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- Mafia Wars Death Dealer Minigun: Limited edition gift is big on defense
- No pound fees in PetVille for this week only
- Send flowers, gain 100 brownie points in Sorority Life
- Treasure Isle: New Mayan Isles III maps are released
- FarmVille Freak Exclusive: 7-Eleven Exclusive FarmVille Items
- Happy Pets brings in Marvelous Superhero Pets: Iron Cat Series
- Treasure Isle Mystery Chest: Locksmith promises to email, then doesn't
- FarmVille Dog Herding and Other Tricks, Still Coming Soon
- Cafe World's Chef Appreciation Week: Day One
- FarmVille Sponsored RedEnvelope Link: Send Mother's Day Gifts, Get 100 Farm Cash
- FarmVille takes a beating in April, losing 4.4 million players
- FishVille offers fans free Minotaur statue or 5,000 Coins
- Pet Society: Mother's Day Mystery Box
- Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Pet Society
- FishVille offers 3 free Clarkii Clownfish to fans
- Tiki Farm: Speed Up Charm
- Mafia Wars: Install toolbar and get 50 free reward points
- Restaurant City: Free Chocolate and Chili to Fans
- Mafia Wars Rogue Agent announced
- Free " Ships In Bottles" Washing Up All Over YoVille
| Mafia Wars Death Dealer Minigun: Limited edition gift is big on defense Posted: 03 May 2010 11:00 PM PDT  Mafia Wars has rolled out a series of limited edition gifts of late, and the most recent is the Death Dealer mini-gun, which you can send to 50 mafia members with (seriously) one click of a button. We highly recommend taking advantage of these limited edition specials -- especially considering the impressive stats of this big bruiser -- 48 Attack and 64 Defense. That's the good news; now the bad news. You can only own five of these bad boys, so if after you accept five, every additional Death Dealer you get will be worth 1 energy point. As of this posting, this minigun will be available for 14 more hours so get moving and make sure your mafia's armed and dangerous. Mafia Wars Death Dealer: Do you like? Related Links: Play Mafia Wars now >
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| No pound fees in PetVille for this week only Posted: 03 May 2010 06:45 PM PDT  As a thank you to all PetVille players this week, Zynga are removing pound fees for the whole week. This means that if it has been a day or two since you have logged in to visit your furry friend, you will not return to find them missing and a hefty fee to pay. Pound fees can really add up, especially if you're like me and you have to pay them every time you log in. For this week only, the price will be zero coins to retrieve your pet from the pound. Your pet will still run away, it just won't cost you any money to get it back. This might be a great time to redecorate your pet's house while they're not there to get in the way. Does your pet run away to the pound often in PetVille?
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| Send flowers, gain 100 brownie points in Sorority Life Posted: 03 May 2010 06:24 PM PDT  Many games right now are holding special Mother's Day promotions, and Sorority Life is no exception. Right now, if you purchase flowers for your Mom for Mother's Day, you will earn 100 Brownie Points in Sorority Life. The main trick is that you have to purchase the points through the Sorority Life application on Facebook so that the offer will be associated with your game account. ProFlowers is known for being a reputable flower company that will deliver flowers nationwide, so you can ensure that this offer is not a scam or shady organization. The offer is provided by the third-party offer provider Trialpay. If you were planning on buying your mother flowers for her special day, why not earn a few Brownie Points in Sorority Life while you're at it? Have you sent Mom flowers and earned your Sorority Life Brownie Points yet?
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| Treasure Isle: New Mayan Isles III maps are released Posted: 03 May 2010 06:06 PM PDT  Zynga have been teasing us for the last week about the new Mayan Isles maps in Treasure Isle, and finally they have come through with their promise. Tonight, the Mayan Isles III maps were released, promising 7 new undiscovered islands to dig for treasure and discover collections. These maps are only available if you have completed all of the previous Mayan Isles maps, so you may not have them unlocked as of yet. The new maps are: Enchanted Land - Requires 10,000 coins Eagle Claw Stony Path - Requires 15 Island Cash Isle of Time - Requires 8 Island Cash Mystic Lake Great Rune Hidden Waters - Requires 5,000 coins Many will be upset that two of these new maps are not unlockable without paying Island Cash, but it should be noted that the two largest islands are available for coins. The question is - were you able to finish the Mayan Isles II with all of those bugs you had to spray? Many Treasure Isle players are complaining that the required amount of coins is over 100,000 to complete the previous Mayan Isles maps because of all of the bugs to remove. For those who did complete them, the new maps will surely be a welcome addition to Treasure Isle. Are you excited for the new Mayan Isles III maps in Treasure Isle? Let us know in the comments.
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| FarmVille Freak Exclusive: 7-Eleven Exclusive FarmVille Items Posted: 03 May 2010 05:42 PM PDT Previously we brought you an unreleased image of the 7-Eleven tower; as well as some insider information. Today FarmVille Freak John sent in a website that was able to confirm the upcoming 7-11 event! The new and exciting teaser information states that FarmVille players will receive codes to redeem exclusive FarmVille gifts or items with a 7-11 purchase.
Besides FarmVille, the 7-Eleven sponsored Zynga promotions will also include other games such as Mafia Wars and YoVille. We already posted that another FarmVille Freak suggested the following items would be points of focus:
Remember FarmVille, Mafia Wars and YoVille players to head to 7-Eleven starting 12am on May 17th! Are you excited to find out what "exclusive items" will be available with a 7-11 purchase?
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| Happy Pets brings in Marvelous Superhero Pets: Iron Cat Series Posted: 03 May 2010 01:00 PM PDT   Opportunities to flaunt my comics geekhood are few and far between here, but Happy Pets is here to deliver! Their new line of Limited Edition pets, the Iron Cat Series, is obviously trailing the heat of the upcoming Iron Man 2 film starring Robert Downey Jr., which is coming out May 7th in the US -- this week! Now let's do a quick rundown of which animal is which superhero: 1. Iron Cat is Iron Man, played by Robert Downey Jr. in the film. 2. Machine Cat is War Machine, played by Don Cheadle 3. Widow Parrot is Black Widow, played by Scarlett Johansson 4. Nick Furry is Nick Fury, played by Samuel L. Jackson Each special pet costs 88 Facebook Credits, sells for 5,710 Coins, and are in limited supply!
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| Treasure Isle Mystery Chest: Locksmith promises to email, then doesn't Posted: 03 May 2010 12:00 PM PDT  Raise your hand if you've run into this problem. You've been digging like a fiend in Treasure Isle and run across a Mystery Chest. Unlike the other chests you unearth, this chest can only be opened by a locksmith, who promises he'll send an email when its done... Not sure what your experience has been, but we've never received that email from said locksmith. Is this kind of like when a guy promises to call and then doesn't? Or when someone 'borrows' your cell phone to make a call and then runs away with it instead? We even blew the dust off our spam folder to see if the messages were lost in there, but nothing. Geez, getting stood up a virtual locksmith is almost as bad as getting stood up by the real-life cable guy. Harumph. Have you been able to open these mystery chests?
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| FarmVille Dog Herding and Other Tricks, Still Coming Soon Posted: 03 May 2010 11:45 AM PDT Each FarmVille Dog has a specific trick that is unique to their breed. While all Puppies that have grown into adult Dogs can learn these same tricks: Shake, Roll Over, and Play Dead, each breed of dog will also have an exclusive trick. For example coin purchasable Border Collies can herd as their final trick. After completing all the levels of tricks and the final 7 treats needed to master herding, you will be able to unlock the herding feature, but will still have to wait for this feature to be "live".  All breed specific tricks are currently "Coming Soon" even if you have mastered the trick with feeding your dog the required treats. Final Tricks pertaining to Breed of Dog: * Sheepdog - Harvest Sheep * Collies - Herd * Golden Retrievers - Fetch items for you * Terriers - Harvest Rabbits To learn more about Tricks and Treats for FarmVille Dogs read previous FarmVille Freak post here. This originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
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| Cafe World's Chef Appreciation Week: Day One Posted: 03 May 2010 11:20 AM PDT  This means that you'll save 700 Coins on the Savory Stuffed Turkey, cooking the Tikka Masala Kabobs will earn you 12 Café Points, and the Chicken Pot Pie will take 1 day instead of 2 days to cook!
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| FarmVille Sponsored RedEnvelope Link: Send Mother's Day Gifts, Get 100 Farm Cash Posted: 03 May 2010 11:00 AM PDT   Yet another sponsored Mother's Day link from FarmVille. If you purchase gifts from RedEnvelope.com using the link that is located under your FarmVille loading screen, you get 100 farm cash.If you are looking to buy gifts form RedEnvelope.com and need more farm cash, this offer might be what you were looking for. Disclaimer: FarmVille Freak is not endorsing this offer, we are merely letting users know that it is available. If you are considering utilizing this offer, please use your own discretion. We suggest reviewing and researching any vendor before you make purchases. Are you going to take advantage of this offer? This originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
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| FarmVille takes a beating in April, losing 4.4 million players Posted: 03 May 2010 10:00 AM PDT  Despite the ever-growing buzz around the farm-themed Facebook game FarmVille, the game hit a slump last month, dropping from 82 million players in March to 78 million at the end of April. Inside Social Games, which reported the numbers, attributes this loss to the removal of third-party notifications on Facebook, which mean players stopped receiving a constant flow on what's happening in game. This reasoning seems pretty solid ( Zynga CEO Mark Pincus agrees, telling Business Week that it's only affecting their business in 'the short term'), especially considering that 14 games in the top 25 took a hit last month. That list of games includes Cafe World, Mafia Wars (both from FarmVille creator Zynga), Happy Aquarium from Crowdstar (which was already in decline the previous month), along with Pet Society and Restaurant City from Playfish. We expect the drop may continue over the next month or so, especially with Facebook's plans to eliminate gift requests from the network, which means that all of the gift giving and receiving will be confined within the game.  It's also hard not to wonder how much of those declining numbers are also a sign of game fatigue, particularly as new games, i.e. Zynga's Treasure Isle, Playfish's Hotel City and Playdom's Social City rocketed into the top 20 games of the month. Serious social gamers have also been actively complaining about bug-riddled games for months, and scores more were teed off last week, after they were required to hand over their email to continue playing FarmVille, Mafia Wars, et al. In a Games.com poll of roughly 500 readers, 61% of the respondents said they would rather quit playing than give up their email. How much of a hold do these games have over its followers if something as simple as giving up an email makes them want to call it quits? As Facebook continues to lay the smack down on social games that rely on its network to survive, it'll be interesting to see how many of the social gaming companies will be around in the next two years and what big wigs like Zynga and Playfish will do to make sure players keep coming back to spend their real-life cash on virtual goods.
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| FishVille offers fans free Minotaur statue or 5,000 Coins Posted: 03 May 2010 09:30 AM PDT  Click here for your free Minotaur. And if anyone missed the previous post -- two hours earlier, FishVille was giving away 3 free Clarkii Clownfish. But don't bother going to the FishVille fanpage for that one, cause they took that post down. The offer should still be available here though.
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| Pet Society: Mother's Day Mystery Box Posted: 03 May 2010 09:20 AM PDT  If you'd like to celebrate Mother's Day in Playfish's Pet Society, you're in luck, as the developer has released a new Mother's Day Mystery Box, which is available to purchase in the game's Boutique (Cash Shop).What you're ultimately doing is purchasing one of three different "experiences" for your mother (or for your pet, if you just like the look of these items). There's a "Day at the Spa," complete with a bubble bath, and soothing waterfall, a "Perfect Dinner," containing a table and two chairs along with a lovely window background, and finally, a "Summertime Picnic" with all of the trimmings, including the fun striped blanket on which to sit.   Make sure you head over to the game's page on Facebook to purchase a Mother's Day Mystery Gift for your own mom (or just for your own pet), should she find such a thing appealing. [Via Brandy Shaul of Frisky Mongoose]
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| Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in Pet Society Posted: 03 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT   Playfish is celebrating Cinco de Mayo this week with the release of a slew of new items. For starters, in the game's Garden Shop, you can pick up a pretty pot of chili peppers for 450 coins.Next, in the Mystery Shop, you'll find quite a few new interesting and functional items. First, a Mystery Pinata serves as a themed mystery box, rewarding you with one of five different items when you open it. It can be purchased for 7 Playfish Cash. Additionally, you can purchase the services of a Mexican Food Delivery who will bring you a different Mexican themed dish once daily until May 12. Similarly, there are two round pinata options that give you candy, once a day, until May 12. Moving onto the Furniture Store, we see the release of quite a few new items for the living room. There's a Serape Wall Hanging, multiple colors of tables and chairs, colorful Maracas, Terracotta Pottery and even a Sombrero! Items range in price from 250 coins for a Mexican Wooden Chair to 1,500 coins for a piece of Sun and Moon wall art.    Continuing on, the Clothing Store has options for both boys and girls that will get your pets ready to party. Girl pets can try on Mexican Party Dresses while boy pets can wear dress up in one of three costumes - Mariachi, Luchadore or Mexican Bandit.   Lastly, in the D.I.Y. Shop, you can pick up carpeting, Terracotta Flooring and a Light Stucco Wallpaper, with all of these items being sure to bring the whole look of the theme together in your home.  If you'd like to start your own Cinco de Mayo celebration in Pet Society, head over to the game's page on Facebook. [Via Brandy Shaul of Frisky Mongoose]
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| FishVille offers 3 free Clarkii Clownfish to fans Posted: 03 May 2010 08:20 AM PDT  Click here to get your 3 free Clarkii Clownfish.
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| Posted: 03 May 2010 06:30 AM PDT  The charm costs 10 Facebook Credits and can be found by opening up the game and going to "Shop", "Upgrades", then "Charms". Players can also get the Speed Up charm for free by gifting it to each other.
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| Mafia Wars: Install toolbar and get 50 free reward points Posted: 03 May 2010 06:15 AM PDT  This is a great deal that you have no reason to miss. In case you were wondering, 50 reward points would cost you about $10 to buy in the Mafia Wars marketplace. Now if someone offered you 10 dollars to do something that will take you one minute to do and is virtually effortless would you refuse? I know I wouldn't, so don't miss this limited time opportunity to get a ton of reward points. And at the end of it all, if you download the toolbar and don't like it, remove it a few days after you get your reward points. That's what I like to call a no lose proposition. This article originally appeared on Social Games Help.
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| Restaurant City: Free Chocolate and Chili to Fans Posted: 03 May 2010 06:00 AM PDT  To promote their new Mexican restaurant theme, Restaurant City is offering free Chocolate and Chili ingredients to fans of their Facebook fanpage. The Chili is a shoutout to their new hot Tortilla Stove, which is selling for 15 Playfish Cash and cooks 12% faster than a regular stove. It'll be available in the game until May 12th. The Chocolate alludes to the candy-filled hanging donkey Piñata, which cost 12 PFC, and earns coins whenever a customer players. But it has to be reset after 4 uses. Note: All links below will launch the game. You only need to keep the game window open for a few seconds to accept your free item. FREE Chili, available 24 hours only: http://bit.ly/b7rtzJ FREE Chocolate, available 24 hours only: http://bit.ly/9u52S2
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| Mafia Wars Rogue Agent announced Posted: 03 May 2010 05:25 AM PDT  Today we have a new pop up in Mafia Wars. A rogue CIA agent has appeared and is being offered for you to send to your friends.Now you have to make sure that your Mafia Wars friends all send this to you. Why? Because this agent has some awesome attack stats. As you can see in the image attack is 69 and defense is 30, which isn't too bad either. You are only allowed to receive 5 rogue agents and if you get sent more they will be converted into energy instead. After you get a rogue agent and want to take a look at it you will find it under your Weapons List, even thought they are saying that it is awesome armor. Go figure? There are still a few things that I am still not too sure about. The main thing being which of your Mafia members gets the rogue agent if you have more then 50 Mafia members in your family? I have more then 50 and am sure that many of you do as well, but when I clicked the send button, it just said that the rogue agent had been sent to my mafia. Who? I have no idea, so if you are in my Mafia and didn't get it I apologize! The other thing that is unclear is how much energy you will get if you get sent more then 5 agents. You will also notice that the pop up has a time that shows you how long until the next gift unlocks. So I am assuming that after the timer hits zero, we will be given a new gift to send. Lets hope its as awesome as the rogue agent. Now get back to the game and send me an agent!! This article originally appeared on Social Games Help.
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| Free " Ships In Bottles" Washing Up All Over YoVille Posted: 03 May 2010 05:05 AM PDT   This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
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