The Sims Social: Claim your free Hair Spa from Dove
Late last week, Dove and Playfish / EA launched a cross-promotion on Dove's Facebook fan page, offering players of the Sims Social a chance at a free Dove Hair Spa for their Sim's home. Unfortunately,...
View ArticleCastleVille Royal Inn and Out Quests: Everything you need to know
A new character has arrived in CastleVille: Kathleen the Shepherdess, who became trapped in the gloom and is now looking for shelter in your Kingdom. Kathleen won't just stay in any old house,...
View ArticleCastleVille Chinese New Year contest offers 200 free Crowns
As there are just a few days left to purchase the Chinese New Year themed items in CastleVille's store, what better way to encourage users to purchase them than by offering a contest that will see the...
View ArticleCityVille Storage Building Upgrades: Everything you need to know
As we all know, one of the biggest ways to earn money in CityVille is by simply collecting from and supplying your mass supply of Businesses. But, as we also know, your Goods will only go so far, and...
View ArticleTriple Town developer files copyright infringement suit against Yeti Town maker
I wonder if that whole 'natural process' bit also applies to lawsuits. Just days after 6waves Lolapps CPO Arjun Sethi commented on the similarities between the company's Yeti Town and Spry Fox's...
View ArticleDigital Chocolate's New in Town on Facebook: Being the new kid is hard
Zombie Lane developer Digital Chocolate has launched a new life-simulation game on Facebook called New in Town. The game follows a character of your own design as he/she graduates college and moves to...
View ArticleFarmVille Valentine's Day Items: Valentine Bear, Heart Ram and more
As FarmVille's Valentine's Day theme continues, we're given a fairly small amount of items to choose from in the game's latest update. There are no new trees to speak of in this theme (although Pink...
View ArticleFarmVille Mystery Game (01/29/12): Valentine's Day animals share the love
Another round of the FarmVille Mystery Game has launched this evening, with the game receiving a love-filled Valentine's Day animal theme. There are seven animals available to win in all (if you...
View ArticleZynga under fire (again) for copycatting: This time, it's Bingo Blitz
January has been a rather warm month in Zynga HQ. Between living with the doubts and expectations of analysts (and investors) and now the second copycatting allegation this month alone, the...
View ArticleNorth American PlayStation Network head says 'peace out' to Sony
Yup, and then she dropped the deuces as the elevator door closed. At least that's how we imagine it happened. VentureBeat reports that Sony's North American head of its PlayStation Network (PSN),...
View ArticleGame of the Day: Meeblings
In today's Game of the Day, the Meeblings are looking for a way out. It's up to you to rescue as many as possible. Some Meeblings have special abiltiies: some pull, some push, some destroy terrain,...
View ArticleUnfriend lets you see who unfriended you without being a stalker
Unless you have wads of cash lying around and five credit cards with $5,000 limits, friends are kind of crucial in Facebook games. And mysteriously losing those vital buddies on your various friend...
View ArticleRockYou hops on the Bingo bandwagon, publishes Bingo by Ryzing
Given the current climate, this is probably the smartest move a company could make if it wants to enter a social game sub genre. Redwood City, Calif.-based social games publisher RockYou announced...
View ArticleQuote of the Moment: 'Piracy may not be a bad thing,' Rovio says
If there's anything more fun to hate than piracy right now, please let us know. Leave it to the Finnish creators of Angry Birds, Rovio, to spin the issue on its head. (Maybe it's just as bored as we...
View ArticleNASA's Space Race Blast Off tests your inner space geek
NASA's latest exciting launch isn't into space, but the realm of Facebook games. Created by Scott Hanger, Todd Powell and Jamie Noguchi of NASA's Internet Services Group in the Office of...
View ArticleESPN Return Man goes for a touchdown in Facebook football games
What's this? A football game on Facebook in which you play the game? That's right, and it's called ESPN Return Man. In its third collaboration with Disney and Playdom, ESPN has brought its top game on...
View ArticleiMob 2 for iPhone and iPad packs live chat in the mobile mafia wars
You know what we're missing on our phones? Incessant calls to arms in a digital mob war, that's what. Finally, the prayers we've put in your mouth have been answered, as Addmired recently released...
View Article2K Games hiring for a social sports game of its own in the bullpen
We're nearing spring training time, so it's as accurate as wild speculation gets. Veteran games publisher 2K Games seems to be working on an unannounced sports-based social game, according to a recent...
View ArticleThe Sims Social Pic of the Day: Sky Castle 'Laputa' by lingling000
Click the image to make it larger. Maybe floating castles are just that popular, but out of all the Studio Ghibli creations, the one that seems to inspire Facebook players the most is Laputa: Castle...
View ArticleRock Band creator making Facebook game, sans guitar controller?
We sure as hell hope so, because $100 plastic drum sets and Facebook games aren't exactly a perfect match. Shacknews reports that Brian Chan, senior designer at Cambridge, Mass.-based Harmonix on Rock...
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