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- Mafia Wars Vegas fun facts: 100 million robberies, 250 million fights
- Treasure Isle teases Ape of the Ages map
- FrontierVille Hay Fever seizes the wild west with poopcarts and more
- Google pays $182 million for SuperPoke Pets! creator Slide
- Wild Ones' Platypus washes away the competition [video]
- Quote of the Moment: Cheating yourself
- Is Bebo planning a social gaming comeback?
- Kingdoms of Camelot maker Watercooler changes name, focus
- FarmVille Mini-Foal breeds: Mini Foal, Mini Stallion Foal, Mini Cream Foal
- YoVille Mystery Deals are here!
- Start rallying to get the free YoVille Turtle Balloon
- YoVille: Build an ancient Moroccan city
- FarmVille New England Crop: Lady Slippers
- FarmVille New England Buildings: Stone Villa & Village Center
- FarmVille New England Decorations: Flower Bridge, Rose Arch & Quilts
- FarmVille New England Tree: Heirloom Apple
- Upgrade your FarmVille farm to New England Beach Landscape
- FarmVille Mystery Game prizes updated with Mini Animals
- FarmVille Miniature Horse & Miniature Foal
| Mafia Wars Vegas fun facts: 100 million robberies, 250 million fights Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:00 PM PDT Filed under: Mafia Wars  Mafia Wars Vegas has arrived (as if you didn't know already), and as far as I'm concerned, this is the best expansion yet. The jobs have been broken down into new energy and fighting paths, which does a good job catering to different types of players. Properties have been replaced with a Casino that you can build out with help from friends, new boss battles are tough and requires you to think more strategically, and the new Fight Club Tournaments aren't so bad either (except for the fact that I keep getting KO'd in the first round). Sure, it's annoying that I never seem to have enough cash to buy items required for jobs, and that I keep getting killed by bosses -- but no one ever said running a mafia would be easy. And who wants it to be? But, I digress. Zynga released some numbers for Mafia Wars Vegas, while pimping out the fact that they plan to blow up an armored truck once 10 million people visit the next expansion. The game still has a ways to go, but it looks like the 3 million or so players trying to take over Sin City have been very busy: - 3 million people have visited Mafia Wars: Las Vegas since launch - 7 million Vegas gifts are been sent every day - 8.5 million casino properties have been upgraded - 1.5 billion jobs have been done in Vegas: - 250 million fights haven taken place in Vegas - 100 million buildings have been robbed - 80 million tournament fights have taken place
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| Treasure Isle teases Ape of the Ages map Posted: 04 Aug 2010 09:27 PM PDT Filed under: Treasure Isle  Treasure Isle is up to more monkey business -- teasing a new map called Ape of the Ages, which sounds like it will require several of those green and yellow wrenches shown in the picture above to enter. From the Facebook fan page: Treasure Isle recently released another primate-themed island called Monkey Palace, where the goal is to find the treasure on every level with the fewest digs possible. We say this is a winner simply because it has monkeys -- lots of 'em. Who doesn't love monkeys?
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| FrontierVille Hay Fever seizes the wild west with poopcarts and more Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:57 AM PDT Filed under: FrontierVille  These decorations, while lacking in function, certainly deliver in the form department. The three different colored poopcarts are quite exquisite. Not to mention, I know how badly some readers have desperately wanted their very own sleeping bear on a cart decoration for months! And rightly so I might add. Continue reading to see all the new goods including the graceful yet poignant Bear Cart and Poopcarts. So maybe you're looking to make your FrontierVille Facebook frontier town more realistic. Farms in real life are covered with manure (poop) of all shapes and sizes. Personally, I don't think three colors of poop is quite enough to portray the nuances of realistic manure. Another staple of every farm is hay. The Hay Fever items deliver in this department as well with the Hay Cart, which allows you to boast sneakily to all your friends your farm is a healthy and thriving one. Or if you're trying to depict the struggle of life in the west, the Empty Hay Cart may be more appropriate (for best results, use shanty decor on your buildings). Also available are the elegant Buggys and the farming equipment. Needless to say there is something for everyone in the Hay Fever update.  Brown Buggy - 20 Wood, 9,500 Coins, 100 XP Mower - 25 Horseshoes, 150 XP Farm Rake - 5 Wood, 1,900 Coins, 20 XP Bear Cart - 39 Horseshoes, 234 XP  Hay Cart - 16 Horseshoes, 96 XP Empty Hay Cart - 16 Wood, 15,000 Coins, 150 XP Brown Poopcart - 25 Horseshoes, 150 XP  Yellow Poopcart - 25 Horseshoes, 150 XP Pink Buggy - 55 Horseshoes, 330 XP Black Buggy - 55 Horseshoes, 330 XP Click here to play FrontierVille>
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| Google pays $182 million for SuperPoke Pets! creator Slide Posted: 04 Aug 2010 10:00 AM PDT Slide, the social gaming company behind SuperPoke Pets! (and the whole throwing sheep trend in the early days of Facebook) has purportedly been snapped up by Google for $182 million. The official announcement is expected to be made on Friday.  For anyone who has been questioning whether Google's recent investment in Zynga means the search giant is making a play for the social gaming space, it's safe to say the answer is a definite 'yes.' Rumors say that Google is planning to launch a Facebook competitor called 'Google Me' and, well, looks like they'll have plenty of social games in tow. Slide's roster of games includes SuperPoke Pets!, SPP Ranch, Top Fish, SuperPocus Academy of Magic and apps include Fun Space, Top Friends and, the Facebook classic, SuperPoke! Wonder what the Google overlords have in store for these games, as in, how many of these will stick around and which ones -- if any -- will get shut down? In the Wild West of social gaming -- all these acquistions and mergers don't necessarily bode well for less popular games (remember Ponzi Inc?) and the people who have sunk time (and money) into them. [via Tech Crunch]
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| Wild Ones' Platypus washes away the competition [video] Posted: 04 Aug 2010 08:17 AM PDT Filed under: Wild Ones  Continue reading to see the Platypus' special ability in action and to find out how you can get this bizarre fighter. The Platypus' special ability is similar to a tidal wave. Only in real life, tidal waves always recede back out to sea after wreaking havoc on land. I think this special ability would be best described as a tidal wave mixed with a flood. The Platypus can summon a wave that fills the battle field with water, which then sits there for the remainder of the fight, drowning anyone who is foolish (or unlucky) enough to dive in.  To get your mitts on your own Platypus, you're going to need some serious funds. Not only do you need to be a Wild Ones member costing you five dollars a month, you need to complete a collection akin to the one needed for the Poison Cloud (pictured above). One commenter on the Wild Ones Facebook fanpage expressed his distress over his having to spend about $35 to finally complete the collection and receive his Platypus. But he will certainly be rewarded, rewarded with animal-drowning flood-inducing tidal wave duck-billed powers that is. Head to Wild Ones to check it all out for yourself. Click here to play Wild Ones>
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| Quote of the Moment: Cheating yourself Posted: 04 Aug 2010 07:00 AM PDT  "What we did have were massively multiplayer online games such as Final Fantasy XI and World of Warcraft, where players were encouraged to engage in a long process of leveling up their characters, to become more powerful and to earn game currency. And although it was deemed against most games' Terms of Service (and thus illegal), there were (and still are) companies that would sell you in-game currency (or in-game items) for a convenient charge to your credit card. Eliminate the tedium-get to the good stuff. Fast forward through content you consider boring, whether the game company likes it or not."But social games have taken that cheating behavior and run with it. Rather than ban players for buying virtual currency, they've integrated cheating into their games as part of the experience. If you don't have time to wait for your tractor to refill with fuel in Farmville, you can buy gas on the spot, and harvest your crops and plant new ones without any down time. In Frontierville you don't have to beg your friends for a hammer to complete your cabin-waiting for them to get the message and then sending it along-you can purchase one quickly and easily with virtual currency. So a gameplay activity that might seem tedious-grinding, waiting-can be eliminated for a few dollars. So if the game company allows it, is it cheating?" -Game designer and researcher Mia Consalvo talks about how the idea of 'cheating' has changed in the social gaming era
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| Is Bebo planning a social gaming comeback? Posted: 04 Aug 2010 06:00 AM PDT  Do you know that bittersweet feeling you get when you realize an ex-romantic partner looks like they could finally be getting their life together without you? That's how we here at AOL's Games.com -- The Blog! are feeling now that we've heard that Bebo -- the formerly AOL-owned social network that was left for dead and then sold off for a pittance earlier this year -- might be relaunching as a social gaming hub.That bit of news comes from Inside Social Games, which cites "an industry source" as the nebulous originator of the rumor. ISG compares Bebo's rumored plans to those of hi5, which has loudly and pompously positioned itself as a more responsible and streamlined social gaming alternative to the Facebook behemoth. Indeed, Bebo recently hired hi5 co-founder Akash Garg, who probably knows a thing or two about launching a social-game-focused network. We certainly hope the rumors of Bebo's return to social gaming prove true, especially given their ambitious past experiments in the arena . After all, we just want them to be happy... even if we don't get to be part of that happiness ourselves.
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| Kingdoms of Camelot maker Watercooler changes name, focus Posted: 04 Aug 2010 05:00 AM PDT Filed under: Hotel City  What a difference four million players makes. It wasn't long ago that Watercooler, Inc. was, in its own words, "about serving the sports and media communities" with team-focused apps like Pittsburgh Steeler Fans. But that was before their Facebook game Kingdoms of Camelot became an unlikely hit on Facebook, attracting over four million monthly users since its launch last November.So it's not that shocking that Watercooler has announced a new focus on "serving social gamers looking for deeper gameplay." The shift is reflected by a new name, Kabam, which COO Chris Carvalho tells Inside Social Games he thinks is more "impactful." Carvalho told ISG he thinks the renamed company will look to succeed by filling a niche for more complicated games, like Kingdoms of Camelot, that the biggest developers don't seem interested in providing "I feel that we can be competitive with the top five industry players," he said. "We won't ever have the reach that they have - we're not focusing on the mass market titles ... But right now we feel there's a big opportunity with deeper games, and we don't feel anyone else is filling that." Yes, please!
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| FarmVille Mini-Foal breeds: Mini Foal, Mini Stallion Foal, Mini Cream Foal Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:30 AM PDT Filed under: Farmville In the most recent update, FarmVille released new Miniature Horses and Mini-foals and once you breed them you'll get a variety of new ponies to add to your farm. Below, see official FarmVille pics of the Mini Foal, Mini Stallion Foal, Mini Cream Horse, and Mini Cream Foal.
Please note the Mini Cream Horse and Foal can only be obtained from stables and nursery barns. You can get a side-by-side comparison of mini-horses and foals in the image below  How many Miniature Horses and Foal do you have so far?
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| YoVille Mystery Deals are here! Posted: 04 Aug 2010 04:00 AM PDT Filed under: YoVille  Angie and Spiralda gathered pictures of some of the deals they got. Check them after the jump. A complete guide to this new feature can be found here.      
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| Start rallying to get the free YoVille Turtle Balloon Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:36 AM PDT Filed under: YoVille  Furthermore, the third charity pet is now on sale. Get the cute turtle for 30 YoCash and help save the gulf as 50% of all proceeds will go to Audubon.  This is your chance to make a change! This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
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| YoVille: Build an ancient Moroccan city Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:30 AM PDT Filed under: YoVille  Hookahs: Different versions of the Moroccan Hookahs are now available for prices ranging between 2-3 YoCash. Plush Toys: Plush toy collectors can now enjoy 4 new toys. Get the camel, Aladdin and thief plush toys for 8 YoCash each. Continue reading to see a complete list of prices and pictures.        Do you like the Moroccan Theme? Review this theme now in comments!
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| FarmVille New England Crop: Lady Slippers Posted: 04 Aug 2010 03:00 AM PDT Filed under: Farmville  Limited Edition Lady Slipper seeds can be purchased in the FarmVille Market during the next 10 days only.  There is NO Crop Mastery available for Lady Slippers. This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak. Will you grow Lady Slippers on your farm?
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| FarmVille New England Buildings: Stone Villa & Village Center Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:30 AM PDT Filed under: Farmville
These two buildings may be purchased with farm cash in the FarmVille Market during the next 10 days only.
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| FarmVille New England Decorations: Flower Bridge, Rose Arch & Quilts Posted: 04 Aug 2010 02:00 AM PDT Filed under: Farmville
The FarmVille Flower Bridge, Quilts, and Rose Arch decorations can be purchased in the market during the next 10 days only.
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
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| FarmVille New England Tree: Heirloom Apple Posted: 04 Aug 2010 01:30 AM PDT Filed under: Farmville   A new limited edition New England tree, the Heirloom Apple Tree, has hit the FarmVille Market. This limited edition Tree can be purchased for 10,000 coins during the next 10 days only. This non-decorative tree is harvestable, meaning it will yield coins when harvested. This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
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| Upgrade your FarmVille farm to New England Beach Landscape Posted: 04 Aug 2010 01:00 AM PDT Filed under: Farmville  In honor of the limited edition New England theme, you can now upgrade your farm to a Beach Landscape!You can purchase the Beach Landscape in the FarmVille Market under the "Upgrade Farm" tab. The Beach Landscape costs 1,000 coins. To change your farm back to the original "Green Pasture" you must re-purchase it for an additional 1,000 coins. This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak. Will you transform your farm using the Beach Landscape?
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| FarmVille Mystery Game prizes updated with Mini Animals Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:30 AM PDT Filed under: Farmville 
Included in tonight's mystery game update (August 2, 2010):
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
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| FarmVille Miniature Horse & Miniature Foal Posted: 04 Aug 2010 12:00 AM PDT Filed under: Farmville
    This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
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