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On Ravenshire Castle, curing fatigue and pushing envelopes [Interview]
"There's a lot of fatigue involved with putting out the exact same game over and over again," Ravenshire Castle product lead Brady Flynn admits. "So, what we're trying to do is push it forward--people...
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Ravenshire Castle on Facebook: Two steps forward, one step back
For developer Silverlake and publisher 6waves, a lot rides on the success of Ravenshire Castle, a Facebook game that has been in development since May 2011. (A year is a long while in Facebook game...
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Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers Gibbon Temple: Our guide to finding every item
We've almost made our way through the entirety of Chapter 6 in Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers on Facebook, with our next stop taking us to Gibbon Temple. This scene goes back to the bulk-item-hunt...
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Blackwood & Bell Mysteries Manager's Office: Our guide to finding every item
We've finished our first case in Blackwood & Bell Mysteries on Facebook, but don't waste too much time in your celebrating, as a new case has already been dropped on your desk: the case of the...
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Hidden Chronicles Tsarina's Room: Our guide to finding every item
We've moved onto a new chapter in Zynga's Hidden Chronicles: The Jeweled Cast-off, that has us investigating the past history of a Jeweled Egg. The first scene in this five-part chapter is called...
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EA sets its sights on social, teases three new games
In today's fourth quarter earnings call, Electronic Arts let slip quite a few juicy details for the social / mobile gamer. When speaking of its upcoming games (those that will release over the next...
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Hidden Chronicles Guardian Challenge: Everything you need to know
Arguably, the most difficult hidden object scenes in Zynga's Hidden Chronicles on Facebook are those that are only available during FastFind challenges between you and your friends. After all, you're...
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Pioneer Trail Dream Bakery: Everything you need to know
After a long day out on the homestead in Pioneer Trail, chopping down trees and tending to crops and animals, what better way could you find to relax than to sit back with a cold brew from the saloon...
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Hackers ruin a few hundred second-lives in Zynga's YoVille
YoVillers, beware. VentureBeat reports that less than 1,000 YoVille players on Facebook suffered an attack from hackers, which managed to disrupt their enjoyment of the game. Creator Zynga has already...
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Bubble Safari bursts Zynga's bubble on real-time multiplayer games
"People might laugh at this, but this is the future," Zynga San Diego creative director Mark Turmell says confidently. "There is no question that all games in the future are going to have 'social' at...
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Game of the Day: Picross Quest
There's a mystery image to every puzzle in today's Game of the Day, Picross Quest. Though it looks difficult, Picross Quest is actually a lighthearted, gentle brain teaser called a "nonogram game"....
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Jay-Z's Empire on Facebook: The 'who', 'why' and 'how' [Interview]
Raise your hand if you follow a musician or band on Facebook or Twitter. (If this writer could type one-handed, he'd be right there with all of you.) When you consider that simple exercise, it's not...
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Help Obama and Romney run for the presidency ... literally
It's pretty much decided that the 2012 Presidential Race will be between current commander in chief Barack Obama (D) and former Mass. governor Mitt Romney (R). So, why not help the world make that...
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Disney Animal Kingdom Explorers Everest Base Camp: Our guide to finding every...
Few people ever get the chance to say they've climbed Mt. Everest, but we'll soon be able to add ourselves to that list... well, virtually, at least. The newest scene in Disney Animal Kingdom...
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Blackwood & Bell Mysteries Mining Camp: Our guide to finding every item
The second scene of chapter five in Blackwood & Bell Mysteries takes us to a Mining Camp, where there are so many items scattered around the land that it's hard to figure out how anyone gets any...
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FarmVille Beach Resort: Everything you need to know
Like it or not, we can't say that Zynga hasn't released quite a few themed decorations for our Hawaiian Paradise farms in FarmVille. Whether or not those decorations actually have an overall function,...
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Your Sims will soon be parents to toddlers in the Sims FreePlay
We may not be able to have toddlers in our games of Sims Social on Facebook, but if you're a fan of the Sims FreePlay on Android or iOS, your Sims will soon be able to welcome walking, talking (or...
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Pioneer Trail Mystery on the Homestead: Everything you need to know
With so many people and items on your Homestead at once in Pioneer Trail, it can be a bit difficult to keep track of everything at once. Apparently, your virtual villagers are having trouble keeping...
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CastleVille: Jump into a fairy tale with Little Red Riding Hood
Earlier this month, we brought you a sneak peek of a theme of Little Red Riding Hood items that would eventually be coming to the CastleVille marketplace. The time for those items to launch is now, as...
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Spyro maker's first Facebook game sounds like Pokémon in space
That's not at all to say that it could be a bad thing. Insomniac Games, the independent developer behind hit franchises like Spyro the Dragon and Ratchet & Clank, has revealed its first Facebook...
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