Slingo CEO: 'Zynga was awesome at finding what was missing' [Interview]
The old guard of casual gamers remember the name "Slingo" well. Since its online debut on AOL nearly 20 years ago, the slots-meets-bingo game has reached far more than the peak 16 million unique...
View ArticleESRB to parents: Hel-lo, games have ratings!
The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) has launched a new ad campaign to let parents know that a.) Video game boxes have big black letters on them and b.) Those letters mean something to...
View ArticleMonsters, pirates and mermaids (oh my?) pay Wonder Cruise a visit
Wonder Cruise, Nexon and Thingsoft's take on the obligatory management game on Facebook, sure does look adorable. But entertaining those guests for the umpteenth time gets a bit stale. Thankfully,...
View ArticleRick Santorum has mad Temple Run skills, his kids say [Video]
If you're Republican, here's another reason to love presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. If you happen to be a Democrat, well, we're sure you'll find a way to hate the...
View ArticleFlo from Progressive tours The Sims Social in 'Go With The Flo' quest
It was all downhill after Sonic the Hedgehog rushed his way into a Progressive TV ad. Now, Flo, everyone's favorite (right?) insurance agent from Progressive, has decided it's her turn to pay the...
View ArticleFarmVille Pic of the Day: March Madness hits Penny Kraemer's farm
Click the image to make it larger. As the world celebrates NBA sensation Jeremy Lin of the NY Knicks, one FarmVille player has her sights on the NCAA Basketball's March Madness. Sporting (no pun...
View ArticleCrowdStar CEO: 'There's confusion about genres and copies' [Interview]
The infamous Dream Heights is now available to all on the App Store, and while reviews are positive overall, a number of them draw comparisons between Zynga's game and NimbleBit's Tiny Tower. After...
View ArticleDoes a new SimCity await behind EA's curtain at GDC? [Report]
Remember when a China-based Playfish team reportedly said that it stopped everything to "develop the hell out of SimCity" for Facebook? Well, the fruits of that supposed labor (or something else...
View ArticleBuild your own Monopoly Hotels for free, now on iOS
Back in December, Electronic Arts launched Monopoly Hotels in the Canadian iTunes App Store, giving players a chance to relive the gameplay made famous by now-defunct Facebook game Hotel City, but...
View ArticleCastleVille Gloom Swamp Quests: Everything you need to know
Towards the bottom of your Kingdom in CastleVille, you might have noticed that a "river" of green swampy... goo was flowing through the area. While you could expand into some of these areas on your...
View ArticleManage a factory and storefront in Chillingo's Toy Factory on iPhone
While there are plenty of social games on iOS, and even plenty of games that allow you to run your own store, Chillingo's newest game - Toy Factory - adds more complexity to the normal "store...
View ArticleFarmVille King Cake Goals: Everything you need to know
It's time for Mardi Gras in FarmVille, and if the recently released Carnival items aren't enough for your farms during this party season, you can now also finish a nine-part goal series in the game,...
View ArticleFarmVille Bunnies offer hints of Easter event?
Search for the word "bunny" in the FarmVille marketplace and you'll see six new animals that have been added to the game's marketplace. These bunnies come in different colors and designs, but all of...
View ArticleFarmVille maker Zynga wants to publish the next Facebook hit [Report]
Being the top Facebook game developer just isn't enough for Zynga, apparently. According to a report in Businessweek, the now-public FarmVille creator looks to put its publishing plans into motion as...
View ArticleGame of the Day: Papa's Taco Mia
Papa Louie is branching out with a new taco restaurant, and he's putting you in charge! You'll have to single handedly take customer's orders, cook meats, and assemble towering tacos. While Papa's...
View ArticleKingdoms of Camelot goes to war on iPhone, iPad for 'Canadians'
The quest for global domination never rests. Well, at least in social games. (That whole bit ended in the real world a long time ago ... or at least became far more subtle.) Kabam knows this, and...
View ArticleFarmVille could owe a lot (of cash) to myFarm for its success in lawsuit
When Zynga was hit with a copyright infringement suit in July 2011 by myFarm creator SocialApps over FarmVille, it wasn't terribly surprising. What is surprising, however, is that Zynga's motion to...
View ArticleAngry Birds Space takes Rovio's babies to the final frontier March 22
Where the Angry Birds are going, they won't need slingshots. What they will need, however, are space suits (and lots of oxygen tanks). Rovio has revealed Angry Birds Space, the next major mobile game...
View ArticleUncover Popeye, The Lockhorns' ugly mugs in Picturiffic on Facebook
It's kind of like Wheel of Fortune, but it's also kind of like Hangman. We're talking about Picturiffic on Facebook, Large Animal Games and iWin's newest Facebook game. The former has announced a...
View ArticleIf Angry Birds playgrounds weren't enough, then here's a theme park
You suddenly feel the urge to book a one-way flight to Finland. Why? Well, it's a land where birds don't fly, but use an intricate system of giant slingshots to travel--it's quite fascinating. OK, we...
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