And that's just on the Flurry network for iPhone . According to data compiled by Nielsen and Flurry, a social network for iPhone games and applications, more people played social games on their...
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Pet Society: Buy a Slow Loris to give a little to the World Wildlife Fund
Filed under: Pet Society It's no surprise that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is the flagship charity of Pet Society , but what is unfortunately surprising is how much Playfish is giving to...
Newsweek rates Facebook’s ‘most addictive games’, the most fun epidemic in years
Newsweek recently took a look at the metrics they believe imply are Facebook's most addictive games including staples like Zyngas ' FarmVille and Mafia Wars as well as gems like Bejeweled Blitz from...
Survey says, ‘Two fifths of American gamers play Facebook games’
Of America's 160 million gamers, 41 percent of them are playing social games on Facebook or another social network, Newzoo's 2010 US National Gamers Survey says. As we all know, social games have...
FrontierVille Cheats & Tips: Instant gifts & energy cheat
Filed under: FrontierVille Hello Frontierfolks, it's Mr. Cheats here with the down-low on the things you shouldn't know. Today, I'm here to teach you a sneaky new FrontierVille gifting cheat that will instantly...
Play Happy Pets on October 4 and get a Giant Blue Hamster
Filed under: Happy Pets Happy Pets is having a large giveaway, and all you need to do in order to participate is play the game on October 4th. Everyone who logs into Happy...
Need new games to play? Applifier redesigns cross-promo banner
Applifier , a toolbar used by many small to medium sized social game developers to help their games cross-promote and grow in size, has undergone a design overhaul. The new design is slick...
Cafe World "Sunday Brunch" Catering Order: Everything you need to know
Filed under: Cafe World The sixth catering order teased yesterday by the Zynga team is finally live in Cafe World . Titled "Sunday Brunch," this catering gig requires that you complete the previous...
Mafia Wars: Experimental Exosuit Ruby Mastery Item not giving up the stats?
Filed under: Mafia Wars Amidst the rampant excitement surrounding the Las Vegas Districts 7 and 8 updates last week in Mafia Wars , quite a few bugs have slipped through the cracks, the...
Three Facebook games to look out for this week
The AppData weekly numbers on the fastest growing Facebook games is out again and this week you're in for a treat.
Seniors flocking to social networks: Are they playing games?
The image of social networks as a place just for teens and college kids continues to fall away thanks to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project showing older...
NPD: 20% of Americans play games on social networks
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Rummikub: Another classic board game gets the Facebook treatment
Scrabble has been out on Facebook for, well, what seems like forever and now another classic board game is getting the social gaming treatment. The game Rummikub (pronounced 'Rummy-cube') has made the jump...
Mafia Wars Beat the Feds event: Ten days and counting to beat these four bosses
Filed under: Mafia Wars Many mafiosos may remember that a Beat the Feds job made a brief appearance before (presumably for testing purposes), but was yanked before many could complete the job. Looks...
Happy Aquarium Pearl Lotto offers a 1,000 Pearls Jackpot
Filed under: Happy Aquarium Casino-like lotto systems and daily spin bonuses are par de course in most Facebook games, but they've finally come to Happy Aquarium , which before, was simply offered free...
Report: Social game advertising to hit $220 million this year
Social game makers may be focusing more on virtual good sales than advertising offers these days, but that doesn't mean selling ads to players is an irrelevant part of social gaming's revenue base....
Fifteen Facebook games headed for the chopping block
Filed under: Zoo World , SPP Ranch There are hundreds of games on Facebook, but only a select few have earned a spot on the social gaming red carpet. For every success story...
Quote of the Moment: Social gaming ‘tailor-made’ for Disney
"It became pretty clear to us that game-playing on social networks is real, here to stay.
YoVille: Group Buying Returns
Filed under: YoVille This is an official post by Zynga's Platinum Ninja. The group buying feature will be returning very very soon due to popular demand! This feature will operate as it did...
FrontierVille Goal Guide: A list of every darn-tootin’ goal in the game
In any normal circumstance, being told what to do doesn't isn't that much fun. In FrontierVille , the opposite's the case. This pioneering game does what other Facebook games don't -- directs your...
Mafia Wars Vegas fun facts: 100 million robberies, 250 million fights
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.
Top 25 Facebook games for August 2010
Filed under: Farmville , Cafe World , Mafia Wars , Bejeweled Blitz , PetVille , Happy Aquarium , Happy Pets , Happy Island , Hotel City , Social City , Treasure Isle ,...
Facebook stats glitch highlights need for independent stat reporting
Filed under: Cafe World Cafe World had been sitting comfortably at around 20 million monthly users for the entire month of July.