Rock Band for iPhone, iPad will live to play another day
Well, that was fast. Pocket Gamer reports that the original Rock Band game for iPhone and iPad will remain playable, that the game will not shut down come May 31. As of yesterday, it seemed as if...
View ArticleGame of the Day: Keno
According to the Britannica Online Encyclopedia, today's Game of the Day, Keno, originated at least two thousands years ago, in far away China. You can call it a bingo or a lotto game, but it's mainly...
View ArticleWill The Elder Scrolls Online teach social games even more lessons?
You know that game that kidnapped your roommate for, I don't I know, this entire past winter? Skyrim ... right? That's it! Well, the game's creator, Bethesda Softworks, look to take Skyrim and slap it...
View ArticleKing.com's social game saga continues with Pyramid Solitaire Saga
The proverbial Zynga of Europe is at it again. This time, developer King.com has unleashed a social version of solitaire on Facebook. Titled Pyramid Solitaire Saga in vein of, well, every King.com...
View ArticlePlayforge: Zombie Farm 2 arrives 'in a few short weeks'
Looks like there's a sequel in the works for Playforge's Zombie Farms, and it will be arriving in a few weeks for iPhone and iPad. Zombie Farm is a virtual farming game where instead of corn and...
View ArticleZynga: It's time for console game makers to sweat the social stuff
As if the folks at Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo needed any more of a warning. Zynga COO John Schappert told MCV in an interview that social and mobile games have, in his opinion, put the console game...
View ArticleBlackwood & Bell Mysteries Garden Tool Shed: Our guide to finding every item
As we continue our trip through Chapter 4 of Blackwood & Bell Mysteries on Facebook, we're greeted by arguably the most difficult scene we've ever faced: Garden Tool Shed. This is a dark scene,...
View ArticleDisney Animal Kingdom Explorers Endangered Central Asia: Our guide to finding...
Our trek to learn about endangered animals in Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers on Facebook takes us back to Asia in Chapter 5's fourth scene: Endangered Central Asia. This scene presents a mostly...
View ArticleEnchanted Realm HD mixes fairytales with city-building on iOS
Medieval kingdom-building games are "all the rage" these days, from games like Zynga's CastleVille on Facebook to the still popular We Rule from ngmoco. Another entry in that series is Game Insight's...
View ArticleCastleVille The Architects Quests: Everything you need to know
Quick! Get inside! Gloom Dragons have just landed in your kingdom in CastleVille! You'll need to help Tom and Alastair banish these foul beasts from your Kingdom through a new series of nine quests...
View ArticleCastleVille Sneak Peek: Little Red Riding Hood items coming soon
Since the limited edition Easter items are on their way out of the CastleVille marketplace, Zynga has released a sneak preview of what we can expect from the game's next item theme: Little Red Riding...
View ArticleCityVille Bird Sanctuary: Everything you need to know
While you may already be well on your way to finishing the Tree of Life in CityVille (in order to receive your free 100 energy points), there's now even more incentive for you to finish it off if...
View ArticleHave fun drawing ads for Zynga in Draw Something
Everyone likes advertising, right? (Honestly, this writer does, though purely for the occasional spurts of creativity.) Zynga sure hopes you do, as the developer has pushed several new words for...
View ArticleGame of the Day: Blockular
Today's Game of the Day is Blockular, a cute twist on the classic match-3 genre. In Blockular you'll help your characters on various quests in both Arcade and Story modes. Reunite the creatures,...
View ArticleThe Sims Social 'Ganging Up' Quest: How to finish it fast
Leather jackets ... check. Loads of hair product ... check. Now you're almost ready to take on the newest quest in The Sims Social, "Ganging Up." It's Rock & Roll Week in Playfish's finest...
View ArticleZynga gets mushy again with mobile gamers in Player Love Week
If there's one time other than Valentine's Day when love is in the air, it's spring ... or whenever Zynga damn well says it is. The gargantuan social game maker announced another take at Player Love...
View ArticleFling Angry Birds on Facebook straight from your friends' Timelines
No app install required. Rovio has pushed a brand new feature to Angry Birds on Facebook called Share & Play. This update finally allows players to share their highest scores, showing off for all...
View ArticleEA CEO: On 'Facebook ... the other guys have lapped us three times'
This isn't exactly a revelation for anyone following the social game space closely. EA (and satellite studios Playfish and PopCap) are in a distant second place on the Facebook games charts. Zynga...
View ArticleRavenshire Castle sends social gamers sneaking, stealing on Facebook
You've roamed through the forests of Ravenwood Fair. You've soared the skies of Ravenskye City. Now, it's time to settle down and finally claim a home of your own--a big home, at that--in Ravenshire...
View ArticleHere's why Song Pop is the next Draw Something
Draw Something's monumental rise (and now fall) in popularity on iPhone and iPad was something to behold (so much so that it inspired Zynga to drop a load of cash for the game and developer OMGPop),...
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