Game of the Day: Blackbeard's Island
Zuma fans are going to love today's Game of the Day: Blackbeard's Island. This Zuma-like game will have you scrambling to fire your cannon, match colored cannonballs, and explore Blackbeard's...
View ArticleSony likes what it sees in social, looks at virtual goods in PS3 games
Rather, Sony likes what it sees in what's behind social games: cash money. Develop reports that Icelandic EVE Online creator CCP Games is in talks with the PlayStation 3 (PS3) pusher to bring virtual...
View ArticleThe Sims Social The Quest for the Golden Dragon: How to finish it fast
Put on your fedoras, kids, because it's Adventure Week in The Sims Social. And there are only a few days left to complete this week's themed quest in Playfish's top Facebook game. This week, players...
View ArticleMarvel enlists Alex Irvine 'to tell a story' in Avengers Facebook game
Look, in this economy, work is work. But comic book author and novelist Alex Irvine sees his next gig as much more than that. Marvel has hired a writer to pen the story for Marvel: Avengers Alliance,...
View ArticleFarmVille Pic of the Day: May the Force Be With You at Brayzdin's farm
Click the image to make it larger. Star Wars fans, here's a farm for you! Two weeks ago, FarmVille designer extraordinaire, Brayzdin, teased us that his "next design.......is not to win farm of the...
View ArticleSoda pop promotion offers free Facebook Credits in every bottle
Dr Pepper/Seven Up is delivering the sweetest giveaway for Facebook gamers with their following sodas: Sunkist, 7UP, Sun Drop, A&W Root Beer, and Canada Dry Ginger Ale. From this month until June...
View ArticleGame while you can: Anonymous plans Jan. 28 Facebook attack
Anonymous, the worldwide group of hacker activists (a.k.a. "hacktivists"), wants Facebook's head on a platter. In light of the recent shutdown of file sharing service MegaUpload, the group plans to...
View ArticleZynga's ready to hit the social game gridiron, registers sports domains
Are you ready to take a trip to SportsVille? Thankfully, that's not one of the several sports-related domain names social game maker Zynga registered recently, according to Fusible. It looks like the...
View ArticleThis is your kid on video games, and it might not be so bad [Video]
Some of the more unfortunate readers might remember a line like this from their parents: "No, you're not getting an Atari! Those video games will make you stupid!" But are video games really that bad...
View ArticleHidden Chronicles: Zynga joins Good Morning America in national coat drive
For the past week, Josh Elliott of ABC's Good Morning America has been bouncing around ABC talk shows and visiting celebs in an effort to bring in one million coats for the Warm Coats, Warm Hearts...
View ArticleWant a better inventory menu in CityVille? Get ready to pay up
Why? Because they actually make your CityVille inventory usable - imagine that! While changing the way items are counted in our inventory was one thing, Zynga looks to finally be ready to overhaul the...
View ArticleCityVille Shanghai Center: Everything you need to know
As one final bit of celebration for Chinese New Year in CityVille, the final piece of the Great Pyramids wonder has finally been released: The Shanghai Center. This skyscraper can be placed in your...
View ArticleCastleVille Chinese New Year Quests: Everything you need to know
A new series of quests has launched in CastleVille today in celebration of the Chinese New Year holiday. These quests are given to you by Quinn, the traveling bard, who has come back from the far east...
View ArticleCityVille Finishing the Great Pyramids: Everything you need to know
So, you've slaved away in CityVille for weeks, and have finally finished the Moscow Mansion, Venetian Palace and Shanghai Center, and are ready to build the Great Pyramids wonder in your town....
View ArticleEmpires & Allies Limited Edition Unit Factory: Everthing you need to know
If you've always wanted to fill your Empires & Allies armies with powerful limited edition units, but didn't want to spend the Empire Points on them (or, perhaps you just weren't a high enough...
View ArticlePioneer Trail Frontier Bulletin Board: Everything you need to know
Do you remember the Newsstand feature in Pioneer Trail (then FrontierVille)? This feature allowed to you complete favors for your real world friends, but ultimately fell by the sidelines as folks...
View ArticleBubble Witch Saga bursts on Google+, reaches 4 million daily players
Now with 4 million daily players, Bubble Witch Saga has officially blown up on Facebook, (Don't you love it when puns actually work out?) King.com's flagship game has been on a growth curve for the...
View ArticleGame of the Day: Ninja Quest Online
In today's Game of the Day, you're put in a familiar situation. In Ninja Quest, it's up to you to rescue the princess who has been captured by the enemy. However, on this adventure, you aren't exactly...
View ArticlePyramidVille Adventure buries itself into iPhone, iPad Jan. 26 [Video]
Ah, trailers. The number one tool to build hype for an upcoming, well, anything. In this case, of course, it's games, and French social game developer Kobojo looks to build buzz with the launch...
View ArticleAmazon's social games push is no joke, hiring more at A2Z studio
It's no secret that Amazon, digital retailer extraordinaire and creator of the Kindle, wants in on that social game joint. But 2012 could be the year we see the fruits of the Seattle, Wash.-based...
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