Games.com Blog: “FarmVille Co-Op Farming: Rice Paper Job” plus 19 more |  |
- FarmVille Co-Op Farming: Rice Paper Job
- Oui, Mafia Wars Paris is 'Coming soon'
- FarmVille Fan Cow makes it to the Market!
- Heyzap connects social games with embeddable "bar"
- FarmVille Terrier puppy now available for a mere 5,000 coins
- South African cell provider launches GPS game, Legends of Echo
- Quote of the Moment: Mid-Farm Crisis
- Free virtual money giveaway at Island Life and My Vineyard
- Treasure Isle Cheats & Tips: Gem gifting guide + quick links
- Playfish COO de Halleux talks 'billions' and 'brands' at Inside Social Apps
- PetVille releases Cafe World Limited Edition Collectible #7 -- Ficus Tree
- Restaurant City: Free Salmon ingredient for tomorrow's Salmon Surprise
- Happy Pets: Get Free Facebook Credits from Deal of the Day
- PetVille: Earth Day items for your home and office
- YoVille: Easter Rabbits Now In Pet Store [Bonus Video]
- New Pet Society fish: Danio Tinwini
- Breaking News! Playdom launches Big City Life on Facebook
- Mafia Wars: Animals are your mob family's new secret weapon
- Treasure Madness celebrates Earth Day with new maps
- Happy Island releases small set of new decor
| FarmVille Co-Op Farming: Rice Paper Job Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:05 PM PDT  The Rice Paper Job will require you to grow rice crops that will be used for making rice paper. Currently, many farmers are experiencing difficulty viewing this new job, a solution to the problem is on the way. This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
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| Oui, Mafia Wars Paris is 'Coming soon' Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:00 PM PDT  Mafia Wars next stop will be the City of Light, better known as Paris, France. Take a look at the drop down bar in Mafia Wars, the first option says "Paris: Coming soon." We're not sure what to expect, but if Mafia Wars Paris doesn't have a bread, wine and cheese collection, we'll be very disappointed. We're not sure if 'Coming soon' means that Mafia Wars Paris will roll out before Mafia Wars Las Vegas, but we've contacted Zynga to find out more details. Mafia Wars Paris -- what kind of special items do you want to see in this new city?
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| FarmVille Fan Cow makes it to the Market! Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:00 PM PDT    Several weeks ago a Secret Cow and Secret Sheep arrived in the FarmVille Market, users were asked to 'vote' for whichever animal they would like to see in the FarmVille Market. After many of us joined the fan pages for one or both of the animals, we know they would be coming soon. The cost of the animal would depend on how many users became fans:2 Million fans: New animal for 12 Farm Cash 3 Million fans: New animal for 50,000 Coin 6 Million fans: New animal for 10,000 Coin 11 Million fans: New animal for 5,000 Coin and every fan gets one free! Announcement on Official FarmVille Forums from Lexilicious: The Cows were victorious in the Battle of the Barnyard! As promised, a new Cow is now available in the Market for users who are Fans of the FarmVille Cows Fan Page. * The Fan Cow can be purchased for 12 Farm Cash from the Market. * The more fans the Cows get, the cheaper the cow will become! If the Cows manage to get 3 million fans, the cow will be released for coins! * Please note: It may take up to 24 hours after you become a fan for the cow to be unlocked in the market. * If you wish to become a fan of the FarmVille cows to gain access to the new bovine, click here! Source: Official FarmVille Forum The Fan Cow Facebook Fan Page curently has 2,486,304 fans, are you happy with this outcome, 12FV$ and one to give to a neighbor? This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
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| Heyzap connects social games with embeddable "bar" Posted: 20 Apr 2010 11:30 AM PDT  The bar, which can be added easily by a game's developer, sits on the bottom of the browser window as the player navigates a social gaming site, pointing those players to any of 30,000 games on the Heyzap network. Publishers can use the bar to link players to their own games, or to games by competing publishers. Why would you want to link to competing publishers? Well, because the linker earns a portion of any virtual goods sales made by the person following the link. Cha-ching!
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| FarmVille Terrier puppy now available for a mere 5,000 coins Posted: 20 Apr 2010 11:00 AM PDT  During an update today, FarmVille released another adorable puppy that you can buy using coins -- a mere 5,000 coins to be exact (provided you have 15 neighbors or more). The new breed is a terrier, and it's too cute for words. Like the other puppy purchasable with coins, you must feed the terrier every day for the next 14 days or it will run away. Food can be purchased or received as a gift (see our FarmVille Puppy kibble guide for more details).  "Wait a minute," you're thinking, "why are there are two Terriers in the market?" A second Terrier, which can be purchased for 65 FarmVille cash will never run away and will -- we suspect based on the image below -- soon come in several different colors.  Yes, we bought one of these Terriers right away and named it 'Tere Bear.' OK, sure, maybe it's not the most inventive name, but we were under pressure to get this up right away.  After purchasing Tere Bear, we were given the requisite 'feed your dog or else' warning. Then, we took Tere Bear home. See our new cute-as-a-bug pup on the farm next to her brother Captain Fluffy. 
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| South African cell provider launches GPS game, Legends of Echo Posted: 20 Apr 2010 11:00 AM PDT  Even though the game itself is technically free, Vodacom has plenty of ways to make money off its players. Besides charging for the usual data/GPS plans that a game like this requires, Vodacom also charges players for in-game "Elements" that can be purchased in exchange for pre-paid airtime. Check out a trailer after the break. Legends of Echo from Cow Africa on Vimeo.
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| Quote of the Moment: Mid-Farm Crisis Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:30 AM PDT  "I named my online puppy "Giant" and am almost a second star level master at growing pattypan squash. I have a super-coop for my 60 chickens and 34 are golden. Slowly trading out the others for gold ones as friends find golden eggs (major daily coinage). Oh, and did you see my duck flying the kite? So cute!Shooooot! ... there I go again. See, this is why you are the bane of my existence. 42-year-old men ... should not be playing Farmville!! Sure it is consequence free escapism. No tornadoes or pestilence. No house fires or frat parties next door that involve some sort of rearranging lawn furniture at 4 am. The fish don't die in the Koi Pond and my favorite duck will always have a steady wind and never get his kite stuck in the gorgeous banyon or acai trees. I am not genetically predisposed to farming or decorating and yet Farmville allows me to think I am doing both. It is very relaxing for 30 minutes to an hour a day bringing form and function to your silly little online world. But 42-year-old men should be buying Harley's and stocks and stuff. Not excited that their online puppy named Giant will be fully grown in 7 more days. Seriously, am I really 'cool'er in life because I figured out how to create the optical illusion of elevated land and hay bale piles?" -Blogger Randy Thomas wishes his mid-life crisis was a little more steroetypical.
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| Free virtual money giveaway at Island Life and My Vineyard Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:05 AM PDT  Right now, you can get 3 Bux from Island Life and 3 Wine Cash from My Vineyard. This will put your premium currency total to 8 in each game, since you already start with 5. Both games are, in a sense, farming sims with the usual shebang of planting, harvesting, and selling crops for money, then using that money to decorate and plant some more. While the mechanics are tried-and-true, My Vineyard is probably the first Facebook vineyard game. They also both sport a very distinctive, semi-realistic look that YoVille players would be familiar with -- where rocks and trees look like real rocks and trees, instead of cartoon-like shapes and bright colors. It's not an easy aesthetic to get used to, especially when it's layered on an isometric grid, but it's certainly different.
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| Treasure Isle Cheats & Tips: Gem gifting guide + quick links Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT If you've been busy digging in the dirt for rare items in Treasure Isle on Facebook, you've undoubtedly run across those annoying statues that need to be unlocked with colored gems (there are five colored gems in all: red, green, blue, orange and purple). Now, if you play by the rules, the only way you can get gems if by visiting friends islands or by receiving them as gifts. But, if you have a friend in need of a certain color gem, that's where things get a little more difficult, because you only have the option to gift two gems at a time. And that, treasure hunters, is where this thing you're reading comes in handy. Below are links to all of the colored gems available in the game. All you have to do to send any of these gems is click on its image below and then start gifting like you're some kind of social gaming Santa Claus.
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| Playfish COO de Halleux talks 'billions' and 'brands' at Inside Social Apps Posted: 20 Apr 2010 10:00 AM PDT  "Billions" being how much money, in dollars, a wildly successful social game could make in just a year. All it would take, according to Playfish COO Sebastien de Halleux, is a game that attracts 100 million monthly users generating an average of 80 cents a month in the game world. For context, the most popular game currently on Facebook, Farmville, has about 81.4 million monthly users earning, on average, an estimated 19 cents a month for Zynga."Brands" being the things that are likely to be more and more important in driving growth of social and mobile games. While de Halleux notes that early mobile game successes like Koi Pond managed to attract an audience without an established brand name, in early 2010 seven of the top 10 iPhone games were based on pre-existing brands like The Sims. De Halleux predicts that social gaming will follow this trend, and that almost all Facebook games will be recognizable brands within the next 24 months. Read - EA Playfish president: the billion dollar social game is achievable Read - Sebastien de Halleux Says Brands Rule, and Social Gaming Will Consolidate
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| PetVille releases Cafe World Limited Edition Collectible #7 -- Ficus Tree Posted: 20 Apr 2010 09:30 AM PDT  PetVille released another Cafe World collectible a few hours ago, the Ficus Tree, while time is running short for the previous item, the Cafe World Seating Sign. Right now, there's less than 10.5 hours before that one's off the gifts page. Five of the earlier items have been the Chair, Counter, Table, Patroness and Cafe World's Waitress Amelie. This leaves us with 3 more to go.
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| Restaurant City: Free Salmon ingredient for tomorrow's Salmon Surprise Posted: 20 Apr 2010 07:30 AM PDT  Restaurant City has announced that the Salmon Surprise is coming tomorrow. And they're helping us out by throwing up another link to a free ingredient. Here you go -- FREE Salmon, available 24 hours only: http://bit.ly/dzRhBT Note: This link will launch the game. You don't need to fully load the game to make your claim. You only need to keep the game window open for a few seconds to accept your free item.
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| Happy Pets: Get Free Facebook Credits from Deal of the Day Posted: 20 Apr 2010 06:00 AM PDT  Crowdstar, the maker of Happy Pets, recently partnered with TrialPay to offer free Facebook credits to players via completing various online deals and surveys. Predictably, this hasn't worked out very well. But the new "Deal of the Day" feature in Happy Pets has turned out to be a reasonable and pleasant alternative.As reported by Frisky Mongoose today, watching a "Letters to Juliet" film trailer for the required minimum of 15 seconds was enough to earn them 1 FB Credit! That's akin to being paid one US dollar! Now, before you run to your game excitedly, only to get annoyed when you can't find your DotD -- and there will be a lot of you who won't have it -- here's the official word from Crowdstar as to why: "Deal of the Day only appears for select users in some regions. You may be in the Target market for some deals and not for others. The icon may not appear for you every day."
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| PetVille: Earth Day items for your home and office Posted: 20 Apr 2010 05:30 AM PDT Having already gone full-out with their new Rainforest theme (which has taken over the Outdoors store), PetVille enacted a modest release for Earth Day featuring 3 posters and 2 sets of recycling bins. You'll find these in the Furniture store on Floors 1 (Living Room), 2 (Dining Room), and 4 (Home Office). Floors 1 & 2 contain the same items.  
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| YoVille: Easter Rabbits Now In Pet Store [Bonus Video] Posted: 20 Apr 2010 04:45 AM PDT  NEW white and Pink Bunnies are now available in the Pet store! At 16 yocash, these low priced bunnies ( compared to other YoCash pets) can now be bought by those who missed the opportunity around Easter to collect them from the lost pet notifications. Special actions from the bunnies include following you around the room you place them in.Our forum friend Kurt will be happy about this. Check the video below. This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
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| New Pet Society fish: Danio Tinwini Posted: 20 Apr 2010 04:30 AM PDT   This article originally appeared on Pet Society Anonymous.
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| Breaking News! Playdom launches Big City Life on Facebook Posted: 20 Apr 2010 03:00 AM PDT  From Playdom, the makers of Social City, Tiki Farm and Fish Friends, comes a new game -- Big City Life -- which celebrates living, working and playing in the big city. The game just launched on Facebook, so we are checking out the game as you read this, but to get an inkling of an idea what this new social game is like, here's the official description:Can you make it in the Big City? Find out! Hang out with friends to polish your socialite skills, deck out your look in the latest styles, and climb your way to the top in your career. If you can do all that, you may just be ready to live the Big City Life! In the meantime, check out the game on Facebook and let Games.com - The Blog! know what you think in the comments below! Play Big City Life on Facebook now > [Via Gamezebo]
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| Mafia Wars: Animals are your mob family's new secret weapon Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:00 AM PDT When you think of animals in most Facebook games, it conjures up images of cuddly, big-eyed creatures that you have to feed every few hours. Mafia Wars will soon erase that image from your mind, by introducing a series of teeth-baring animals that will soon become an invaluable part of your mob family's arsenal. Starting next week, animals will become a full-fledged part of your weapons cache, so while fighting and robbing, each mobster will be armed with one weapon, armor, vehicle and animal.   You'll be able to find this new form of weapon several ways. This week, Mafia Wars is hosting an 'Animals Gone Wild' week, and animals can be looted from jobs, fighting and robbing. Vicious Crates, which cost reward points, are now available in the Marketplace, and those contain an assortment of animals "that can't be found anywhere else." Animals will be featured as sales items in the Marketplace as well, in addition to a limited edition African Lion and Pit Bull (this week only). And, if you already have collected a menagerie of furry friends, they will also go weaponized starting next week. This new development brings a whole new meaning to the phrase, "Kitty has claws." ROAR!
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| Treasure Madness celebrates Earth Day with new maps Posted: 20 Apr 2010 01:00 AM PDT  Treasure Madness is better known as the game that Zynga modeled their latest smash hit Treasure Isle after. It has been released for quite some time, and combines treasure hunting with fun simple minigames. Unlike Treasure Isle which unlocks new maps for free as you level up, Treasure Madness requires that you purchase many of the maps.For Earth Day, Treasure Madness has released four new limited time maps. These maps are the following: Sun Island - Free, low treasure density, high gold density Tree Island - 1300 GP, low treasure density, average gold density Trashcan Island - 10 Mu$, very low treasure density, average gold density Panda Island - 2200 GP, average treasure density, average gold density There is also a new Earth Day collection available. All of these items are only available for the next 6 days, so you had better act soon if you would like to complete these maps while they're still around! Have you completed your Treasure Madness Earth Day collection yet?
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| Happy Island releases small set of new decor Posted: 20 Apr 2010 12:30 AM PDT  While most games tend to release items in sets with a general central theme, Happy Island has just released a mish-mash of random decorations. We're not going to complain though, new goodies are great no matter the theme! The new items released are:Rope Cordon - 400 coins Pink Flower - 2 Facebook Credits Light Blue Flowers - 1675 coins Bamboo Fence - 1800 coins Bush Lion - 2200 coins The Light Blue Flowers are the item that will stand out the most, but we're sure that some creative designs will be made with the Rope Cordon and the Bamboo Fence. This is a small release, but it is great that only one of them requires Facebook Credits and the coin items are not too expensive. Log in to Happy Island to purchase these new items!
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