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PlayStation Home: Sodium 2 Update And Deus Ex Sneaks Into PS Home
The Velocity Racing League enters a new phase this week with the highly anticipated Sodium2 Nemesis Update. With the start of the Nemesis stage of the Velocity Racing League a new challenge awaits...
PopCap co-founder says he’s ‘jealous’ of Zynga
Filed under: Bejeweled Blitz , Other Games In case you haven't heard the news before now, Bejeweled creator PopCap is planning to go public sometime this year.
Social gaming will be $5 billion industry by 2015, Parks Associates says
Filed under: Other Games OK guys, we get it, social games are going to make lots of money in the next five years. I'm sorry, did you say $5 billion by 2015? Alright,...
RockYou’s Julie Shumaker: ‘We’ve got to blow sh*t up’
Filed under: Other Games According to RockYou SVP and GM Julie Shumaker, social games need more explosions to reel in the hardcore crowd. While she was probably kidding, Shumaker spoke on this very...
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire now on Facebook: Compete with others for virtual riches
Filed under: Other Games While the Who Wants to be a Millionaire TV Show may have fallen out of the primetime limelight years ago, that hasn't stopped Ludia and Disney-ABC Domestic Television from...
Playfish closes Pirates Ahoy!, Gangster City and Poker Rivals in June
Filed under: Other Games And down the blade comes. Playfish announced recently on its forums that three of its games, Pirates Ahoy! , Gangster City and Poker Rivals will all shut down this...
Zynga rides Drop7, Words With Friends to iOS success; what’s next?
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games Zynga's mobile efforts have officially been tripled in the past few months, and it's all thanks to a little developer called Area/Code . The New York-based studio,...
Lady Gaga donates big bucks to Zynga’s Japan relief efforts
Filed under: Farmville , Cafe World , Mafia Wars , FrontierVille , CityVille There's no word on whether Lady Gaga actually likes and/or plays FarmVille, CityVille or the 20-some-odd other Facebook games by...
Game of the Day: Broke
Filed under: Game of the Day The Game of the Day is concerned about your dollars and cents.
Zynga Poker hacker faces two years in prison for stealing $12M in chips
Filed under: Other Games 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...
Assassin’s Creed creator Ubisoft promises more social games in 2011
Filed under: Other Games The company behind games like CSI: Crime City for Facebook and the Assassin's Creed franchise, Ubisoft , says that social games will be a bigger part of its strategy...
Aliens vs. Predator developer Rebellion opens social games division
Filed under: Other Games Unfortunately, this does not necessarily mean that AvP is coming to Facebook.
Deep Realms on Facebook: Is this ‘accessible’ role-playing game still too deep?
Filed under: Other Games If you take a look at the top 10 games on Facebook, one thing is certain. The types of games that lead the pack in social gaming are not...
Social games aren’t social enough, but do we really want more?
Filed under: Other Games Many followers of the social games industry likely feel inundated with the claims that social games are not social enough or they're downright evil . While I can't help...
FarmVille Weekend Sale gives 20% off Farm Cash
Filed under: Farmville If you have a few extra dollars in your pocket to spare this weekend, you're in luck! FarmVille are being generous Saturday through Monday and offering a 20% discount on...
8-year-old girl spends $1400 in Smurfs Village game for iPad
Filed under: Other Games One of the sneakier elements of iPad and mobile games (actually, all social games) is that while they're free to download and play there are many in-game purchases that...
Play social, casual games for cash in YooMee Games Arcade
Filed under: Other Games Sure, you can play games like FrontierVille for Horseshoes, but how would you like to play for higher stakes? YooMee Games has launched its arcade platform of the same...
Zynga lays down a full house at Zynga PokerCon this March 18-19
Filed under: Other Games Playing Zynga Poker online is one thing, but playing poker in person is another beast entirely. Zynga will announce on Monday, Feb
Hacker steals 12 million dollars from FarmVille-maker Zynga
Filed under: Other Games A UK-based hacker pled guilty to stealing 400 billion poker chips from the popular Zynga Poker game on Facebook, and then selling a portion of them on the black...
FarmVille brings you the death of the American farm(er)
Filed under: Farmville David Their delivered the most grandiose proclamation ever seen for a social game in The Atlantic today, writing that "Farmville is a savage metaphor for the death of the small...
Playdom’s Ben Liu discusses City of Wonder’s future through Colonies [Interview]
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Filed under: Other Games By now, a good amount of players have already journeyed into the new Colonies expansion in City of Wonder . Playdom 's most recent content update for the game...
Cafe World: The Saga of the New Years Goals continues, but this time with free iPads!
Filed under: Cafe World Heya Chefs! We've been taking an in-depth look at how Zynga will be ringing in the New Year in Cafe World throughout this week, and at simply how much...
Zynga, Mafia Wars get ‘Kush’ with Dr. Dre in in-game promotion
Filed under: Mafia Wars ` C'mon, you all knew it was only a matter of time before Zynga tapped yet another wildly successful hip-hop star to pimp their gangster game, Mafia Wars ....
CSI: Crime City Cheats & Tips Walkthrough
Filed under: Other Games CSI: Crime City is an addictive Role Playing Game developed by UBISOFT games for Facebook. In CSI: Crime City you are a CSI Detective in Las Vegas Nevada working...
It Girl Cheats & Tips Walkthrough
Filed under: Other Games It Girl is a simulation game developed by CrowdStar and played on Facebook where you can make yourself into the ultimate "It Girl" The "It Girl" is beautiful, Stylish,...
The Price is Right Cheats & Tips Walkthrough
Filed under: Other Games The Price is Right is a social game based on one of the longest running, most loved game shows in television history. Developed by Ludia, you can play your...
CityVille Cheats and Tips: A Goods Management Guide
Filed under: CityVille Now that you've expanded your Franchise empire along with the boundaries if your booming town in CityVille , it's time to get those Goods in line. I don't know about...
Mafia Wars meets CityVille (sort of) with Urban Warfare on Facebook
Filed under: Other Games 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...
Cafe World Maxwell House Coffee Promotion: Win 50,000 Cafe Cash for brewing a cup!
Filed under: Cafe World This month, Zynga has launched a new cross-promotional activity and contest in Cafe World with Maxwell House coffee. The event is called the "Maxwell House Coffee Challenge," and it...
