the 14th (seriously) game in the series, the publisher announced that Tales of Kizna will launch on DeNA's Mobage. Slated to release only on Japan's version of the popular mobile social game network, KLab Ltd is handling the game's creation.
The Tales series of Namco RPGs (role-playing games) always takes on a heavy Japanese anime aesthetic with real-time combat and deep, twisting plots, but Tales of Kizna will have players battle enemies cooperatively using character cards. And since the game will feature characters spanning the entirety of the franchise, we're expecting a much lighter story this time.
Players, as with most social games, will have the option to join guilds and form parties to do battle with one another. On paper at least, the game sounds a whole lot like a mobile Mafia Wars, but with a card game as its combat system. Tales of Kizna is due out on Japan's Mobage network this November, and Japanese fans of the series can pre-register for the game right now.
We imagine this game marks the start of Namco Bandai's joint venture with the social gaming giant, BDNA Inc. DeNA has reportedly had trouble gaining a foothold in the U.S. and abroad with its Android version of Mobage. But to help move that along (as its main competitor, Gree, gets a move on with OpenFeint), the company has reigned in some big time developers. For one, No More Heroes maker Grasshopper Manufacture looks to bring the bloodiest social game to date to Mobage in Japan and abroad.
The Tales series of Namco RPGs (role-playing games) always takes on a heavy Japanese anime aesthetic with real-time combat and deep, twisting plots, but Tales of Kizna will have players battle enemies cooperatively using character cards. And since the game will feature characters spanning the entirety of the franchise, we're expecting a much lighter story this time.
Players, as with most social games, will have the option to join guilds and form parties to do battle with one another. On paper at least, the game sounds a whole lot like a mobile Mafia Wars, but with a card game as its combat system. Tales of Kizna is due out on Japan's Mobage network this November, and Japanese fans of the series can pre-register for the game right now.
We imagine this game marks the start of Namco Bandai's joint venture with the social gaming giant, BDNA Inc. DeNA has reportedly had trouble gaining a foothold in the U.S. and abroad with its Android version of Mobage. But to help move that along (as its main competitor, Gree, gets a move on with OpenFeint), the company has reigned in some big time developers. For one, No More Heroes maker Grasshopper Manufacture looks to bring the bloodiest social game to date to Mobage in Japan and abroad.
Infographic: 35 percent of social gamers never played video games
STFU NOOB
First, it's understood that social games are dominated by soap-loving casual gamers. Then, we find that the amount of hardcore gamers on Facebook are growing. After that, it's found that a large amount of social game fans actually own game consoles. Now, an infographic by Mashable reports that a whopping "35 percent of social gamers have no previous gaming experience."
If anything, we now know that social game fans are the most diverse group of gamers the industry has ever seen. Well, it's either that or at least one of the upteen studies, infographics or surveys on the topic is completely wrong. Mashable's Zachary Sniderman also found in his research, titled "The Economics of Social Gaming," that one in every five Americans over the age of six has played a social game. That figure amounts to nearly 60 million Americans.
Of course, the infographic finds that Facebook is the dominant social game platform, with 83 percent of social gamers using the social network to get their daily farming fix. What's most interesting is the finding that 28 percent of U.S. and UK-based social game fans have paid real money for virtual currency. This is leaps and bounds beyond usual the 3 to 5 percent figure thrown around to estimate the amount of paying social gamers
Keep in mind while reading this fancy-looking infographic that the term "social gamer" could mean anything from fans of free-to-play games like MapleStory to Facebook games and perhaps even mobile social games. At this point, what's important to take away is that social game fans could very well be the most diverse type of gamer from demographics to play habits.
What do you think of these new numbers compared to studies released in the past? Are you part of the 35 percent that has never played a traditional game before social games? Sound off in the comments. 1 Comment
Social Gaming Economics
First, it's understood that social games are dominated by soap-loving casual gamers. Then, we find that the amount of hardcore gamers on Facebook are growing. After that, it's found that a large amount of social game fans actually own game consoles. Now, an infographic by Mashable reports that a whopping "35 percent of social gamers have no previous gaming experience."
If anything, we now know that social game fans are the most diverse group of gamers the industry has ever seen. Well, it's either that or at least one of the upteen studies, infographics or surveys on the topic is completely wrong. Mashable's Zachary Sniderman also found in his research, titled "The Economics of Social Gaming," that one in every five Americans over the age of six has played a social game. That figure amounts to nearly 60 million Americans.
Of course, the infographic finds that Facebook is the dominant social game platform, with 83 percent of social gamers using the social network to get their daily farming fix. What's most interesting is the finding that 28 percent of U.S. and UK-based social game fans have paid real money for virtual currency. This is leaps and bounds beyond usual the 3 to 5 percent figure thrown around to estimate the amount of paying social gamers
Keep in mind while reading this fancy-looking infographic that the term "social gamer" could mean anything from fans of free-to-play games like MapleStory to Facebook games and perhaps even mobile social games. At this point, what's important to take away is that social game fans could very well be the most diverse type of gamer from demographics to play habits.
What do you think of these new numbers compared to studies released in the past? Are you part of the 35 percent that has never played a traditional game before social games? Sound off in the comments. 1 Comment
Social Gaming Economics
Lady Gaga says gaga-game over to Moshi Monsters' Lady Goo Goo
Lady Gaga has finally seen the Lady Goo Goo music video that garnered millions of views on YouTube, and she didn't like it. Developer Mind Candy announced that Lady Gaga slapped the Moshi Monsters creator with an injunction over "The Moshi Dance," preventing the song's release as a single on iTunes through Mind Candy's new Moshi Music division.
Lady Gaga's lawyers were granted the injunction during an Oct. 10 hearing at the New Rolls building in London, England. More specifically, the injunction keeps Mind Candy from "promoting, advertising, selling, distributing or otherwise making available to the public The Moshi Dance OR any musical work or video which purports to be performed by a character by the name of Lady Goo Goo, or which otherwise uses the name Lady Goo Goo or any variant thereon," according to a release.
Mind Candy says that the lawyer's basis for the injunction was that kids may not be able to tell the difference between the cartoon Lady Goo Goo and the very real Lady Gaga. "This court ruling is a huge disappointment," Mind Candy founder and CEO Michael Acton Smith said in a release. "It's pretty obvious that kids will be able to tell the difference between the two characters. The shame is that millions of kids fell in love with Lady Goo Goo's debut single on YouTube and now won't be able to enjoy her musical exploits. It was all done in the name of fun and we would have thought that Lady Gaga could have seen the humour behind this parody."
Well, we can certainly understand Mind Candy's reasoning: There is no way kids would mistake this terribly annoying song (this writer is also much older than seven) for the real Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" (also fairly unbearable). However, it's clear that Mind Candy looked to turn a profit from the parody, which is right about when the lawyers swoop down in any situation. In other news, Moshi Monsters has over 50 million players with plans for yet another Nintendo DS game--they're doing just fine.
Lady Gaga's lawyers were granted the injunction during an Oct. 10 hearing at the New Rolls building in London, England. More specifically, the injunction keeps Mind Candy from "promoting, advertising, selling, distributing or otherwise making available to the public The Moshi Dance OR any musical work or video which purports to be performed by a character by the name of Lady Goo Goo, or which otherwise uses the name Lady Goo Goo or any variant thereon," according to a release.
Mind Candy says that the lawyer's basis for the injunction was that kids may not be able to tell the difference between the cartoon Lady Goo Goo and the very real Lady Gaga. "This court ruling is a huge disappointment," Mind Candy founder and CEO Michael Acton Smith said in a release. "It's pretty obvious that kids will be able to tell the difference between the two characters. The shame is that millions of kids fell in love with Lady Goo Goo's debut single on YouTube and now won't be able to enjoy her musical exploits. It was all done in the name of fun and we would have thought that Lady Gaga could have seen the humour behind this parody."
Well, we can certainly understand Mind Candy's reasoning: There is no way kids would mistake this terribly annoying song (this writer is also much older than seven) for the real Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" (also fairly unbearable). However, it's clear that Mind Candy looked to turn a profit from the parody, which is right about when the lawyers swoop down in any situation. In other news, Moshi Monsters has over 50 million players with plans for yet another Nintendo DS game--they're doing just fine.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Zynga wants FrontierVille pioneers to decide its next theme
Bess Help
This is your chance, FrontierVille fans. For every theme that wasn't what you were hoping for or didn't include that one item you have always dreamed, now is the time to make a things right. Alright, so it's not that important, but you can have a say in what happens next to the game thanks to a survey Zynga just released. It appears that Zynga is fresh out of ideas since it just launched a deluge of new Goals and two (and a half) brand new characters.
Some of the more interesting choices available in the survey include a Ghost Town, Red Southwestern Canyons, Native American and a Cowboy slash Ranch theme. If what you were hoping for hasn't been included, Zynga threw in a text box where you can make any recommendation. So, go forth and change the frontier as we know it forever. Sort of.
This is your chance, FrontierVille fans. For every theme that wasn't what you were hoping for or didn't include that one item you have always dreamed, now is the time to make a things right. Alright, so it's not that important, but you can have a say in what happens next to the game thanks to a survey Zynga just released. It appears that Zynga is fresh out of ideas since it just launched a deluge of new Goals and two (and a half) brand new characters.
Some of the more interesting choices available in the survey include a Ghost Town, Red Southwestern Canyons, Native American and a Cowboy slash Ranch theme. If what you were hoping for hasn't been included, Zynga threw in a text box where you can make any recommendation. So, go forth and change the frontier as we know it forever. Sort of.
Is PopCap's Bejeweled Blitz beating FarmVille where it counts?
According to PopCap VP of social operations Michael Carpenter, Bejeweled Blitz is the number one game on Facebook--just look at the numbers differently. In an editorial on Gamesindustry.biz, Carpenter goes into detail explaining how the success of social games should be measured. You see, Facebook games' popularity and reach are measured in two ways: monthly active users (MAU) and daily active users (DAU).
We all know CityVille surpassed what many thought might be impossible with over 100 million MAU. Yet just as quickly as it rose to the top, it's now began its descent just like Zynga's FarmVille did nearly one year ago. Carpenter doesn't address this, but rather makes his point that DAU is more important than MAU because, "A high DAU/MAU percentage means that players are actively engaged in a game, often returning several times a day to play," Carpenter said.
While PopCap, like everyone else, is beat by Zynga when it comes to reach, Bejeweled Blitz has a higher DAU/MAU percentage than any of Zynga's games. The DAU/MAU percentage is essentially the percentage of a game's total monthly active users that are also daily active users. An impressive 34 percent of Bejeweled Blitz's monthly players log in daily compared to just 26 percent of FarmVille's 54 million MAU. We're no mathematicians, but isn't 26 percent of 54 million still more than 34 percent of the 11.4 million monthly Bejeweled Blitz players? Yes, it's way more.
It's certainly an impressive feat for PopCap to keep over a third of its audience so dedicated no matter how you slice it. But Carpenter even admitted, "In a nutshell, while Bejeweled Blitz does not have as many players, it's doing a good job of retaining those it has." Most importantly, keep in mind that this is far from the first time the company has downright lashed out at Zynga for whatever reason. Now, cut the bickering and get back to making my dream of Peggle for Facebook come true.
We all know CityVille surpassed what many thought might be impossible with over 100 million MAU. Yet just as quickly as it rose to the top, it's now began its descent just like Zynga's FarmVille did nearly one year ago. Carpenter doesn't address this, but rather makes his point that DAU is more important than MAU because, "A high DAU/MAU percentage means that players are actively engaged in a game, often returning several times a day to play," Carpenter said.
While PopCap, like everyone else, is beat by Zynga when it comes to reach, Bejeweled Blitz has a higher DAU/MAU percentage than any of Zynga's games. The DAU/MAU percentage is essentially the percentage of a game's total monthly active users that are also daily active users. An impressive 34 percent of Bejeweled Blitz's monthly players log in daily compared to just 26 percent of FarmVille's 54 million MAU. We're no mathematicians, but isn't 26 percent of 54 million still more than 34 percent of the 11.4 million monthly Bejeweled Blitz players? Yes, it's way more.
It's certainly an impressive feat for PopCap to keep over a third of its audience so dedicated no matter how you slice it. But Carpenter even admitted, "In a nutshell, while Bejeweled Blitz does not have as many players, it's doing a good job of retaining those it has." Most importantly, keep in mind that this is far from the first time the company has downright lashed out at Zynga for whatever reason. Now, cut the bickering and get back to making my dream of Peggle for Facebook come true.
FarmVille Sneak Peek: More Valentine's Day Quests and Candy Trees
Quest 2 Quest 3
The Valentine's Day events in FarmVille are far from over, if FarmVille Freak's recent findings turn out to be true. (Which they usually are.) The blog has found three icons that simply read, "FarmVille Unreleased Valentine Themed Quest" 1, 2 and 3. If we can gather anything from these quest icons, it's that they will involve stuffed animals, chocolates, flower, a pig and, oddly enough, a hot-air balloon. In other words, standard fair for what many call "National Single-Awareness Day."
Cinnamon Heart Tree Cinnamon Heart Mastery Candy Heart Tree Candy Heart Mastery
FarmVille Freak also found two new trees to grow this Valentine's Day, the Candy Heart Tree and the Cinnamon Heart Tree. These look to be the real deal given that each has its own Mastery sign, but of course none of these items are confirmed as future releases. But as soon as they do (or do not) find their way to the farm, you'll be the first to know.
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day coverage right here.
What do you think these potential new quests will involve? What do you think of the brand new trees to master that might make it into the game?
The Valentine's Day events in FarmVille are far from over, if FarmVille Freak's recent findings turn out to be true. (Which they usually are.) The blog has found three icons that simply read, "FarmVille Unreleased Valentine Themed Quest" 1, 2 and 3. If we can gather anything from these quest icons, it's that they will involve stuffed animals, chocolates, flower, a pig and, oddly enough, a hot-air balloon. In other words, standard fair for what many call "National Single-Awareness Day."
Cinnamon Heart Tree Cinnamon Heart Mastery Candy Heart Tree Candy Heart Mastery
FarmVille Freak also found two new trees to grow this Valentine's Day, the Candy Heart Tree and the Cinnamon Heart Tree. These look to be the real deal given that each has its own Mastery sign, but of course none of these items are confirmed as future releases. But as soon as they do (or do not) find their way to the farm, you'll be the first to know.
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day coverage right here.
What do you think these potential new quests will involve? What do you think of the brand new trees to master that might make it into the game?
FarmVille Sneak Peek: Ducklings waddling onto the farm soon?
DucklingThe Duck Pond in FarmVille is about to become much, much more useful. FarmVille Freak has found images of a new menu that will likely be part of the new Duck Pond structure in the game. The blog guesses that Ducklings, a new animal likely to be released in FarmVille if this feature makes it in the game, will be harvested from the Duck Pond.
The image implies that we'll need the help of seven neighbors to help raise the Ducklings within a time limit. Another image suggests that exactly what adult Duck the Ducklings grow into will be a mystery. As goes with all unreleased content, there is no guarantee that this will be released. But when the current Duck Pond sometimes reads "Ducklings are coming!" after a harvest, chances are more than likely.
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
What mystery Ducks do you think will come of Ducklings and the updated, more useful Duck Pond? When do you think this change will be released?
The image implies that we'll need the help of seven neighbors to help raise the Ducklings within a time limit. Another image suggests that exactly what adult Duck the Ducklings grow into will be a mystery. As goes with all unreleased content, there is no guarantee that this will be released. But when the current Duck Pond sometimes reads "Ducklings are coming!" after a harvest, chances are more than likely.
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
What mystery Ducks do you think will come of Ducklings and the updated, more useful Duck Pond? When do you think this change will be released?
Lost Island Mahjongg: Play new puzzles every single day
OK, so in addition to publishing stuff about big-name Facebook games -- Games.com is also home to thousands of casual games, a few of them we created ourselves. One of those exclusive games is Lost Island Mahjongg, a standard mahjongg puzzle game with a jungle theme. This game has been out for a while, and players have been spending an average of 300,000 hours a month matching tiles with the dexterity of a fighter jet pilot.
Starting today, we've rolled out a new daily puzzle in Lost Island Mahjongg, meaning that when you log into the game, you will get a brand new puzzle. Every single day. Today's puzzle for instance is called 'Star' because the Mahjongg tiles are -- you guessed it -- in a star shape. If you miss a couple days, you will be able to go back and play those as well. The puzzles are new every day and will never repeat (at least, that's what our developers tell me).
Gallery: Lost Island Mahjongg
Starting today, we've rolled out a new daily puzzle in Lost Island Mahjongg, meaning that when you log into the game, you will get a brand new puzzle. Every single day. Today's puzzle for instance is called 'Star' because the Mahjongg tiles are -- you guessed it -- in a star shape. If you miss a couple days, you will be able to go back and play those as well. The puzzles are new every day and will never repeat (at least, that's what our developers tell me).
Gallery: Lost Island Mahjongg
Friday, January 6, 2012
Playable Angry Birds cake makes a kid's birthday seriously awesome
If you watch this video and aren't touched by the end of it, there's something wrong with the Dawww lobe in your brain. Mike, arguably the coolest British dad in the world, made his now 6-year-old son Ben a playable Angry Birds birthday cake. The video goes through the entire creation process sans the baking--kind of boring, you know? (Even the birds and pigs are iced!) The video's adorable factor goes through the roof when Ben is surprised with the most badass birthday cake in existence. He then goes on to give those pigs hell with pop's help. What, Dad, couldn't make iced cluster birds separate? What gives?
[Via Electric Pig]
What's the craziest videogame cake or craft you've seen yet?
[Via Electric Pig]
What's the craziest videogame cake or craft you've seen yet?
Zuma Blitz player scores 1.4 million points with no powers
Sure, even 2 million points in Zuma Blitz is totally possible--when you have powers. YouTube user SLiangHsu posted a video today of his arduous and impressive achievement in PopCap's ball-blasting game. With no powers at all, he scored over 1.4 million points on this week's Crossroads board. How did he do it? Frankly, he shot the balls really fast. Well, extremely rapid and accurate gap shots helped too; not to mention hitting every Chrono Ball on the field. In fact, it appears as if the player intentionally wasted his Hot Frog shots just to show off. Cocky? Absolutely. Justified? You try to score a million points with just your wits (and your wrist).
FarmVille: Be a Princess without a crown with new avatar dress
It seems as though Zynga might have forgotten to release a FarmVille avatar clothing item in the Fairy Tale theme last Sunday, as a new dress for girl avatars has silently appeared in the game. This item is almost identical to the Princess costume released before, but where that costume came with not only a dress and shoes, but also a tiara, this "Princess Dress" is just that - the pink dress with a nice pair of shoes.
There is a slight color difference in the bodice of these two dresses, with the solitary dress being more of an orange-shade, and you'll pay a heck of a lot less if you go for the no-crown option, as this Princess Dress costs just 30,000 coins. For the record, the Princess costume costs 100,000 coins.
It's still interesting to see that only one avatar clothing item has been released strictly for male characters (that being the Knight costume), but we'll make sure to let you know if that changes in the future. In the meantime, you have two weeks to purchase this new solo dress, while the Princess costume will leave the game in ten days.
There is a slight color difference in the bodice of these two dresses, with the solitary dress being more of an orange-shade, and you'll pay a heck of a lot less if you go for the no-crown option, as this Princess Dress costs just 30,000 coins. For the record, the Princess costume costs 100,000 coins.
It's still interesting to see that only one avatar clothing item has been released strictly for male characters (that being the Knight costume), but we'll make sure to let you know if that changes in the future. In the meantime, you have two weeks to purchase this new solo dress, while the Princess costume will leave the game in ten days.
FarmVille Sneak Peek: Black Beauty Horse and Black Beauty Foal
If you liked the dark look of the Anti-Valentine's Day items in FarmVille, you'll also love the look of this new as-of-now unreleased horse. The new horse, we believe will be called the Black Beauty Horse, and it of course comes with a Foal to match.
With a name like "Black Beauty," Zynga has really lived up to that with the design of the animal, as you can see in the screenshot at right, and in the animation below. Rumor has it that new animals will be coming to this week's Mystery Game, but whether or not this will be included remains to be seen. The Black Beauty could also possibly be released as a general addition to the game's store, as we doubt it would fit in with the current limited edition Fairy Tale theme of items. As most players know, however, stranger things have happened.
Remember, unreleased items have no guarantee of officially launching in the game, and details about their pricing and availability are unknown as of this writing. We'll be sure to bring you all of the details about these horses should they officially launch in the game, so keep checking back.
What do you think of these two new horses in the comments. Would you pay Farm Cash to add the Black Beauty to your collection?
With a name like "Black Beauty," Zynga has really lived up to that with the design of the animal, as you can see in the screenshot at right, and in the animation below. Rumor has it that new animals will be coming to this week's Mystery Game, but whether or not this will be included remains to be seen. The Black Beauty could also possibly be released as a general addition to the game's store, as we doubt it would fit in with the current limited edition Fairy Tale theme of items. As most players know, however, stranger things have happened.
Remember, unreleased items have no guarantee of officially launching in the game, and details about their pricing and availability are unknown as of this writing. We'll be sure to bring you all of the details about these horses should they officially launch in the game, so keep checking back.
What do you think of these two new horses in the comments. Would you pay Farm Cash to add the Black Beauty to your collection?
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Earn 2 free FarmVille Farm Cash through Intuit promotion
FarmVille and Intuit
With the amount of free FarmVille Farm Cash flying around, it's a wonder folks are still buying the stuff. Well, considering Zynga is worth between $9 and $10 billion, maybe not so much. FarmVille Feed has found yet another Sponsored Link beneath the FarmVille game screen through Inuit, a suite of web and mobile apps for small businesses. It's slowly being rolled out to players, so don't be alarmed if you can't see this one yet. Just click on the link beneath your game screen that reads, "Build your Intuit Websites company story with the name generator to get cash."
After clicking the link, a pop-up will appear with a series of fields to put information into. Fill out the form, detailing your dream business, and click "Next." From there, simply read the generated story and check out the website that Inuit created for your dream business. Along the way, you should see a message in the upper right corner of the window informing you that you've earned your Farm Cash. With that, it's OK to close the window and the sweet cash should post to your account shortly after.
[Image Credit: FarmVille Feed]
Have you completed this Sponsored Link yet? What's the number one Farm Cash item you're after?
With the amount of free FarmVille Farm Cash flying around, it's a wonder folks are still buying the stuff. Well, considering Zynga is worth between $9 and $10 billion, maybe not so much. FarmVille Feed has found yet another Sponsored Link beneath the FarmVille game screen through Inuit, a suite of web and mobile apps for small businesses. It's slowly being rolled out to players, so don't be alarmed if you can't see this one yet. Just click on the link beneath your game screen that reads, "Build your Intuit Websites company story with the name generator to get cash."
After clicking the link, a pop-up will appear with a series of fields to put information into. Fill out the form, detailing your dream business, and click "Next." From there, simply read the generated story and check out the website that Inuit created for your dream business. Along the way, you should see a message in the upper right corner of the window informing you that you've earned your Farm Cash. With that, it's OK to close the window and the sweet cash should post to your account shortly after.
[Image Credit: FarmVille Feed]
Have you completed this Sponsored Link yet? What's the number one Farm Cash item you're after?
Lunchtime Poll: After FarmVille English Countryside, will you go back?
As a bearded Jack Shepard screamed to Kate in the airport parking lot in the Season 3 finale of Lost, "We have to go back!" Or do we? With FarmVille English Countryside--an expansion that appears to improve on the original in almost every way--on the horizon, is there any reason to go back? Sure, Zynga will update the original FarmVille alongside the new, but whether it's worth it to upkeep two farms at once is up for debate. Especially considering the disparity in quality that will show itself. So, we ask you, loyal readers:
After FarmVille English Countryside, will you ever go back?
Absolutely! I can't let my hard work go to waste.Never. Good riddance to that old n' busted farm!I plan on visiting every once in a while.
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After FarmVille English Countryside, will you ever go back?
Absolutely! I can't let my hard work go to waste.Never. Good riddance to that old n' busted farm!I plan on visiting every once in a while.
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Zynga Poker hacker faces two years in prison for stealing $12M in chips
Remember that guy who stole (and somehow expected to get away with) $12 million from Zynga Poker? That hacker, Ashley Mitchell, faces a two-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to British Court for his, erm, hackery in 2009, Poker News Daily reports. The thief stole 400 billion poker chips from Zynga's popular poker game, which the company valued at $12 million would it had been able to sell them through normal means. The total that Mitchell scored after selling them on eBay through a long list of fake Facebook accounts? He made away with a fraction of that: $85,870.
If he wasn't caught in the process, Mitchell could have easily made away with $300 thousand, his prosecutor estimated. Has this guy ever seen Office Space? Hackers never prosper ... unless you're Angelina Jolie. In his defense, Mitchell's attorney claimed that he suffered a gambling addiction at the time when the crime was committed.
In response, Judge Philip Wassail said, "People rely on computer systems. Anyone who has managed to get into these systems for their own ends should expect a stiff sentence." And a stiff sentence he received--Mitchell will sit in the slammer for another 30 weeks for dodging a 40-week suspended sentence for hacking into his local council in 2008. And just think, Mitchell could have played in a $100 thousand prize pool tournament in this past weekend's Zynga PokerCon if he just played by the rules.
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How long do you think Mitchell should have been sentenced? What steps do you think Zynga should make to prevent future hacking incidents in its games?
If he wasn't caught in the process, Mitchell could have easily made away with $300 thousand, his prosecutor estimated. Has this guy ever seen Office Space? Hackers never prosper ... unless you're Angelina Jolie. In his defense, Mitchell's attorney claimed that he suffered a gambling addiction at the time when the crime was committed.
In response, Judge Philip Wassail said, "People rely on computer systems. Anyone who has managed to get into these systems for their own ends should expect a stiff sentence." And a stiff sentence he received--Mitchell will sit in the slammer for another 30 weeks for dodging a 40-week suspended sentence for hacking into his local council in 2008. And just think, Mitchell could have played in a $100 thousand prize pool tournament in this past weekend's Zynga PokerCon if he just played by the rules.
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How long do you think Mitchell should have been sentenced? What steps do you think Zynga should make to prevent future hacking incidents in its games?
EA, Playfish sip on Florida Orange Juice in Pet Society, Restaurant City
We can see it now: Executives from EA, Playfish and Florida's Natural Orange Juice rocking on a creaky porch in the Everglades on a Sunday morning, sipping on delicious citrus. "You know," the EA exec says to the Florida Natural suit, "this stuff would rock in our Playfish games." "Really?" the Florida Natural replies excitedly, "How about in Dragon Age 2--" "Don't push your luck." Alright, so it definitely didn't happen that way. Nonetheless, players of both Pet Society and Restaurant City will soon find items sponsored and inspired by Florida Natural Orange Juice in their respective social addictions.
"Florida's Natural recognized the opportunity to build brand preference amongst the hundreds of thousands of avid female players of Restaurant City and Pet Society," Joy Taylor, Director of Global Marketing Solutions at EA, said. "Through this collaboration we were able to enhance gameplay and deliver significant lift in awareness that Florida's Natural doesn't import its juice, which was the goal of their marketing communications."
In Restaurant City, players can give virtual cartons of Florida's Natural to their friends, while in Pet Society they can visit Florida's Natural juice stands and send their friends the good stuff. However, it appears that this promotion is slowly rolling out to players, as I've yet to see the change in either game as of this writing. Either way, Playfish is about to load up on its Vitamin C, and you're all invited. (No, not that Vitamin C!)
[Image Credit: Florida's Natural]
Have you seen this promotion appear in your game yet? What do you think of EA and Playfish's approach to branded game content?
"Florida's Natural recognized the opportunity to build brand preference amongst the hundreds of thousands of avid female players of Restaurant City and Pet Society," Joy Taylor, Director of Global Marketing Solutions at EA, said. "Through this collaboration we were able to enhance gameplay and deliver significant lift in awareness that Florida's Natural doesn't import its juice, which was the goal of their marketing communications."
In Restaurant City, players can give virtual cartons of Florida's Natural to their friends, while in Pet Society they can visit Florida's Natural juice stands and send their friends the good stuff. However, it appears that this promotion is slowly rolling out to players, as I've yet to see the change in either game as of this writing. Either way, Playfish is about to load up on its Vitamin C, and you're all invited. (No, not that Vitamin C!)
[Image Credit: Florida's Natural]
Have you seen this promotion appear in your game yet? What do you think of EA and Playfish's approach to branded game content?
FarmVille English Countryside launches today, slowly rolling-out
Today is the day we start all over again in a new land: England. The FarmVille English Countryside expansion is launching today in a slow roll-out to players everywhere. According to FarmVille Freak, several farmers have reported gaining access to the new game upon logging into FarmVille. Of course, you'll need to be Level 20 for Duke's Airship to crash land on your farm, but we imagine a good lot of you are well past that milestone. If not, check out our guide on how to make that happen, like, now. Even if you're Level 100 or higher and don't see Duke yet, don't worry. Your time will come. Until then, request those Special Delivery Boxes from your friends like mad if you haven't already and play your favorite game--The Waiting Game, of course.
[Source: FarmVille Forums]
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
Check out the rest of our English Countryside coverage right here.
Have you been graced with Duke's presence yet? What's the first thing you plan on doing when you touch down in England?
[Source: FarmVille Forums]
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
Check out the rest of our English Countryside coverage right here.
Have you been graced with Duke's presence yet? What's the first thing you plan on doing when you touch down in England?
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
FarmVille Wishing Well updated with new English Countryside loot
FarmVille's Wishing Well, which was originally available for St. Patrick's Day, has been updated with items that are far more appropriate to our new English Countryside farms. The Wishing Well works pretty much the same as before -- collect lucky pennies from friends then flick them into the well to see what items you get in return.
The collections (namely, the rewards for finishing each collection) are the biggest difference, and I have to say, it's pretty tempting to finish collect everything to get the cool red Double Deck Tractor (which looks more like a double decker bus) shown in the picture above.
farmville english countryside wishing well update
Note: If you already have a Wishing Well, you should be all set. These new English items will simply replace the St. Patrick's Day items that were in there before. If you -- like me -- sold your Wishing Well prematurely, you can find a new one in your gift box. Just place it on your property and start wishing.
Below are all of the items you'll need to collect from the Wishing Well and the reward for their completion. After you complete a collection, your well will Level up and you will unlock the next collection.
Butterfly Collection
Reward: Animated Butterfly
farmville english countryside butterfly collection
Tree Collection
Reward: White Willow
farmville england tree collection
Bird Collection
Reward: Nightengale
farmville english countryside bird collection
Tea Set Collection
Reward: Warder Duck
farmville english countryside tea set collection
English Cuisine Collection
Reward: Chef Gnome
farmville english countryside food
Vehicle Collection
Reward: Double Deck Tractor
farmville english countryside vehicles
What do you think of the new England-themed Wishing Well items? Are they worth the effort?
The collections (namely, the rewards for finishing each collection) are the biggest difference, and I have to say, it's pretty tempting to finish collect everything to get the cool red Double Deck Tractor (which looks more like a double decker bus) shown in the picture above.
farmville english countryside wishing well update
Note: If you already have a Wishing Well, you should be all set. These new English items will simply replace the St. Patrick's Day items that were in there before. If you -- like me -- sold your Wishing Well prematurely, you can find a new one in your gift box. Just place it on your property and start wishing.
Below are all of the items you'll need to collect from the Wishing Well and the reward for their completion. After you complete a collection, your well will Level up and you will unlock the next collection.
Butterfly Collection
Reward: Animated Butterfly
farmville english countryside butterfly collection
Tree Collection
Reward: White Willow
farmville england tree collection
Bird Collection
Reward: Nightengale
farmville english countryside bird collection
Tea Set Collection
Reward: Warder Duck
farmville english countryside tea set collection
English Cuisine Collection
Reward: Chef Gnome
farmville english countryside food
Vehicle Collection
Reward: Double Deck Tractor
farmville english countryside vehicles
What do you think of the new England-themed Wishing Well items? Are they worth the effort?
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