Games.com Blog: “Breaking News - Treasure Isle from Zynga Launched” plus 19 more

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• Breaking News - Treasure Isle from Zynga Launched
• Unreleased FarmVille items: Hanging Tomato, Red/Yellow Tulip Knoll, Chef Statue, FV Monument
• Hotel City: Earn Free Playfish Cash by Leveling Up
• Farmville April Fools News Wrap
• Popcap's April Fools Joke: Celebrity Bejeweled
• Mafia Wars: Level Up in Zynga Poker, Earn the Pocket Rockets
• Wild Ones tricks players with April Fools' Map
• Mafia Wars: Chop Shop is Now the Unicorn Castle
• Happy Pets: Easter Bunny, Bunny Ears, and Bunny Orphans, oh my!
• Restaurant City: Free Easter Ingredient Links Round-Up!
• Cafe World hops from Candyland to Easter
• SPP Ranch: Collect Easter Eggs for special prizes
• Restaurant City: Hop over for the full Easter items release
• FarmVille: New Wandering Stallion Icon Added to Stables
• FarmVille: Zynga turning the real North Carolina FarmVille into a game?
• YoVille: A Tour Around The New YoVille Castle
• YoVille: New Enchanted Furniture For Your Castle
• YoVile: Get Your Own Enchanted Castle
• YoVille: Easter Costumes Arrive
• FarmVille La Maison Gifting Supplies Return to Gifting Page & Giftable Yellow Greenery!

Breaking News - Treasure Isle from Zynga Launched Posted: 01 Apr 2010 01:55 PM PDT Zynga has released it's latest game, Treasure Isle. With Treasure Isle, Zynga is employing it's tried and true method of surveying the market of games, being deliberate and picking a game genre it thinks it can make a successful entry into. This methodology follows FarmVille, PetVille and Mafia Wars (emulating Farm Town, Pet Society and Mobsters respectively) With Treasure Isle, Zynga is entering the space filled be Treasure Madness and Tiki Resort. Treasure Isle is in it's early going so we'll see if Zynga can replicate it's mega successes like FarmVille and Cafe World. Instead of describing the whole thing, checking out the opening scenes in the video below: Click here to play Treasure Isle now! Hat tip to the Facebook newsfeed:   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Unreleased FarmVille items: Hanging Tomato, Red/Yellow Tulip Knoll, Chef Statue, FV Monument Posted: 01 Apr 2010 12:30 PM PDT Thank you to FarmVille Freak Xan995's for finding the FarmVille Hanging Tomato, Red Tulip Knoll, Yellow Tulip Knoll, Chef Statue, and FV Monument! Sources: 1. FarmVille Unreleased Hanging Tomato - FarmVille Zynga 2. FarmVille Unreleased Red Tulip Knoll - FarmVille Zynga 3. FarmVille Unreleased Yellow Tulip Knoll - FarmVille Zynga 4. FarmVille Unreleased Chef Statue - FarmVille Zynga 5. FarmVille Unreleased FarmVille Monument - FarmVille Zynga This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Hotel City: Earn Free Playfish Cash by Leveling Up Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:30 AM PDT Playfish Cash is a special virtual currency in Playfish games, such Pet Society and Restaurant City, that lets players purchase exclusive items and benefits, but requires real money to get. Now, Hotel City, the newest of Playfish's Facebook games, has announced an offer where simply leveling up can give you free PF Cash. Right now, getting to Level 10 will earn you 4 PF Cash, and getting to Level 25 by April 12th will earn you another 4 PF Cash, for a total of 8 PF Cash -- that's about $1.60 in US Dollars. While this isn't much, it's nice to finally have a way to earn premium currency for premium items when many other games already have this option. Keep in mind though, the PF Cash won't be credited to you until April 16th. There's also no guarantee yet, that you'll be able to use the PF Cash to buy stuff in games other than Hotel City, though given that PF Cash is the same in all the Playfish games, it's a pretty safe bet to expect that you can.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Farmville April Fools News Wrap Posted: 01 Apr 2010 11:00 AM PDT Zynga isn't the only one changing up Farmville for the purposes of April fooling. Here's a round-up of some of the better jokes various news sites have made up for the ubiquitous farming simulator today. If Online April Fools Pranks Had Balls - The latest Cracked.com Photoshop contest includes a bunch of great potential jokes, but the reason it's being linked here is the winning joke image, which appear at the top of this post. Can you imagine logging on to your farm only to see such carnage? The horror... the horror... RNC using Farmville to reach out to young voters - I included this joke not because it's especially funny, but because it would actually be a good idea. If Microsoft can use Farmville to gain 400,000 fans for Bing in a single day, why can't a political party do the same thing? Digital plague sweeps Farmville - This Stuff.tv joke makes it onto the list for the description of the fake locust plague as "the worst thing to happen to online farming since Mafia Wars." ZING! Farmville pies its Farmville farmers on April Fools Day - I haven't been able to confirm that this one is an actual joke, since it's only suppoded to affect certain Farmville players. Either way, it seems like a great way to get virtual farmers to take themselves and their digital crops a less seriously, at least for a day.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Popcap's April Fools Joke: Celebrity Bejeweled Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:30 AM PDT Everyone loves Bejeweled Blitz. Everyone loves celebrities. So why not put together those two things and make something that everyone will SUPER love? That seem to be the thinking behind Popcap's April 1 announcement of Celebrity Bejeweled, a game that promises to "replace the traditional gem pieces with holographic likenesses of gem-named superstars from popular film, television, music and sports." Those gem-themed celebrities range from the well-known (Neil Diamond) to the marginally known (Joss Stone) to the little known (Ruby Wax, Pearl Lowe). The celebrity-matching madness comes at a price, though -- thanks to expensive live DNA sampling and a real cubic zirconia box, the game caries a suggested retail price of £2,000... OK, as the headline should have made clear, this is just a little joke on Popcap's part. Still, we don't doubt that such a game would sell one hojillion copies if it were real. Would you buy it?   Read | More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Mafia Wars: Level Up in Zynga Poker, Earn the Pocket Rockets Posted: 01 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT Offered by Zynga Poker for use in Mafia Wars, the "Pocket Rockets" has an offense stat of 53, and defense of 23. You can get it by leveling up 3 times in Zynga Poker. The previous Zynga cross-promotional item offered between the two games was the "Ace in the Sleeve", which has the exact same stats as the "Pocket Rockets" and required reaching Level 6. If you haven't gotten either item, the "Pocket Rockets" is certainly more worth your time, since you only require 3 level ups instead of 6. If you've already got "Ace in the Sleeve", and you're not a collections addict, there's no point in trying for this one; because in terms of game functionality, they're identical.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Wild Ones tricks players with April Fools' Map Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:39 AM PDT Wild Ones has totally confused its players with a hilarious April Fools' prank. Most games like FarmVille, announced their trick clearly with special items or updates. The pet fighting game took a different approach and released a new map without alerting anyone. But how could the release of a new level be confusing? The map is called Foolish Errors and at first glance looks exactly like an error screen or as if the map had failed to load! Pets can stand on, grapple, destroy, and unleash the usual Wild Ones havoc on the words and lines of the error screen. Check out the ingenious April Fools' map after the break. Foolish Errors had me totally baffled at first. I had just informed my competitors of the situation, "Guys, I wish you could see my screen, the map hasn't loaded!" when I realized I had been completely fooled. Upon closer inspection, the map has small details that give away its nature. For example, along the bottom it asks: Why am I seeing this page? What's an April Fools'? And to think I was on the verge of leaving the game! Other competitors seem to be just as perplexed as at least one person quit every game I played. Join in on the hilarity by heading over to Wild Ones now!   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Mafia Wars: Chop Shop is Now the Unicorn Castle Posted: 01 Apr 2010 09:00 AM PDT Because we all know that the first things you think of when playing Mafia Wars are pretty fairytale unicorns, Zynga has decided to overhaul the Chop Shop, turning it from a car lot into a factory for creating (mostly) adorable little unicorns! Everyone say "Aww." The Unicorn Castle has immediately replaced the Chop Shop in its location on the New York properties bar. It comes in the form of a shiny lavender castle, and it requires Magic Potions to create unicorns, like the armored Warcorn, the chilly Icecorn, the colorful Rainbowcorn and so on - one unicorn is available for each of the Unicorn Castle's 10 available levels. At later levels, you'll need more than just Magic Potions to create unicorns, which is where additional items like the Rainbow and the Fairy Wing come into play. Aside from the aesthetic and item changes, the Unicorn Castle functions in the same way as the old Chop Shop, and you can upgrade it by collecting multiple units of five different ingredients: Starstones, Drawbridges, Dream Corners, Pretty Towers, and Magic Walls. If you'd rather not post a general message on your news feed asking for ingredients, you can still send individual pieces to your friends in the hopes that they will return the favor, via the game's free gifts page. Head over to the game's page to begin building your own magical unicorns of hope and wonder! (Full disclosure: Yes, this is an April Fool's Joke. No, the Unicorn Castle is not a permanent addition to the game, and we're sure our Chop Shops will be returning soon. In the meantime though, you really can create unicorns, so why not give it a shot?) [Via Brandy Shaul of Frisky Mongoose]   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Happy Pets: Easter Bunny, Bunny Ears, and Bunny Orphans, oh my! Posted: 01 Apr 2010 08:00 AM PDT Three new Spring and Easter-themed bunnies hopped into Happy Pets today -- the first is "Easter Bunny", which will be joining the "Chocolate Bunny" as part of the Easter Limited Edition Pets at the in-game store. An additional Limited Edition item is the "Bunny Ears", which can be worn on any pet. You just have to click on your pet, and then click on the "Dress Up" option to buy it. The other two bunnies, "Baby Blue" and "Lavender" are now available through Facebook wall posts. Just like the "White Bunny", you'll randomly get a prompt in the game to put an orphaned bunny up for adoption, then your friends can click your wall post to adopt it for themselves. "White Bunny" is listed as a Common, the "Baby Blue" is an Uncommon, and the "Lavender" is a Rare, which means it'll be the hardest to run into. Related: Ultimate Easter Guide for FarmVille, Mafia Wars and more   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Restaurant City: Free Easter Ingredient Links Round-Up! Posted: 01 Apr 2010 07:30 AM PDT Restaurant City has been posting links to free ingredients to fans on their official Facebook page to promote their Easter release, which came out today! To make it easier for everyone, we've rounded up all the links here (in order of oldest to newest since the offers are time-sensitive): Note: All links below will launch the game. FREE Chick Figurine: http://playfi.sh/9OrAIS FREE Easter Spices: http://bit.ly/9SdW9m FREE Chocolate: http://playfi.sh/aWmS1l FREE Rice: http://playfi.sh/biulO9 The "Chick Figurine" and the "Easter Spices" are two ingredients crucial to all the Easter Limited Dishes, which are available for learning within the next 25 days. Related: Ultimate Easter Guide for FarmVille, Mafia Wars and more   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Cafe World hops from Candyland to Easter Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:15 AM PDT Easter seems to be the perfect holiday for Cafe World to hop into, after last week's Candyland theme. Cause once again, you've got cutesy little critters in soft pastels colors with particular food obsessions, engaging in non-standard activities, such as egg-painting and riding a Ferris Wheel. That the two sets might as well be one, probably explains why this item release is so small. There's only 20 pieces of indoor decor, but this is balanced out by 9, thoughtfully animated figures. It's almost like they're taking their cue from Country Story, who goes for tiny, high-quality, themed releases. And while there's no Easter-themed recipes, we do have two new giftables, the Easter Basket and the Chocolate Bunny. But the gamemakers also tossed in a Matzo Ball Soup, primarily in acknowledgment of Passover, a major Jewish holiday that's been going on all week. Related: Ultimate Easter Guide for FarmVille, Mafia Wars and more   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

SPP Ranch: Collect Easter Eggs for special prizes Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:07 AM PDT SPP Ranch has received another wave of Easter fun. It was one of the first games to roll out their Easter goodies, so we had a hunch that SPP Ranch wasn't done yet. Now, players can embark on an Easter egg hunt, collect eggs, and ultimately trade them in for prizes. SPP Ranch's Easter egg hunt is similar to the Easter game FarmVille released last week. There are two ways to collect eggs: requesting eggs from your friends and receiving them as free gifts. So unless you have generous friends that play SPP Ranch, it's going to be difficult to build up your collection for those special rewards. While the prize list is still a mystery, we do know the amount of eggs required for each of the five rewards. Players can get a special prize after collecting 5 eggs, 10 eggs, 25 eggs, 50 eggs, and 100 eggs. Hopefully your SPP Ranch friends list is sizable enough to shoot for that 100 egg prize. Don't wait too long though, the hunt won't last forever. Head over to SPP Ranch to start sending and receiving eggs for your collection. Related: Ultimate Easter Guide for FarmVille, Mafia Wars and more   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Restaurant City: Hop over for the full Easter items release Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:00 AM PDT As we told you earlier this week, Restaurant City's newest item theme is Easter, and with the full item release today, we see a nice assortment of items that will be perfect for decorating not only for Easter, but for the entire Spring season itself. In terms of coin only items, you can pick up a nice wooden Spring Chair, and a small Spring Table, along with wooden Spring Divider pieces (for use in creating a bathroom area, or a walkway through your restaurant, as examples), both potted and outdoor plants (including a lovely vase filled with plants and Easter eggs), two different types of Spring Grass flooring, Chicken decorations, and even a Spring Toilet. These items range in price from 30 coins for a single square of Spring Grass flooring to 2600 coins for a Mother Hen decorative item. As for Playfish Cash, or otherwise unique items, we're left with a small selection of premium items, like a longer, family-style Spring Table, a Chicken Coop, and Spring Wallpaper (those are tulips running horizontally along the bottom). You can pick up some functional items like a Spring Goddess Statue that leaves flowers where your patrons walk, a Pet Chick or Bunny that flap and hop around your restaurant, a Spring Drink Dispenser that serves drinks 10% faster, and finally, a Spring Stove that cooks food 15% faster. One final decorative item is an email-only item that comes in the form of a large decorative chocolate egg. It can be purchased for 4000 coins, but you have to be a member of the Restaurant City email distribution list for it to unlock as available for you to purchase. But the theme doesn't stop there - no sir. On the game's free gifts menu, you can send one of the game's 11 decorative eggs to friends. In the screen below, you can see that I am able to send a Pink Egg, but I have seen other eggs come and go from the page throughout the day, so this appears to be either random, or at least timed to change periodically. This theme may not be as large as other Restaurant City themes released in the past, but that doesn't make the items therein any less adorable. To decorate your restaurant with some of these items in celebration of the upcoming Easter holiday, head over to the game's page on Facebook. [Via Brandy Shaul of Frisky Mongoose] Related: Ultimate Easter Guide for FarmVille, Mafia Wars and more   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

FarmVille: New Wandering Stallion Icon Added to Stables Posted: 01 Apr 2010 06:00 AM PDT In an update earlier this month Zynga added the ability to produce foals from stables on FarmVille. Along with this update came the opportunity to adopt a Wandering Stallion from a neighbor. The Wandering Stallion was a new type of animal that is not permanent and cannot be placed on the farm; it stays for one day or harvesting of the Horse Stable. Many farmers were confused because after giving a Wandering Stallion shelter there was no way of seeing it in their Horse Stable. In one of the updates yesterday, March 31st, this issue was resolved. Now when you "Look Inside" your Horse Stable there is an icon in the upper left hand corner that shows you whether or not you are currently sheltering a Stallion. The Wandering Stallion is an adoptable animal that you can find on your farm and share with your neighbors via Facebook newsfeed, giving them the opportunity to adopt. Although, if you find one on your farm, you may not keep it for yourself. Wandering Stallions and other Stallions can be found in your Horse Stable and possibly yield a Foal. Note, only one Stallion can be in your Horse Stable at any given time. What type of foal are you most excited to produce? This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

FarmVille: Zynga turning the real North Carolina FarmVille into a game? Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:30 AM PDT Our friends over at the Unigamesity just posted an article that's claiming that Zynga Plans to Buy Real Farmville Town, Turn It into Virtual Reality Game. That sounds really interesting, but also a lot like a April 1st prank, don't you think? According to the website, though, Zynga is planning to purchase the real life FarmVille town (situated in North Carolina) and turn it into a "real game" of FarmVille: "Half of the town's surface will be turned into a real life virtual farming game with around 36 huge farms waiting for rich wanna be farmers to come and take care of them: the real life version of the FarmVille game will last one month and the session will cost just $250,000 (internet access not included). Farmers will be allowed to do whatever they wish to on their farm, plant whatever crops and grow any animals already available in the game. Even more, in order to make thereal life farming look like the virtual farming in FarmVille, Zynga will genetically modify watermelons to grow in 4 days, soybeans to be ready in one day and they're already instructing chickens to lay eggs of different colors. The other half of FarmVille will be turned into a theme park, with zany rides like Mad Cow Train, Fertilize your Neighbor and Toss the Turtle promising to keep everybody entertained." Yup, definitely sounds like an April Fools Day joke. But a nice one, don't you think? This article originally appeared on Social Games Help.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

YoVille: A Tour Around The New YoVille Castle Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:15 AM PDT This month on YoVille, you will be living your own fairytale. The whole town is busy discovering the amazing castle that was added to the market. We'll start our tour from the main entrance were you will have to cross a small bridge built above a small river. Yes, there is a very cool river at the huge wooden gate of the castle. The house castle has new stone wallpapers, special wooden doors and a huge stone stair that is not available in any other house. Also, there is a very big roof top and a green backyard that you can decorate with all the enchanted items you can afford to buy. A bunch of pictures can be found after the link collected by our forum manager Spiralda. This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

YoVille: New Enchanted Furniture For Your Castle Posted: 01 Apr 2010 05:00 AM PDT Your enchanted kingdom needs some enchanted furniture. Fear not, because Zynga has added a variety of magical items. Couches, chairs, tables are all available for both coins and YoCash. Wallpapers and floors to match this magical theme were also added. Stone, vine and wooden walls will turn any room to a magical place. Pictures and prices are available after the jump. Enjoy! This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

YoVile: Get Your Own Enchanted Castle Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:55 AM PDT Ever wanted an enchanted castle? Well, now you can have one! According to Zynga, this is one of the most requested homes. The Enchanted Two Story Castle consists of front and back yards, great hall, bathroom, kitchen, an upper great hall, two bedrooms and giant rooftop balcony. It will cost you 49 YoCash. That' so much money but it is worth it. This is the enchanted month on YoVille. Keep your eyes on YoVille Lounge for the latest updates. This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

YoVille: Easter Costumes Arrive Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:50 AM PDT Easter clothes have hit the clothes store. Candy Bunny Costumes (3500 coins), Bunny 2010 costume (5000 coins), Chick costume (3500 coins) and many more, can be viewed after the link. Many handheld accessories are also available, but for YoCash. These items are on sale for 7 days only. Get down to the clothing store now and browse through these lovely new costumes! Thank you Angie for the pics and info. This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge. Related: Ultimate Easter Guide for FarmVille, Mafia Wars and more   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

FarmVille La Maison Gifting Supplies Return to Gifting Page & Giftable Yellow Greenery! Posted: 01 Apr 2010 04:30 AM PDT It looks like La Maison free Gifting Supplies have returned to the FarmVille Gifting Page. Due to an unintentional error made earlier this week, the free La Maison supplies expired prematurely. They will expire from the Market, tonight, March 31st at 9pm PT. We also do not know what this means for those farmers that purchased final La Maison supplies with farm cash after the early end. Hopefully, Zynga will address this issue in more detail. UPDATE: From FarmVille's Lexilicious, "Due to the technical issues over the past few days, the French Chateau LE items have been restored to the Market. They will expire on March 31st at 9:00 PM PST." There is also a new giftable Yellow Greenery that debuted in the FarmVille Gifting page. Remember, the only way to receive free giftables is as a gift from one of your FarmVille neighbors. This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.   More on Games.com | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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