FarmVille Perfect Pet: Everything you need to know
Did you enjoy the dream vacation house feature in FarmVille, that allowed you to customize a large, tropical building based on choices you and your friends made about your own personality? I hope so,...
View ArticleFarmVille Sneak Peek: Catch moles for prizes, coming soon
It looks like the FarmVille Carnival Booth will be receiving a new game in the coming days and weeks, as FarmVille Freak has discovered an image for what looks like a virtual take on Whack-a-Mole...
View ArticleCreate your own maritime empire in Shipping Tycoon on iPhone
While the shipping business might not seem like the most interesting premise on which to base a game, Hero Mind has released a new freemium iPhone game based on just that. Shipping Tycoon gives you a...
View ArticleGREE snaps up Kingdom Age developer for $210 million
While Funzio may not be as much of a household name in Facebook game development as say, Playdom or Zynga, the company behind the mobile / Facebook games Kingdom Age, Crime City and Modern War is...
View ArticleOpenFeint founder wants to make tablet games for console gamers
You know, the guy behind that massive social gaming network that GREE gobbled up last year? Yeah, that guy. VentureBeat reports that Jason Citron, founder of OpenFeint and one of the first to create...
View ArticleRock Band for iPhone, iPad plays its swan song at May's end
It looks like EA is at it again. RockBandAide reports that the publisher has opted to shut down the original Rock Band for iPhone and iPad entirely at the end of this month. When players load up the...
View ArticleLunchtime Poll: Do you play online games with your kids?
Believe it or not, but there are some free-to-play online and social games out there that are appropriate for the little. You could even argue that Facebook game hits like FarmVille are OK for the...
View ArticleGame of the Day: Boombot 2: Return of the Boom King
Boombot takes a bomb and keeps on rolling in today's Game of the Day, Boombot 2: Return of the Boom King, which happens to be an explosive platform puzzler. The goal is to help our adorable,...
View ArticleWhat has drawn nearly 5 million daily Draw Something players away?
Unfortunately, we're about as clueless as you might be on that one. Develop reports, citing AppData results, that Zynga's mobile darling Draw Something has lost nearly 5 million daily players since...
View ArticleWhy MMOs are doomed (Hint: FarmVille)
We've said time and time again here that the lines between social game and massively multiplayer online game (MMO) blur more daily. Say what you will about the complexities of exploring Azeroth in...
View ArticleTop 25 Facebook games - May 2012: Nothing to see here
Aside from a few new additions from the scene's biggest developers, there's not much to speak of when it comes to this month's top 25 Facebook games. According to data presented by AppData and...
View ArticleIt Girl's creator left Facebook behind ... and its Facebook developers
Refocusing on a new mission can be refreshing for a company. And while that's likely the case for CrowdStar, that feeling comes with a price. VentureBeat reports that the It Girl creator has laid off...
View ArticleDisney Animal Kingdom Explorers Endangered Africa: Our guide to finding every...
Our educational journey through Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers continues, as we are taken back to Africa (where the game all began) to learn about the continent's endangered species. This comes via a...
View ArticleBlackwood & Bell Mysteries Plantation Mansion: Our guide to finding every item
As we make our way into Chapter 4 of Blackwood & Bell Mysteries on Facebook, we can take a look at a large plantation via a scene of a similar name: Plantation Mansion. This is dark scene, with...
View ArticleFarmVille: Send gifts to friends via the World Food Programme
Back in December, farmers were given a chance to send a virtual Christmas present to their FarmVille neighbors with real money, only to receive an exclusive decoration for their own games in return....
View ArticleCastleVille Royal Manor: Everything you need to know
Completing the trio of new "royal" buildings in CastleVille is the Royal Manor, a building that looks almost identical to the Royal Chateau (also pictured here for your reference), which can be...
View ArticleFarmVille Mother's Day Items: Carnation Sheep, Mother Cow and more
If the Mother's Day countdown in FarmVille wasn't enough for Zynga to show mom farmers it cares, the developer has now released a new series of limited edition Mother's Day items in the store. Of...
View ArticleFarmVille Nature Items: Joshua Tree, Flax Pond and more
Along with the new Mother's Day items that were released in the FarmVille marketplace this week, a new set of natural items will take us back to the great outdoors, virtually at least. These items...
View ArticleHappy Days come to Littlehaven in The Sims Social Rock & Roll Week
We have just one question: Can our Sims join the faith of The Fonz? Playfish has released the next weekly content to The Sims Social, Rock & Roll Week. We're not talking '80s hair metal or the...
View ArticleWhat happens when Bugs Bunny, Scooby Doo and more join hands?
You get Cartoon Universe, a free-to-play, massively multiplayer online game in the browser. In development at Warner Bros. Games Montreal, this is the new studio's first game, a kid-friendly...
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