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The Pokki maker's case for social games as desktop apps [Interview]
Social games got their very name from the social networks that they appear on, so why take them out of the equation? If you ask Sweetlabs co-founder and CMO Chester Ng, it's about way more than just...
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SimCity 5 sure looks pretty, based on these leaked images [Rumor]
Between a SimCity game for Facebook that's supposedly in the works and a cross-platform sequel to the acclaimed series, all signs point to some SimCity game that's being worked on somewhere for...
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Zynga's Mark Pincus: Online gambling is a 'natural fit' for social games
In short, don't be surprised to soon see the real consequences of going "all in" on a hand of Zynga Poker. Business Insider reports that Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said today at the Morgan Stanley...
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Raptr ranks users on how dedicated they are to their favorite games
If you happen to have a Raptr account, you're probably pretty into video games. The social network for gamers already knew this, but today it launched a method to measure how dedicated you are to your...
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CastleVille Swamped Quests: Everything you need to know
A new quartet of quests has launched in CastleVille, working as a way to introduce you to Lamont and tackle the Gloom in a huge way! These quests are called the "Swamped" quests, and they'll be given...
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CastleVille Lamont Swamp Quests: Everything you need to know
After finishing the Swamped quests in CastleVille, you'll be challenging with completing an even longer series - the Lamont Swamp - which contains eight different quests to complete in all. Here,...
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CastleVille Carnival Items: Deck out your kingdom with additional party items
Carnival is still going on in CastleVille, and to stop the party from ending too soon, Zynga has released additional items in the game's store. There are new outfits for your avatar, along with new...
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Pioneer Trail Building a Train: Everything you need to know
What good is a Train Station without an actual train on the tracks? Pioneer Trail won't let us question that for much longer, as we can now build our very own train in the game. If you're above level...
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Zynga cracks down on cheaters in Empires & Allies
Over the past few weeks, a number of Empires & Allies players discovered an exploit within the game's coding that allowed them to spawn high level units (read: powerful units) in their Empires...
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CityVille: Celebrate America with new themed items
While there has been plenty of international travel in CityVille over the past few weeks, Zynga has decided to bring some of that celebration back to the US via a new USA theme in the game's store....
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The Sims Social: Celebrate summer with a free Utopian Floral Bush
To go along with the release of Vacation Homes in the Sims Social, EA and Playfish are giving away a tropical new item on the game's official Facebook fan page. For a limited time, you can now collect...
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FarmVille St. Patrick's Day Items: Clover Tree, Shamrock Ram and more
With March now upon us (depending on your time zone), it's time for FarmVille to jump into a St. Patrick's Day celebration, and the game has done just that with the release of plenty of themed items...
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FarmVille Hawaiian Paradise Items: Candle Nut Tree, Hibiscus Fence and more
FarmVille's Hawaiian Paradise limited edition item theme has grown this week, with additional items being available across all of our farms, rather than being exclusive to the game's newest farm. This...
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Eat Frito-Lay stuff and score loot in FarmVille, CastleVille and CityVille
As it turns out, that mysterious bag of Lay's potato chips with the FarmVille item offer was no hoax. Zynga has announced a tasty (and potentially unhealthy) promotion involving Frito-Lay's various...
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Marvel: Avengers Alliance assembles on Facebook, available now [Video]
The Avengers have assembled once again ... along with every other Marvel superhero that you can think of. Disney's Playdom has officially launched Marvel: Avengers Alliance on Facebook in just enough...
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Crime City's maker exclusively ushers Google+ into a Kingdom Age
"In combat, you deploy the army all at once--you're not doing a particularly complicated, RTS kind of move," Funzio VP of business development Jamil Moledina gushes to us about its new action...
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Viximo's Social Zone puts the 'social' in mobile social games [Interview]
Well, that's the idea, anyway. Viximo, the company that brings Western social game developers' games to numerous social networks around the globe, has announced Social Zone, its new platform that...
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Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North assaults all iPhones, iPads
Be prepared to raise your defenses. Kabam has brought its first-ever mobile game, Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North, from testing on the Canadian App Store to the U.S. App Store and beyond....
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The new Zynga.com is one step closer to truly social games [Interview]
"We foresee a future where a billion people could play together. It's no so distant--it's not tomorrow, but it shouldn't be that far. There are two things we believe we need to make that mission of a...
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Playfish loves the '80s so much it made a week of it in The Sims Social
If you happen to own VH1's I Love The '80s series on DVD, then you're going to think this week's The Sims Social update is just tubular. Playfish has just pushed out '80s Week to The Sims Social, the...
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