BioShock is one of the most surprising games of this generation. First of all, it isn’t inspired a real-life conflict, a film or another game series, but a moderately successful novel called Atlus...
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The Weekend Debate: Pocket Revolution?
One of the biggest surprises of my trip to the Jordanian desert this week came when I was eating lunch on the back of my jeep, surrounded by arrid rocks and without another...
Dead Nation: Road Of Devastation Out Tomorrow!
With over 3.8 million recruits and more than 13 billion zombies killed worldwide, the time has come to launch the ultimate zombie-killing spectacle of our time. Think you’ve got what it takes to...
Road of Devastation: New Weapons, New Enemies, New Rules
As Road of Devastation begins, you (and your partner if co-op) escape from a laboratory and find yourself at a crossroads leading to three different roads. Each road has its own perks and...
Gearbox On Creating A Canon With Aliens: Colonial Marines
I checked out Aliens: Colonial Marines when I popped over to the SEGA gamescom booth to say hi to a friend and, within minutes, it became one my highlights of the show. I’m...
Inside SCEE: Jim Ryan
Tonight at the SCEE gamescom press conference,he will take to the stage tonight as part of the handover that will see him take over the role of President and CEO of Sony Computer...
FarmVille: Royal Hops no longer listed as English Countryside crop
Filed under: Farmville A short time ago, we brought you some FarmVille tips and tricks on how to grow Royal Hops - then an English Countryside -specific crop - back on your Home...
Zynga wants to be the Amazon of social games, says CEO Mark Pincus
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games The zealous chief of the social gaming giant made the ambitious claims at the Zynga Seattle opening ceremony last night. In the midst of the recruiting rush...
Wooga surpasses Playdom, PopCap to become number four studio
Filed under: Other Games Who saw this one coming? No one, that's who. Wooga announced on its company blog that it is officially the fourth most popular social game studio in the world,...
Hardcore Facebook games could grow fivefold by 2013
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games While I would consider FarmVille as hardcore an experience as they come for dedication's sake, that's not what this study by Social Times Pro has in mind....
FrontierVille Unwither Boosts less effective: Plan ahead before spending Horseshoes
Filed under: FrontierVille If you're the kind of FrontierVille player that likes the Boosts system in the game, that lets you do everything from speeding up crop growth to making your trees instantly...
FrontierVille Boosts upgraded to packs of 25; still cost Horseshoes
Filed under: FrontierVille If you're a fan of the Boosts system in FrontierVille , that allows you to instantly make your animals ready to feed, speeds up crop growth, or simply "unwithers" some...
FrontierVille Beehive: Everything you need to know
Filed under: FrontierVille The next time you play FrontierVille , be on the lookout for a "Swarm of Bees" on your Homestead.
CityVille: Snow will melt soon, "new growth" coming
Filed under: CityVille Zynga has reminded users that as Spring is now officially upon us in the real world, it too will be launching in CityVIlle in the very near future.
ngmoco’s We Rule boasts 12 million downloads, 3 billion minutes of playtime
Filed under: Other Games In America, social gaming on the iPhone, iPad and other mobile devices has not reached its potential -- though this new We Rule infographic shows that, that might be...
FarmVille: Cotton crop changed from three days to 12 hours
Filed under: Farmville While the full FarmVille update hasn't been released for this evening, we did come across an interesting change to one of the game's established crops - Cotton. Cotton used to...
Facebook Discover New Games Sidebar: Viral games discovery returns
Filed under: Other Games The Facebook teams have been hard at work developing a way to bring games discovery back to Facebook since November , if not farther back than that.
CityVille: Plant Sweet Potatoes to help Japanese Earthquake Fund
Filed under: CityVille CityVille has joined the Japanese Earthquake Relief efforts, with Zynga launching a new crop in the game in the form of Sweet Potatoes.
FarmVille Spring Countdown contents revealed
Filed under: Farmville Just last night, the Spring Countdown was launched in FarmVille , which is a new 12-day event that will see you asking your friends for one exclusive item each day...
FrontierVille Cheats and Tips: Growing cacti on the homestead
Filed under: FrontierVille The FrontierVille forums are in somewhat of a fluster over the next big Goals in FrontierVille : the 37x37 Land Expansion Goals . Land expansions have always been more challenging...
LOLapps’ Ravenwood Fair nears 11M monthly players, but how?
Filed under: Other Games LOLapps is not afraid to display its methods of success. In fact, it flaunts them in adorable infographics involving flagship game, Ravenwood Fair
LOLapps digs deep with Ravenwood Fair expansion: Ravenstone Mine
Filed under: Other Games Ravenwood Fair by LOLapps and Doom creator John Romero has overcome adversity and experienced explosive growth in the past few months since its release. The game now boasts 10...
FarmVille Sneak Peek: Leprechaun House building project menu
Filed under: Farmville Last week, we brought you a sneak peek of an unreleased treehouse in FarmVille that fits into the upcoming St. Patrick's Day theme.
FarmVille Sneak Peek: Barley crop coming soon
Filed under: Farmville In what looks to be another Greenhouse crop (that being a hybrid crop) in FarmVille , we've come across images of an as-of-now unreleased crop in the game in the...
FarmVille Super Bowl Crop: Nachos
Filed under: Farmville For those farmers that were playing FarmVille at this time last year, you'll likely remember the brief Super Bowl theme that launched in the game, which included new decorations, animals...
FarmVille Greenhouse: Everything you need to know
Filed under: Farmville Note: For a complete guide to the crops you can create in the Greenhouse, check out our guide.
CityVille on Facebook adds 20 new levels
Filed under: CityVille If you're one of the people who already maxed out at level 60 in CityVille -- you've got more work to do. In an update last night, the city building...
FarmVille Sneak Peek: Valentine Pony, Reflective Heart Pool, and … Pink Candy Corn?
Filed under: Farmville Luckily, it seems that Zynga isn't near done with releasing Valentine's Day themed items in FarmVille , as we've come across another set of as-of-now unreleased images of items that...
FrontierVille Chapel of Love Goals: Everything you need to know
Filed under: FrontierVille Along with the release of the new Chapel building project in FrontierVille comes a four-part goal series, appropriately titled "Goin' to the Chapel of Love." Apparently, the love that Miss...
Nintendo president says, ‘social elements are nothing new at all’
Filed under: Other Games In a recent call with investors, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata assured them that "Nintendo has been developing social entertainment in the field of video games for a long time,"...