Filed under: Farmville , Cafe World Here at Games.com -- The Blog, we've extensively covered the rise of social gaming in Europe and Japan (and America, obviously).
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Zynga lives up to Facebook deal, Facebook Credits now primary currency
Zynga has finally issued its paid currency change across most of its social games to Facebook Credits after a five-year agreement was settled in May between the two companies. While this has been...
ABC’s Good Morning America Asks, Why are women obsessed with FarmVille?
Filed under: Farmville ABC's Good Morning America news talk show seems a little late in the game as they just now have realized that over 80 million people are playing FarmVille and decided...
Bush Whacker: The closest you’ll get to playing Zelda on Facebook
As much as we'd like it to happen, Legend of Zelda will never come to Facebook -- legally.
Be your favorite NFL team’s biggest fan in Ultimate Fan
Want a place other than the ESPN.com chat rooms to broadcast how much you love football? The New York Jets, with the help of New York-based social game developer Arkadium , want to...
NY Jets’ Facebook game Ultimate Fan goes head-to-head against Madden (and loses)
Want a place other than the ESPN.com chat rooms to broadcast how much you love football? The New York Jets, with the help of New York-based social game developer Arkadium , want to...
Mortal Kiss lets tweens get their vamp on this fall
Considering Zynga's Vampire Wars is home to 2.3 million users and the success of the "Twilight" series, we can safely say this vampire craze has surpassed "fad" status. Publisher Random House has teamed...
Cafe World Rechargeable Grand Master Chef coming soon
Filed under: Cafe World Cafe World has been making running a virtual restaurant simpler these days, rolling out a No Clean Fairy (build this and you'll never have to clean a dirty stove...
DateBid brings creepy social gaming twist to online dating
And here we thought date auctions were just a fiction created by hack writers for third-rate sitcoms and romantic comedies . No, apparently they are a real thing, or a virtually real thing,...
The only Farmville guide you need
Filed under: Farmville In looking for interesting things to post here on Games.com -- The Blog, we come across a lot of links to things that claim to be "The Ultimate Farmville Guide"...
Mafia Wars promises "a better user experience"
Filed under: Mafia Wars Mafia Wars players have been extremely vocal about the game's bugs and general sluggishness.
Facebook Credits gift cards set to rule the world. First stop: Target
It's official -- Target has everything. In addition to buying camping supplies, kitchen equipment and cheap designer duds, you will soon be able to buy Facebook Credits gift cards. Starting September 5, Target...
FrontierVille may soon have a new official home — FrontierVille.com
Filed under: FrontierVille FrontierVille might soon have a new official home -- other than Facebook.
Disney/Playdom shuts down all Acclaim games
Back when Playdom first acquired Acclaim Games back in May , we were surprised that the company published MMO and casual games, instead of games like Mortal Kombat.
Matteo Branciamore Prova il PlayStation Move
Lo conosciamo tutti come uno dei protagonisti della popolarissima serie dei Cesaroni nei panni di Marco, il figlio maggiore di Giulio (Claudio Amendola) ma limitandoci ad identificarlo con il suo alter ego televisivo...
FarmVille iPhone Version 1.04 promises to speed the plow
Filed under: Farmville FarmVille released a few fixes for the iPhone version of the game, some that look like they might hopefully speed things up a bit.
Social Game Fads: Save this cute lost animal!
Filed under: Farmville , YoVille , Zoo World , Happy Island Social Game Fads is a new series where we take a look at some of the unoriginal game mechanics that are being...
Quote of the Moment: Leave the Farmville, join the farm
"FarmVille boosters like to say that one of the game's most important virtues is how it encourages cooperation among users. But I think that the game's social networking aspect is where FarmVille's limitations...