Hidden Chronicles Central Park: Our guide to finding every item
Making our way deeper into Zynga's Hidden Chronicles on Facebook, we can take a look at the second artifact in the Library chapter - the Italian Violin. This Violin has five scenes, one of which is...
View ArticleChef Story on iOS: It's Cafe World, but with bears
Perhaps no other game has come so close to resembling Zynga's Cafe World as iBear Story's Chef Story, now available for free on iPhone and iPad. The game allows you to take over your own cartoon cafe,...
View ArticleFarmVille Sneak Peek: Let the Hidden Chronicles cross promos begin
You all knew it was only a matter of time, right? FarmVille Freak has discovered some artwork regarding the imminent cross-promotion explosion, courtesy of Zynga's newest Facebook game, Hidden...
View ArticleWant a free Amazon gift card? Then give feedback on The Sims Social
Playfish really wants you to like The Sims Social. That sounds like a statement to be filed under "Obvious", but it seems as if sometimes players forget this simple fact with not just this game, but...
View ArticleHidden Chronicles Cheats & Tips Guide
The release of Hidden Chronicles marks Zynga's first game in the wildly popular hidden object genre. Hidden object games like Hidden Chronicles involve spotting specific hidden objects on screen in as...
View ArticleMobile MMO Parallel Kingdom takes a breather on Facebook
Long known as an MMO (massively multiplayer online game) on phones that got players to explore the world around them, Parallel Kingdom has launched on Facebook. And frankly, that allure of exploring...
View ArticleGoogle says, 'Fine, we'll make our own games,' teases Play Your World
This here is neither a tit nor tat situation. Google has revealed that the Google Maps team is working on its very own game for the Google+ Games platform. It's called Play Your World, and--based on a...
View ArticleMercedes-Benz cars can post to Facebook, but can they play FarmVille?
Facebook is coming to a car near you, if that car is a Mercedes-Benz. And it's not taking the backseat either. After six months of working with Facebook and a new telemetry system, the "mbrace2",...
View ArticleVostu: Facebook games with real-time multiplayer more likely to spread
It's doubtful many people have reached out to their friends saying, "Hey, you gotta play this new Facebook game with me right now." Given the asynchronous interactions between friends in most social...
View ArticleNYT journalist plans Facebook game to raise 'Half the Sky' awareness
Back in 2009, Pulitzer-prize winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn published Half the Sky, a non-fiction book highlighting the global oppression of women and how its evils pose "the...
View ArticleFarmVille Crop Mastery Billboard: Everything you need to know
While many farmers (myself included) may like collecting crop mastery signs in FarmVille, it's no question that after you've collected a few dozen, they can start to take up precious space on your...
View ArticleFarmVille: Lighthouse Cove storage transfer coming soon
Way back in June of 2011, FarmVille farmers finally received the ability to transfer items between their storage sheds in their Home Farms and in English Countryside. While that was all well and good,...
View ArticleHidden Chronicles Secluded Treehouse: Our guide to finding every item
As you play through Zynga's Hidden Chronicles on Facebook, you'll be tasked with expanding the land of your manor to unlock even more hidden secrets left behind by your late uncle. In doing so, you'll...
View ArticlePioneer Trail Tunnel of Love: Everything you need to know
Walk into most major department stores over the next few weeks, and you'll be hit in the face with an overdose of pink, purple and red, well... everything. That can only mean one thing - Valentine's...
View ArticleCastleVille: Embrace the cold of winter with new ice items
Brr! It's cold outside, and in CastleVille too! Instead of running from the cold, and covering up in warm blankets or standing next to a fireplace, why not embrace it, at least virtually, and purchase...
View ArticleCityVille Red Envelope Store: Everything you need to know
Chinese New Year is coming up later this month, and it looks like CityVille will get in on the celebration with a new Red Envelope feature. We've seen the start of that feature via a sort of sneak...
View ArticlePopCap survey: Many cheaters in social games are cheaters in real life
Do you use third party hack programs to get ahead in your favorite Facebook games? Then, according to PopCap, you might have some other dubious habits to come clean about. The Bejeweled Blitz creator...
View ArticleKixeye's marketing head on leaving Zynga and Kixeye's future [Interview]
"As it turned out, it wasn't really a good fit at the time, and [I] decided to move forward. Since then, the VP role there has been like the drummer in Spinal Tap," Kixeye's new SVP of Marketing...
View ArticleThe iPad is the number one gadget for playing Angry Birds, fans say
You would figure the place where gamers could get their Angry Birds fix on the cheap would be most ideal, but nay. It looks like players just can't get enough of that extra screen space. According to...
View ArticleSince Everquest II went free, it's seen 300 percent more players
The "freeple" have spoken ... again. Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) president John Smedley announced via Twitter some seriously impressive numbers for the once-ailing, subscription-based MMO...
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