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Missing Facebook news feed posts? Zynga's on the case
With Zynga's many Facebook games, one of the easiest ways to get things done is to ask your friends to help you out, typically through general news feed posts you'll place on your wall for all of your...
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Zynga's Twitter becomes useful, gives away free in-game items
Perhaps it's just me, but I've never thought of Twitter as the best place for Zynga to communicate with its fans. After all, every game has its own Fan Page on Facebook just for that purpose -...
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Facebook How-To: Sort your News Feed to one game at a time
While Facebook's design may change pretty frequently, many of the social network's most recent changes haven't been for the better of the service's many gamers. In the past (that is, in one of...
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Hidden Chronicles Underwater Wreckage: Our guide to finding every item
In Zynga's Hidden Chronicles, you're tasked with discovering the lost secrets of artifacts once owned by your late uncle. The first chapter of the game sees you investigating artifacts in an old...
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FarmVille Winter Fantasy Items: Bare Crystal Tree, Snow Queen Palace and more
I'll admit: when I saw Valentine's Day items launching in the FarmVille store earlier this month, I assumed that we had likely seen the end of the major releases in the Winter Fantasy theme. It turns...
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FarmVille Valentine's Day Items: Chocolate Heart Tree, Chocolate Waterfall...
As February draws closer, we've seen the Valentine's Day theme in FarmVille expand a bit this week, with the release of five items in the theme (although, none of them are actually new). Trees...
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FarmVille Mystery Game (01/15/12): Endangered animals come to the barnyard
This week's Mystery Game in FarmVille is a bit different, in that it doesn't match any current limited edition item theme in the store. Instead, we're left with a set of six endangered animals (and a...
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Zen Pinball 3D on Nintendo 3DS: Who knew pinball could be peaceful?
We'll just come out and say it: Pinball on game consoles is almost always boring. There are so many games we could see ourselves playing on a system like Nintendo's 3DS before a ... pinball game. For...
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Zynga's Rock Center spot tonight features CEO Pincus's mom [Video]
Social gaming giant Zynga's quiet time is officially over, and CEO Mark Pincus has taken that to heart, apparently. The founder of the 4-year-old multibillion-dollar company has even roped his mom and...
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Spartacus gets its Vengeance on Facebook for new season on Starz
Starz wants to take another stab at Facebook gaming. (Sorry, we just couldn't resist.) The entertainment company announced that it will launch a brand new Spartacus social game to coincide with the...
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First Wendy's, now McDonald's grants free energy in The Sims Social
Is there something about fast food and Facebook games that just goes hand-in-hand? (Well, at least then we might have yet another excuse for American obesity.) EA and Playfish have partnered up with...
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Game of the Day: Potion Panic 2
In today's Game of the Day, Potion Panic 2, you'll mix potions, shoot down enemy hordes, and defend your base against all odds. You're tasked with defending yourself from waves of weird and terrible...
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Why and how gambling could infest all social games like a plague
If the recent string of casino game acquisitions, announcements and rumors weren't enough hints: Gambling is poised to become a big deal in social games. And if not in 2012, then 2013 or 2014--it...
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Zynga CEO: Staff stock renegotiation 'probably wasn't a good idea'
You gotta' love how hindsight is 20/20. During a telling interview with The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Zynga CEO and founder Mark Pincus reflected on one of the most turbulent times in the company's...
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CityVille Venetian Palace: Everything you need to know
The second portion of the Great Pyramids event has launched in CityVille, with this second part being the Venetian Palace. This Venetian Palace is available to users level 30 or higher, and this 5x7...
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CityVille Grand Dragon Boat Quest: Everything you need to know
Yet another goal has launched in CityVille this week, asking you to expand your city in a very particular direction in order to unlock a new item. Whether you struggle for every expansion, or have...
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CityVille: Celebrate Chinese New Year with new limited edition items
While Chinese New Year might not be a holiday most gamers think to celebrate, Zynga seems to be the exception to the rule, as CityVille's store has received an update containing Chinese themed items...
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Will City of Wonder be next on Playdom's chopping block?
Poor City of Wonder. Playdom's medieval-esque city-builder on Facebook is really struggling, sitting at just 320,000 monthly active users. While the game and its Facebook fan page are still actively...
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FarmVille: Broken items offer hints of things to come?
Well now, isn't this interesting? This isn't the first time that Zynga has accidentally "released" items to the FarmVille marketplace before they were supposed to be publicly available, but we're...
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Picturiffic mixes Hangman with photography on Facebook
And the results are pretty fantastic. If you're a longtime fan of the classic letter / word game Hangman (or perhaps you've found new love for the game via Zynga's Hanging with Friends), but want to...
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