Luxury Starter Apartment Furnishings are now offered to new YoVille players. The Living Room includes the Luxury White Couch (YoCash), Luxury White Arm Chair, Condo Cityscape Windows (YoCash), Luxury Wall Sconces, Luxury White Coffee Table (YoCash), Luxury Stone Pillars, Luxury BW Hope Photo (YoCash), Luxury Black Doors, and a white area rug.
bedroom
In the Bedroom there is a Luxury White Bed (YoCash), Luxury White Tall Dressers, Luxury White Wide Dresser (YoCash), Luxury White Arm Chair, Gold Coffee Table (YoCash), and a brown area rug.
The Kitchen includes, 4 Luxury White Dining Chairs (YoCash), Luxury White Counter (YoCash), 2 Luxury White Kitchen Island (YoCash), Luxury White Kitchen Stove (YoCash), Luxury White Dining Table, Luxury White Kitchen Sink, Condo Cityscape Windows (YoCash), and Condo Screens.
Tell us what you think, leave a comment.
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
7-Eleven and Zynga plan kick-off events in six cities on June 1 - today!
UPDATED! See complete list of kick-off event locations below.
Zynga and 7-Eleven's partnership is easily the largest promotion in Facebook gaming history. 7-Eleven will have specially branded FarmVille, YoVille and Mafia Wars snacks with a special code that can be redeemed for exclusive in-game items. Buy a Slurpee with a giant FarmVille photo on it, snag the code from the bottom and redeem it at buyearnplay.com for a limited edition Fun Slide that can be placed on your virtual farm.
slurpee yovilleThe two companies have decided to kick off this promotion on June 1, with kick-off parties -- called Virtual Goes Reality -- in six cities, including Los Angeles. The only real details we know about these events is that 'games and prizes will be given away, so if you're a FarmVille/Mafia Wars/YoVille gaming junkie, this is one event you won't want to miss.
For those of you in LA, head to this 7-Eleven on June 1, between 4-7 p.m.:
7-Eleven – Store # 18820
11143 Venice Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Cross Streets: Venice and Sepulveda
Ph: 310-395-5050
Google Maps: http://bit.ly/cicg00
We've pinged 7-Eleven to find out which other cities will host the Virtual Goes Reality event and will update as soon as we hear back.
NYC/LONG ISLAND
7-Eleven #27104
2477 Hylan Blvd,
Staten Island, NY 10306-3127
718/980-0128
WHTZ-fm CHR station with on-air personality Skeery Jones
Between 4-7pm local time
DALLAS
Store# 26885
6833 W. Northwest Hwy@ Hillcrest
Dallas TX 75225
Ph: 214-346-1935
KKHS-FM between 4-6 pm local time
CHICAGO
Store #33734
1508 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
773.227.4009
4-7pm local time
SAN FRANCISCO
7-ELEVEN (#33660)
1380 PEAR AVENUE UNIT A,
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043
(650) 964-7259
Live 105 radio station
4-7pm local time
DENVER
7-Eleven Store #23172
303 North Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-722-4960
4-7pm local time
Zynga and 7-Eleven's partnership is easily the largest promotion in Facebook gaming history. 7-Eleven will have specially branded FarmVille, YoVille and Mafia Wars snacks with a special code that can be redeemed for exclusive in-game items. Buy a Slurpee with a giant FarmVille photo on it, snag the code from the bottom and redeem it at buyearnplay.com for a limited edition Fun Slide that can be placed on your virtual farm.
slurpee yovilleThe two companies have decided to kick off this promotion on June 1, with kick-off parties -- called Virtual Goes Reality -- in six cities, including Los Angeles. The only real details we know about these events is that 'games and prizes will be given away, so if you're a FarmVille/Mafia Wars/YoVille gaming junkie, this is one event you won't want to miss.
For those of you in LA, head to this 7-Eleven on June 1, between 4-7 p.m.:
7-Eleven – Store # 18820
11143 Venice Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Cross Streets: Venice and Sepulveda
Ph: 310-395-5050
Google Maps: http://bit.ly/cicg00
We've pinged 7-Eleven to find out which other cities will host the Virtual Goes Reality event and will update as soon as we hear back.
NYC/LONG ISLAND
7-Eleven #27104
2477 Hylan Blvd,
Staten Island, NY 10306-3127
718/980-0128
WHTZ-fm CHR station with on-air personality Skeery Jones
Between 4-7pm local time
DALLAS
Store# 26885
6833 W. Northwest Hwy@ Hillcrest
Dallas TX 75225
Ph: 214-346-1935
KKHS-FM between 4-6 pm local time
CHICAGO
Store #33734
1508 N. Damen Ave.
Chicago, IL 60657
773.227.4009
4-7pm local time
SAN FRANCISCO
7-ELEVEN (#33660)
1380 PEAR AVENUE UNIT A,
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94043
(650) 964-7259
Live 105 radio station
4-7pm local time
DENVER
7-Eleven Store #23172
303 North Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: 303-722-4960
4-7pm local time
The Playfish Banker of Pet Society: Live from London
During my visit to the Playfish headquarters, I had a chance to talk with Catharina Mallet, the Product Manager of Pet Society. A Swedish-American with a background in finance, Mallet is relatively new to London (she's lived there about a year) and even newer to the gaming world (she joined Playfish about two months ago).
What does the Product Manager do, exactly? Mallet replied that she's "looking after the coordination process between the development and the art, and making sure that everything goes smoothly. But a big part of the job is like being 'the central banker' for the game. It's doing pricing, making sure that the exchange rates are right, and making sure that 'the taps and the sinks,' or the ways to earn money and the ways to spend money are in reasonable balance."
She admitted that sometimes, her team's predictions are off the mark, as in the case of the Limited Edition Peter Pan statue, which was pulled out of the shops due to lagging sales.
During our interview, Mallet also talked quite a bit about how the company relies on crowdsourcing and feedback from players to develop new features in the game. In the video below, she tells us about the Volcano Mask that was released after the Icelandic eruption.
This article originally appeared on Pet Society Anonymous.
What does the Product Manager do, exactly? Mallet replied that she's "looking after the coordination process between the development and the art, and making sure that everything goes smoothly. But a big part of the job is like being 'the central banker' for the game. It's doing pricing, making sure that the exchange rates are right, and making sure that 'the taps and the sinks,' or the ways to earn money and the ways to spend money are in reasonable balance."
She admitted that sometimes, her team's predictions are off the mark, as in the case of the Limited Edition Peter Pan statue, which was pulled out of the shops due to lagging sales.
During our interview, Mallet also talked quite a bit about how the company relies on crowdsourcing and feedback from players to develop new features in the game. In the video below, she tells us about the Volcano Mask that was released after the Icelandic eruption.
This article originally appeared on Pet Society Anonymous.
Game of the Day: Yingbaobao Dessert Shop 2
Back from the Memorial Day break and ready to play the Game of the Day? Cafe World and Restaurant City players are going to love this one! Take a day off from the daily Facebook game grind and play today's game.
The game of the day is Yingbaobao Dessert Shop 2. You run a little desert automat and have to fill the never ending conveyor belt with deserts. It's a cute game that we're sure you'll get a kick out of.
Important side note: Just by playing The Game of the Day you will be entered into a monthly drawing to win a FlipCam HD. You don't need to do anything else, just play! The more you play, the more chances you have to win. For more information on the Game of Day check out the official New Game of the Day hub.
Play Yingbaobao Dessert Shop 2 now -->
The game of the day is Yingbaobao Dessert Shop 2. You run a little desert automat and have to fill the never ending conveyor belt with deserts. It's a cute game that we're sure you'll get a kick out of.
Important side note: Just by playing The Game of the Day you will be entered into a monthly drawing to win a FlipCam HD. You don't need to do anything else, just play! The more you play, the more chances you have to win. For more information on the Game of Day check out the official New Game of the Day hub.
Play Yingbaobao Dessert Shop 2 now -->
FarmVille VP of Product Development Mark Skaggs on Time-Based Gameplay
Mark Skaggs, the Vice President of Product Development for Zynga speaks about the time-based gameplay of FarmVille.
He says that "In the world of farming you know that crops will take time to grow" so they made various timed crops while keeping lifestyle and farming preferences in mind. In other words, some farmers like to farm as soon as they wake up and plant their crops, knowing that they will harvest after work, others prefer one day or more crops because that is all the time that they can devote to farming. Having different time frames for each crops, allows farmers to choose which crops work best for them.
When deciding on "the wither mechanic" FarmVille developers found that when plants actually wither and turn brown it is disappointing but not as bad as animals "dying" like in FishVille, which is why FarmVille animals do not die, they just "run away" like FarmVille Dogs.
Which timed crops do you like to plant the most? Which crops work best for your farming lifestyle?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
He says that "In the world of farming you know that crops will take time to grow" so they made various timed crops while keeping lifestyle and farming preferences in mind. In other words, some farmers like to farm as soon as they wake up and plant their crops, knowing that they will harvest after work, others prefer one day or more crops because that is all the time that they can devote to farming. Having different time frames for each crops, allows farmers to choose which crops work best for them.
When deciding on "the wither mechanic" FarmVille developers found that when plants actually wither and turn brown it is disappointing but not as bad as animals "dying" like in FishVille, which is why FarmVille animals do not die, they just "run away" like FarmVille Dogs.
Which timed crops do you like to plant the most? Which crops work best for your farming lifestyle?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
Tiki Resort celebrates Memorial Day with a free charm for fans
Enjoy your 3-day weekend? We sure did! But there are plenty of Memorial Day offers still out there in the land of Facebook games. After releasing the Memorial Day Charm last week for 9 Facebook Credits and as a free giftable, Tiki Resort decided to just give all their players a free charm for the holiday.
Click this link to grab yours today.
Click this link to grab yours today.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
FarmVille adds Friend Activity, My Activity feeds to the game
FarmVille has added an activity feed (located underneath the game window) that lists out what's happening with your friends who are playing a game and what's going on with your game. Each activity listed also encourages you to send gifts as congratulations for the activity.
farmville friend activity
There's also a tab that includes your activities and on FarmVille.com there's also the Game Feed -- the most useful tab of all -- which consolidates all of your neighbors Wall Posts about the game and lets you help or collect bonus items with ease. The Game Feed is NOT available on the Facebook verson of FarmVille, which is a bummer, but maybe that will change in the future.
farmville friend activity
There's also a tab that includes your activities and on FarmVille.com there's also the Game Feed -- the most useful tab of all -- which consolidates all of your neighbors Wall Posts about the game and lets you help or collect bonus items with ease. The Game Feed is NOT available on the Facebook verson of FarmVille, which is a bummer, but maybe that will change in the future.
Daily Fuel Giveaway on FarmVille iPhone App
Thank you to FarmVille Freak Jensen for sending in a FarmVille iPhone App tip, they were able to capture an image of the new iPhone Daily Fuel Give Away bonus. A 1/5 tank of fuel was given as well as a reminder to come back for the next two days to obtain more rewards.
FarmVille Freak Jensen's Daily Free Fuel Giveaway Notice for iPhone App
So far there have been a few perks to using the iPhone app for FarmVille. These may be for promotional purposes, or Zynga may plan to always have exclusive deals or items through the Apple App for FarmVille.
What do you think ?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
FarmVille Freak Jensen's Daily Free Fuel Giveaway Notice for iPhone App
So far there have been a few perks to using the iPhone app for FarmVille. These may be for promotional purposes, or Zynga may plan to always have exclusive deals or items through the Apple App for FarmVille.
What do you think ?
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
PetVille holding a 20% off sale through June 28
PetVille coin and Pet Cash sale
Zynga have announced a pleasant weekend surprise for PetVille players - all coin and Pet Cash packages are now 20% off until June 28th. This means you have three days to stock up on all of those coins and cash you've been holding back on, and get more for your money. I have been having my eye on some of the new wedding themed items, so this makes the purchase even more appealing. The new prices are as follows:
60 Pet Cash: $5.00 $4.00
130 Pet Cash: $10.00 $8.00
280 Pet Cash: $20.00 $16.00
700 Pet Cash: $50.00 $40.00
1600 Pet Cash: $100.00 $80.00
2400 Pet Cash: $150.00 $120.00
6,000 coins: $5.00 $4.00
16,000 coins: $10.00 $8.00
50,000 coins: $20.00 $16.00
160,000 coins: $50.00 $40.00
380,000 coins: $100.00 $80.00
620,000 coins: $150.00 $120.00
Are you planning to purchase some Pet Cash or coins? You better log in before June 29th, because this sale will end in three days.
Zynga have announced a pleasant weekend surprise for PetVille players - all coin and Pet Cash packages are now 20% off until June 28th. This means you have three days to stock up on all of those coins and cash you've been holding back on, and get more for your money. I have been having my eye on some of the new wedding themed items, so this makes the purchase even more appealing. The new prices are as follows:
60 Pet Cash: $5.00 $4.00
130 Pet Cash: $10.00 $8.00
280 Pet Cash: $20.00 $16.00
700 Pet Cash: $50.00 $40.00
1600 Pet Cash: $100.00 $80.00
2400 Pet Cash: $150.00 $120.00
6,000 coins: $5.00 $4.00
16,000 coins: $10.00 $8.00
50,000 coins: $20.00 $16.00
160,000 coins: $50.00 $40.00
380,000 coins: $100.00 $80.00
620,000 coins: $150.00 $120.00
Are you planning to purchase some Pet Cash or coins? You better log in before June 29th, because this sale will end in three days.
Treasure Isle animals no longer grant coins for petting
With all of the latest updates to Treasure Isle, including the release of the highly anticipated Fire God Mountain, a stealth change was deployed to the popular treasure game. A few short weeks ago, Treasure Isle made all animals pettable or interactable in exchange for coins. While a few players were thankful for another opportunity to earn coins in Treasure Isle, most players were overwhelmingly upset with the feature. According to a poll on the official forums, over 77% of voters hated the new feature because they felt it was cluttered and messy. For those who had many animals, having each harvestable animal donned with a big exclamation point was quite the eyesore.
Everyone can rejoice now, because this feature has been removed. Animals are no longer interactable for coins, and that makes me one happy player. Fire God Mountain gives out 10,000 coins per successful run, and that's just as much coin as I need to keep trucking through the maps.
Everyone can rejoice now, because this feature has been removed. Animals are no longer interactable for coins, and that makes me one happy player. Fire God Mountain gives out 10,000 coins per successful run, and that's just as much coin as I need to keep trucking through the maps.
Treasure Isle Fire God Mountain: Everything you need to know
Treasure Isle's Fire God Mountain has brought a whole new style and element of gameplay to everyone's favorite treasure game - mystery, tactics, competition, and suspense. It's a bit more complex than the rest of the game; once you enter the volcano the entire game changes. Even the interface changes to a dark shade of black and becomes more threatening and ominous. We're sure you have questions, so Games.com - The Blog has your answers in this definitive Fire God Mountain guide. Let's begin.
What is the Fire God Mountain?
Fire God Mountain is a special set of maps that are in a scary volcano surrounded by lava, imps, and other exciting surprises. When you're in the volcano, the entire game changes. Instead of trying to clear the whole map in search of all of the treasure - each map has only ONE treasure. The objective is to find the treasure in the least amount of digs possible. Using the hot and cold mechanism is the way to know if you're close to the treasure. A leaderboard tracks your progression compared to your friends, and you get more coins if you find the treasure early. Once you have found the treasure, you progress to the next map. There are 14 levels of the volcano, each one deeper than the next.
How to get to Fire God Mountain
The very first thing that everyone always wants to know is how to actually get to the volcano. Where is the Fire God Mountain? To enter the Fire God Mountain, you first need to have 5 SPF, which are an item that you can get from friends or buy from the Store. To actually find the volcano, open up your travel map and go to the Tiki Isles. From there, you will see the volcano in the top middle of the overland map. Click on it, and if you have the required amount of SPF-3000 you will be allowed in.
How to get SPF-3000 in Treasure Isle
Everyone starts out with 5 SPF, which makes entering the volcano for the first time easy as can be. You only need to pay to enter the first time that you log in to the volcano. Once you beat all levels of the volcano, you will have to pay more SPF in order to gain access again.
Treasure Isle SPF-3000
SPF-3000 has the following prices in the store:
1 SPF-3000: 3 Treasure Cash
8 Pack - 30 Treasure Cash
32 Pack - 50 Treasure Cash
Fire God Mountain Rewards
In addition to getting oodles of coins for completing the Fire God Mountain, you can also receive other items. This includes collection items such as the Volcanologist set which awards a Volcano Flag, special decorations for your home island, Treasure Cash, a permanent increase to your maximum energy, mangoes, and other rare items. You also get a trophy to display on your home island showing your score when you complete the island.
Other Fire God Mountain Tips and Hints
If the game tells you the treasure is "Nearby" after you dig, that means it is 2 tiles away. If it says "Really Close", that means that it is 1 tile away.
Make sure to eat your fruit
When you're searching for the treasure, click once and if you don't see a hint, click in an area far away. Keep clicking in areas that are not close to each other until you get a hint and can better track down the treasure.
Ask for fruit whenever you can. Lava mangoes regenerate more energy in volcanoes, so they are a great help in progressing through the volcano.
Replay the maps over and over again for coins. You will earn 10,000 coins for each time you finish the volcano.
What is the Fire God Mountain?
Fire God Mountain is a special set of maps that are in a scary volcano surrounded by lava, imps, and other exciting surprises. When you're in the volcano, the entire game changes. Instead of trying to clear the whole map in search of all of the treasure - each map has only ONE treasure. The objective is to find the treasure in the least amount of digs possible. Using the hot and cold mechanism is the way to know if you're close to the treasure. A leaderboard tracks your progression compared to your friends, and you get more coins if you find the treasure early. Once you have found the treasure, you progress to the next map. There are 14 levels of the volcano, each one deeper than the next.
How to get to Fire God Mountain
The very first thing that everyone always wants to know is how to actually get to the volcano. Where is the Fire God Mountain? To enter the Fire God Mountain, you first need to have 5 SPF, which are an item that you can get from friends or buy from the Store. To actually find the volcano, open up your travel map and go to the Tiki Isles. From there, you will see the volcano in the top middle of the overland map. Click on it, and if you have the required amount of SPF-3000 you will be allowed in.
How to get SPF-3000 in Treasure Isle
Everyone starts out with 5 SPF, which makes entering the volcano for the first time easy as can be. You only need to pay to enter the first time that you log in to the volcano. Once you beat all levels of the volcano, you will have to pay more SPF in order to gain access again.
Treasure Isle SPF-3000
SPF-3000 has the following prices in the store:
1 SPF-3000: 3 Treasure Cash
8 Pack - 30 Treasure Cash
32 Pack - 50 Treasure Cash
Fire God Mountain Rewards
In addition to getting oodles of coins for completing the Fire God Mountain, you can also receive other items. This includes collection items such as the Volcanologist set which awards a Volcano Flag, special decorations for your home island, Treasure Cash, a permanent increase to your maximum energy, mangoes, and other rare items. You also get a trophy to display on your home island showing your score when you complete the island.
Other Fire God Mountain Tips and Hints
If the game tells you the treasure is "Nearby" after you dig, that means it is 2 tiles away. If it says "Really Close", that means that it is 1 tile away.
Make sure to eat your fruit
When you're searching for the treasure, click once and if you don't see a hint, click in an area far away. Keep clicking in areas that are not close to each other until you get a hint and can better track down the treasure.
Ask for fruit whenever you can. Lava mangoes regenerate more energy in volcanoes, so they are a great help in progressing through the volcano.
Replay the maps over and over again for coins. You will earn 10,000 coins for each time you finish the volcano.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
YoVille: A new generation of items is coming
We've seen items interactive items that earn you energy, sell you food, move when clicked on. This time, we are about to use an item that and can earn you coins!
The new Photo Booth that will arrive soon to YoVille allows you take pictures of your avatar surfing. Your friends who cannot afford to get one, can use your booth to take pictures too and you will win some coins.
Zynga's Platinum Ninja explains this new feature. Read more about it after the link.
yoville photobooth
Want to get an item that is fun to play with and let's you brag to your friends?! Well the chance to do so will be coming very soon. We'll be releasing a Photo Booth in game that will allow you and your friends to interact with and post feeds to show off your wave riding skills. Let's check out a sneak peek of this Photo Booth and what you can do with it!
To interact with this item you will need to either have one yourself or go to a friend's home (who owns this item). To get a Photo Booth of your own you'll have to purchase it when it becomes available in game. Once you have a Photo Booth to interact with you will click on it and your avatar will jump on the surfboard. Then a picture will be taken of your avatar catching some waves. You'll then be prompted to "Share" your photo. Make sure to click share and show off your skills on your Facebook Wall.
yoville surfing
If you are the lucky owners of a surfing Photo Booth you'll be able to have photo shoots any time you want! As an added bonus when your friends come by and use your Photo Booth and post a surfing feed you'll make some extra coins too! So not only can you play and brag with this item but can also make some coins even when you are not around!
If you don't have a Photo Booth but want to have a surfing session of your own you still can! Keep your eyes out for your friend's Surfing Feeds and click (in) to be taken to your friend's Photo Booth. Remember to share your photo so you can show off your surfing skills and get your friend some extra coins!
Well that's about all folks! We'll update you with more details when this feature is live in game but wanted to give you a little heads up on what to expect soon.
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
The new Photo Booth that will arrive soon to YoVille allows you take pictures of your avatar surfing. Your friends who cannot afford to get one, can use your booth to take pictures too and you will win some coins.
Zynga's Platinum Ninja explains this new feature. Read more about it after the link.
yoville photobooth
Want to get an item that is fun to play with and let's you brag to your friends?! Well the chance to do so will be coming very soon. We'll be releasing a Photo Booth in game that will allow you and your friends to interact with and post feeds to show off your wave riding skills. Let's check out a sneak peek of this Photo Booth and what you can do with it!
To interact with this item you will need to either have one yourself or go to a friend's home (who owns this item). To get a Photo Booth of your own you'll have to purchase it when it becomes available in game. Once you have a Photo Booth to interact with you will click on it and your avatar will jump on the surfboard. Then a picture will be taken of your avatar catching some waves. You'll then be prompted to "Share" your photo. Make sure to click share and show off your skills on your Facebook Wall.
yoville surfing
If you are the lucky owners of a surfing Photo Booth you'll be able to have photo shoots any time you want! As an added bonus when your friends come by and use your Photo Booth and post a surfing feed you'll make some extra coins too! So not only can you play and brag with this item but can also make some coins even when you are not around!
If you don't have a Photo Booth but want to have a surfing session of your own you still can! Keep your eyes out for your friend's Surfing Feeds and click (in) to be taken to your friend's Photo Booth. Remember to share your photo so you can show off your surfing skills and get your friend some extra coins!
Well that's about all folks! We'll update you with more details when this feature is live in game but wanted to give you a little heads up on what to expect soon.
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
New Moroccan YoVille House for Coins: Oasis Home
YoVille players, the wait is over! A new house was added to YoVille for coins. Head over to the realty office and buy your Moroccan Oasis for 25,000 coins. This new house has 5 rooms, kitchen, bathroom a front yard and 2 backyards with a water spring.
Take a tour around this new house here.
Do you like the new house?
yoville moroccan oasis home
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
Take a tour around this new house here.
Do you like the new house?
yoville moroccan oasis home
This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.
FarmVille players report randomly scoring free Farm Cash
farmville free farm cash
Several FarmVille Freaks are reporting that they have received unexplained free farm cash.
They are receiving the free cash and do not know what has triggered the extra FarmVille dollars. So far, reports have been in increments of 5 FV$, 10 FV$, 20FV$, 22 FV$.
As everyone knows, farm cash is hard to come by, so it is unlikely that the big Z is intentionally rewarding random farmers with free cash.
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
How about you -- have you received free random farm cash?
Several FarmVille Freaks are reporting that they have received unexplained free farm cash.
They are receiving the free cash and do not know what has triggered the extra FarmVille dollars. So far, reports have been in increments of 5 FV$, 10 FV$, 20FV$, 22 FV$.
As everyone knows, farm cash is hard to come by, so it is unlikely that the big Z is intentionally rewarding random farmers with free cash.
This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.
How about you -- have you received free random farm cash?
Social Gaming News Digest for the week ending July 30, 2010
Things happen so fast in the social gaming space these days, it can be hard to keep up. For those who need a little help, here's a quick recap of some of the biggest social gaming news of the week.
By far the biggest happening this week was Disney's purchase of Playdom for up to $720 million. We had plenty of analysis, but also had some fun with the announcement.
Speaking of Playdom, they signed on with the World Series of Poker to get some big-name branding on the game formerly known as Poker Palace.
Speaking of brands jumping on the social gaming bandwagon, MTV's Jersey Shore got the Facebook game treatment this week.
Rumors of Google's impending jump into the social game space continued apace this week.
EA jumped into the deep end of the microtransactions market this week by signing a deal with LiveGamer.
Zynga's long-rumored deal with Japan's Softbank finally went through to the tune of $150 million. The deal opens one of Japan's largest mobile networks to Zynga games.
Brick-and-mortar game retailer Gamespot made big waves in online gaming this week, first with a promotional giveaway for subsidiary Jolt Online then with a surprising purchase of social gaming network Kongregate.
Social gaming's growth has been good to Green Giant. It's also been good to the employees that make the games.
And finally this week, a bunch of washed-up wrestlers are making a social game. So there.
By far the biggest happening this week was Disney's purchase of Playdom for up to $720 million. We had plenty of analysis, but also had some fun with the announcement.
Speaking of Playdom, they signed on with the World Series of Poker to get some big-name branding on the game formerly known as Poker Palace.
Speaking of brands jumping on the social gaming bandwagon, MTV's Jersey Shore got the Facebook game treatment this week.
Rumors of Google's impending jump into the social game space continued apace this week.
EA jumped into the deep end of the microtransactions market this week by signing a deal with LiveGamer.
Zynga's long-rumored deal with Japan's Softbank finally went through to the tune of $150 million. The deal opens one of Japan's largest mobile networks to Zynga games.
Brick-and-mortar game retailer Gamespot made big waves in online gaming this week, first with a promotional giveaway for subsidiary Jolt Online then with a surprising purchase of social gaming network Kongregate.
Social gaming's growth has been good to Green Giant. It's also been good to the employees that make the games.
And finally this week, a bunch of washed-up wrestlers are making a social game. So there.
YoVille: A tour around the new Moroccan Oasis Home
yoville moroccan oasis home
yoville moroccan oasis homeThe new Moroccan Tent is a compound of 3 tents. The main tent has a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. From the kitchen, you can exit to the left oasis. The other two tents are small bedrooms. Between the three tents there is the oasis that is composed of 2 parts, right and left. Both parts of the oasis have a small water lake with palm trees and rocks.
Pictures from all rooms are available after the jump. Thanks you Spiralda for the tour pictures. yoville moroccan oasis homeyoville moroccan oasis homeyoville moroccan oasis homeyoville moroccan oasis homeyoville moroccan oasis home
yoville moroccan oasis homeThe new Moroccan Tent is a compound of 3 tents. The main tent has a living room, a kitchen and a bathroom. From the kitchen, you can exit to the left oasis. The other two tents are small bedrooms. Between the three tents there is the oasis that is composed of 2 parts, right and left. Both parts of the oasis have a small water lake with palm trees and rocks.
Pictures from all rooms are available after the jump. Thanks you Spiralda for the tour pictures. yoville moroccan oasis homeyoville moroccan oasis homeyoville moroccan oasis homeyoville moroccan oasis homeyoville moroccan oasis home
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Happy Pets releases another multi-colored pet -- Random Dinos
Happy Pets Random Dino
Happy Pets creator CrowdStar must absolutely adore tie-dye. After releasing the Random Cat last month, the developer must have seen such success that they've decided to release more multicolored pets into the wild, Random Dinos.
At 100 Facebook Credits, or $10 USD, the Random Triceratops was released September 1. Today, for the same price, you can now randomize your very own T-Rex as well. These two Random Pets replace the former Random Cat, Dog and Horse in the Happy Pets store. Now that's odd, isn't it?
Happy Pets Random Triceratops generatorIt seems as if CrowdStar came to their senses and reduced the price of these Random Pets to 100 Facebook credits.
Compared to the Random Cat's whopping 150 Facebook credits, consider this a steal. However, one has to ask: Even at a lower price, is this still worth getting a unique pet? And why would CrowdStar remove the previous Random Pets instead of simply reducing their price accordingly?
Considering you'll just click the Random Pet button furiously until a color combination that tickles your fancy appears, what makes this different?
Happy Pets creator CrowdStar must absolutely adore tie-dye. After releasing the Random Cat last month, the developer must have seen such success that they've decided to release more multicolored pets into the wild, Random Dinos.
At 100 Facebook Credits, or $10 USD, the Random Triceratops was released September 1. Today, for the same price, you can now randomize your very own T-Rex as well. These two Random Pets replace the former Random Cat, Dog and Horse in the Happy Pets store. Now that's odd, isn't it?
Happy Pets Random Triceratops generatorIt seems as if CrowdStar came to their senses and reduced the price of these Random Pets to 100 Facebook credits.
Compared to the Random Cat's whopping 150 Facebook credits, consider this a steal. However, one has to ask: Even at a lower price, is this still worth getting a unique pet? And why would CrowdStar remove the previous Random Pets instead of simply reducing their price accordingly?
Considering you'll just click the Random Pet button furiously until a color combination that tickles your fancy appears, what makes this different?
Cafe Life serves up free drinks and speedier leveling
Cafe Life is getting to be quite the popular cooking game, now boasting over 2 million monthly active players. As a response to player concerns and feedback, this week the developers have made leveling easier in the game. One big frustrating with Cafe Life was how slow it took to progress at the higher levels, so we're happy to see this change.
The new changes that were released are the following: Less experience is now required at the higher levels, some dishes were adjusted to provide more experience for cooking them, and added two additional coffee machine unlocks at levels 36 and 45 so players can earn coins and XP faster. We're sure that players are loving this update.
In additional Cafe Life news, five new drinks were added to the game today.
Vanilla Float
Strawberry Bubble Tea
Cookies n' Creme Frappe
Cinnamon Dolce Latte
Lime Soda
These new drinks are spread out over a variety of levels, so there is sure to be something here for aspiring bakers in Cafe Life to create on their stoves.
The new changes that were released are the following: Less experience is now required at the higher levels, some dishes were adjusted to provide more experience for cooking them, and added two additional coffee machine unlocks at levels 36 and 45 so players can earn coins and XP faster. We're sure that players are loving this update.
In additional Cafe Life news, five new drinks were added to the game today.
Vanilla Float
Strawberry Bubble Tea
Cookies n' Creme Frappe
Cinnamon Dolce Latte
Lime Soda
These new drinks are spread out over a variety of levels, so there is sure to be something here for aspiring bakers in Cafe Life to create on their stoves.
Three Facebook games that should be on your radar this week
Bubble Town: Party Planet's gameplay
Social media app tracker Appdata just published this week's Top Twenty Gainers in the social game space. In other words, these are games that should be on your radar as they could get popular rather quickly.
Not to mention a good amount of these titles break the mold of the traditional--yet extremely effective--business, city or farm management games. Let's take a look at some of the top, unique games that are gaining traction this week.
Lucky Train is coming into the station.
In first place right now is Lucky Train by A Bit Lucky, a game that tasks you with managing a train station by allowing trains to come into your station and loading them with passengers. You can expand your rail empire by adding new routes, connecting routes with friends and adding houses to your county surrounding the station. Think of it as a new twist on the average city management game.
The Price is Right Beta
This week's second place game is inspired by one of your favorite game shows, The Price is Right by Ludia Inc. While it's still in beta, there's no reason why this gem couldn't become one of Facebook's more popular games. You start in the audience and are given five chances to become a part of the contestant's row. Everything happens in real time and games will fill regardless of how many friends you have playing the game. If you fail to get down to Contestant's Row, you can still spin the Big Wheel for extra cash. You can even win a trip to a taping of the real show in Los Angeles. It's always a plus Bubble Town: Party Planet Logowhen your in-game exploits result in real rewards.
Lastly in fourth place, Bubble Town: Party Planet by I-Play shows promise in that it requires much more skill than most social games. Bubble Town plays a lot like classic titles such as Snood or Bubble Bobble, but allows you to share your achievements. If you're looking for a title that won't require your constant attention, then look no further than Bubble Town: Party Planet.
So, there you have it. Three games that will most definitely break the doldrums of tending to the crops and baking cakes.
Social media app tracker Appdata just published this week's Top Twenty Gainers in the social game space. In other words, these are games that should be on your radar as they could get popular rather quickly.
Not to mention a good amount of these titles break the mold of the traditional--yet extremely effective--business, city or farm management games. Let's take a look at some of the top, unique games that are gaining traction this week.
Lucky Train is coming into the station.
In first place right now is Lucky Train by A Bit Lucky, a game that tasks you with managing a train station by allowing trains to come into your station and loading them with passengers. You can expand your rail empire by adding new routes, connecting routes with friends and adding houses to your county surrounding the station. Think of it as a new twist on the average city management game.
The Price is Right Beta
This week's second place game is inspired by one of your favorite game shows, The Price is Right by Ludia Inc. While it's still in beta, there's no reason why this gem couldn't become one of Facebook's more popular games. You start in the audience and are given five chances to become a part of the contestant's row. Everything happens in real time and games will fill regardless of how many friends you have playing the game. If you fail to get down to Contestant's Row, you can still spin the Big Wheel for extra cash. You can even win a trip to a taping of the real show in Los Angeles. It's always a plus Bubble Town: Party Planet Logowhen your in-game exploits result in real rewards.
Lastly in fourth place, Bubble Town: Party Planet by I-Play shows promise in that it requires much more skill than most social games. Bubble Town plays a lot like classic titles such as Snood or Bubble Bobble, but allows you to share your achievements. If you're looking for a title that won't require your constant attention, then look no further than Bubble Town: Party Planet.
So, there you have it. Three games that will most definitely break the doldrums of tending to the crops and baking cakes.
Mafia Wars San Juan fighting event -- It's on (for most)
After a small launch hiccup, Mafia Wars San Juan is, indeed, on... for most, anyway. If you don't have access this new fighting event yet, it will be rolling out slowly to everyone.
Much like the Beat the Feds event from a few weeks ago, you'll take on four tough Puerto Rican bosses. You can call on help from mafia members to fight each boss and after they're beat, you'll score a mastery item, along with XP and Vegas chips. Each boss can be beat three times, and each time you beat them, the mastery item from that boss will gain higher stats. Once you beat all of the bosses, you will earn another rare item -- the Mastery Outlander.
mafia wars san juan loot
Senor Carazco: Throwing knives (Weapon) 30 A, 43 D
General Vargas: MC Gloss 350 (Vehicle) 57 A, 95 D
Don Ramirez: Night Vision Viewer (Armor) 106 A, 71 D
Big Lou: Red Piranha (Animal) 110 A, 82 D
Mastery Reward: Master Outlander (Special loot) 112 A, 58 D
Oh yeah, and there's a time limit. The entire event will only last for 10 days, and once you start to fight a boss, you only have a certain amount of time to beat them.
Before you start, be warned -- the difficulty level on this fighting event has been upped considerably. The first boss, Senor Crazco, has a health of 10,000 (the first Feds boss had 900 health) -- so make sure you've got a large supply of stun guns, shivs, grenades health and help from lots of all of your most powerful mafia members. (Since I have a fairly low health, I'm relying heavily on stun guns in particular to beat these bosses.)
mafia wars san juan
mafia wars throwing knives games.com
Along with San Juan comes three new achievements:
Like a Boss
Who's the Boss
Not the boss of Me
Much like the Beat the Feds event from a few weeks ago, you'll take on four tough Puerto Rican bosses. You can call on help from mafia members to fight each boss and after they're beat, you'll score a mastery item, along with XP and Vegas chips. Each boss can be beat three times, and each time you beat them, the mastery item from that boss will gain higher stats. Once you beat all of the bosses, you will earn another rare item -- the Mastery Outlander.
mafia wars san juan loot
Senor Carazco: Throwing knives (Weapon) 30 A, 43 D
General Vargas: MC Gloss 350 (Vehicle) 57 A, 95 D
Don Ramirez: Night Vision Viewer (Armor) 106 A, 71 D
Big Lou: Red Piranha (Animal) 110 A, 82 D
Mastery Reward: Master Outlander (Special loot) 112 A, 58 D
Oh yeah, and there's a time limit. The entire event will only last for 10 days, and once you start to fight a boss, you only have a certain amount of time to beat them.
Before you start, be warned -- the difficulty level on this fighting event has been upped considerably. The first boss, Senor Crazco, has a health of 10,000 (the first Feds boss had 900 health) -- so make sure you've got a large supply of stun guns, shivs, grenades health and help from lots of all of your most powerful mafia members. (Since I have a fairly low health, I'm relying heavily on stun guns in particular to beat these bosses.)
mafia wars san juan
mafia wars throwing knives games.com
Along with San Juan comes three new achievements:
Like a Boss
Who's the Boss
Not the boss of Me
Gold Miner Special Edition gets a facelift with Gold Miner World
Gold Miner World logo
Gold Miner Special Edition creator Grab LLC recently brought its casual flash game to Facebook in the form of Gold Miner World. This new take on the original title features much more impressive visuals and the social elements we've all come to know and love.
Continue reading to find out what makes this revision unique.
Gold Miner World gameplay
In this Facebook-branded beta edition, you're taken to real world locales like Arizona, California and Mexico to search for gold and treasure. The gameplay is nearly identical to its predecessor, tasking you with timing the strikes of your claw just right to grab the gold. You can also buy dynamite which can destroy undesirable loot like coal and rocks that will snag up the line. The goal is to snag as much gold as possible before the timer runs out, which can be tough if you get miss too many times or grab one too many duds.
With the money you make, you can buy upgrades like increased pull strength and laser guided claws. As you progress, you can share your progress and achievements as well as gifts to friends. And don't worry too much about grabbing too many bones, rocks and coal. Gold Miner World's unique crafting feature makes use of those otherwise rubbish items.
Check it out here and let us know what you think of it.
Gold Miner Special Edition creator Grab LLC recently brought its casual flash game to Facebook in the form of Gold Miner World. This new take on the original title features much more impressive visuals and the social elements we've all come to know and love.
Continue reading to find out what makes this revision unique.
Gold Miner World gameplay
In this Facebook-branded beta edition, you're taken to real world locales like Arizona, California and Mexico to search for gold and treasure. The gameplay is nearly identical to its predecessor, tasking you with timing the strikes of your claw just right to grab the gold. You can also buy dynamite which can destroy undesirable loot like coal and rocks that will snag up the line. The goal is to snag as much gold as possible before the timer runs out, which can be tough if you get miss too many times or grab one too many duds.
With the money you make, you can buy upgrades like increased pull strength and laser guided claws. As you progress, you can share your progress and achievements as well as gifts to friends. And don't worry too much about grabbing too many bones, rocks and coal. Gold Miner World's unique crafting feature makes use of those otherwise rubbish items.
Check it out here and let us know what you think of it.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Happy Pets' Green Chameleon adds several dashes of color to your room
While new pets in Happy Pets feel like they're a dime (well, more than a dime) a dozen these days, today CrowdStar shows its creative colors today with the Green Chameleon pet. It might seem odd that other color varieties of this pet have yet to be mentioned, but that's because this pet has all of them.
The Green Chameleon, which can be bought outright for just 48 Facebook Credits ($4.80 USD) or won in a slots min game that costs 8 Facebook Credits per spin, changes its color at will. After watching the cold-blooded little cutie for a while, it's obvious that this lizard has that color spectrum down.
Each attempt at the slots mini game will have a chance at scoring you one of five decorations to go with the Chameleon you'll win for getting all five items. However, you're not guaranteed a new item every spin, so if you want to take the straight and narrow to your new scaly friend, just put up the five bucks. Though, you can buy the whole set for 198 Facebook Credits, or $19.80, but that's just crazy talk.
The Green Chameleon, which can be bought outright for just 48 Facebook Credits ($4.80 USD) or won in a slots min game that costs 8 Facebook Credits per spin, changes its color at will. After watching the cold-blooded little cutie for a while, it's obvious that this lizard has that color spectrum down.
Each attempt at the slots mini game will have a chance at scoring you one of five decorations to go with the Chameleon you'll win for getting all five items. However, you're not guaranteed a new item every spin, so if you want to take the straight and narrow to your new scaly friend, just put up the five bucks. Though, you can buy the whole set for 198 Facebook Credits, or $19.80, but that's just crazy talk.
FarmVille's Oktoberfest Festival Wheel spins you right round and round
One of the more interesting items included in FarmVille's Oktoberfest event is the Festival Wheel, which has a pretty nifty animation. For 48 Farm Cash, or around $9 USD, you'll get a massive Ferris Wheel that spins endlessly with neon lights flashing and flickering. Who knew FarmVille could handle smooth, pseudo-3D graphics (wait just a second...)?
FrontierVille Decoration & Water Mystery Crates: Find out what 'cool stuff' is inside
FrontierVille has released a Decoration and Water Mystery Crates limited time. These crates costs 25 Horseshoes and 20 Horseshoes respectively and will let you win former limited edition items that are no longer available.
frontierville decor and water crate market -games.com
Decoration Crate items include:
Drinks Tub
Sleeping Bear Cart
Poop Cart (!)
Lemonade Stand
Fruit Crate
Delivery Wagon
Chuck Wagon
Water Crate Items include:
Geyser
Frog Pond
Waterfall
Fountain
Hot Tub
frontierville decor and water crate market -games.com
Decoration Crate items include:
Drinks Tub
Sleeping Bear Cart
Poop Cart (!)
Lemonade Stand
Fruit Crate
Delivery Wagon
Chuck Wagon
Water Crate Items include:
Geyser
Frog Pond
Waterfall
Fountain
Hot Tub
FrontierVille: Rocking Horse, Fancy Crib, Rag Doll and more will unleash your inner child
FrontierVille Kid items
In addition to bringing back some classic items today, Zynga wants you to relieve your childhood in FrontierVille through some new items that have sneaked their way into the market. All of these new decorations will go great with your homestead once you complete the marriage goals, though that's not necessary. I mean, a grown man or woman riding a rocking horse alone would raise a few red flags, don't you think? Anyway, here are the new kiddie items you'll find in the market:Rocking Horse
Rocking Horse: 2500 coins and 150 Wood, Rewards 35 XP
Fancy Crib: 30 Horseshoes, Rewards 180 XP
Little Red Wagon: 25 Horseshoes and 100 Wood, Rewards 150 XP
Old Time Camera: 1100 coins and 10 Wood, Rewards 11 XP
Alphabet Blocks: 1500 coins and 50 Wood, Rewards 15 XP
Hope Chest: 500 Wood, Rewards 5 XP
Dollhouse: 21 Horseshoes, Rewards 126 XP
Rag Doll: 8 Horseshoes, Rewards 48 XP
Puzzle Table: 4,000 coins and 200 Wood, Rewards 40 XP
For a combined cost of 9,100 coins, 1,010 Wood and 96 Horseshoes the entire set can be yours. Some of these items are only around for another 12 days, so get to saving your Horseshoes before the time comes when these items appear in crates. It's okay, we know all you want is that animated Rocking Horse, so splurge a little.
In addition to bringing back some classic items today, Zynga wants you to relieve your childhood in FrontierVille through some new items that have sneaked their way into the market. All of these new decorations will go great with your homestead once you complete the marriage goals, though that's not necessary. I mean, a grown man or woman riding a rocking horse alone would raise a few red flags, don't you think? Anyway, here are the new kiddie items you'll find in the market:Rocking Horse
Rocking Horse: 2500 coins and 150 Wood, Rewards 35 XP
Fancy Crib: 30 Horseshoes, Rewards 180 XP
Little Red Wagon: 25 Horseshoes and 100 Wood, Rewards 150 XP
Old Time Camera: 1100 coins and 10 Wood, Rewards 11 XP
Alphabet Blocks: 1500 coins and 50 Wood, Rewards 15 XP
Hope Chest: 500 Wood, Rewards 5 XP
Dollhouse: 21 Horseshoes, Rewards 126 XP
Rag Doll: 8 Horseshoes, Rewards 48 XP
Puzzle Table: 4,000 coins and 200 Wood, Rewards 40 XP
For a combined cost of 9,100 coins, 1,010 Wood and 96 Horseshoes the entire set can be yours. Some of these items are only around for another 12 days, so get to saving your Horseshoes before the time comes when these items appear in crates. It's okay, we know all you want is that animated Rocking Horse, so splurge a little.
FrontierVille Aunt Missions: Help your relatives in 'der Old Country'
Log into FrontierVille and you willl find (or will soon find) a hilarious letter from your Aunt from 'der Old Country,' who asks you for help in some form of pidgeon English.
That kicks off a series of five missions where you will grow food and harvest animals to make sure your Aunt and three cousins won't suffer the fate of "eating our shoes this winter." I've eaten a few shoes* in my time and, let me tell you, I don't recommend it to anyone.
Before you go any further down the page, this mission requires you to buy and tend lots and lots of potatoes, so put your potato farmin' hat on before venturing any further.
Special thanks to BlackestWinter for the image.
frontierville aunt letter
Aunt List Goal #1:
We are please needing these items to survive the winter. Potatoes...
frontierville aunt list missions -- games.com
Plant 60 Potatoes
Ten 20 Neighbor Potatoes
Rewards: 50 Food
Aunt List Goal #2
And more potatoes...
frontierville aunt's list goal #2
Harvest 60 Potatoes
Ten 20 Neighbor Potatoes
Reward: Share 40 XP with friends
Aunt List Goal #3
"Maybe some butter mit der taters?"
frontierville aunt list #3
Buy 10 Cows
Tend 10 Neighbor Cows
This is a pretty simple goal to complete once you know what to do. You can buy cows in the Market for 765 coins each. To 'tend' a neighbor's cow, you'll need to click on it when it's not hungry. Since you can click on animals more than once, you might need to feed a friend's cow first, then click on it again to 'tend' to it. That means it'll take a few extra clicks to get the job done, but no one ever said pioneer life was easy.
frontierville cows
Reward: Share baby cows with friends.
Aunt List Goal #4
"I am sad to say that we are burning our butter-churn for warmth last winter. Also, little Brazliana likes steak mit her potatoes. And that is all that we are needing!"
frontierville aunt list part iv - games.com
Get one Ribeye
Buy A Butter Churn
frontierville butter churn
You can find the Butter Churn in the Market under the Decorations tab for 3,610 coins and 2 wood. Ribeye can be found by harvesting Oxen, but -- in the past -- these have been a little difficult to come by. Hopefully you already have already acquired one and this won't be a problem, or you can try to put it on your Wish List to see if neighbors will come to the rescue.
Reward: Share food with friends.
Aunt List Goal #5
"Done at last? Great work! Now you just need some way to get them to the Old Country! Perhaps in crates."
frontierville aunt list part V of V -- games.com
Craft 20 planks
Get 10 Nails
Get 10 Shipping Labels
To craft planks, click on the covered wagon and select 'Go Inside.' From there you will be able to make planks for 250 coins and 7 wood each. Ask friends for nails if you don't have them already (or look at the top of the game page and click the link that says "Howdy Pardners, need an extra hand raisin' a barn or fixin' up a cabin? Get You Some Free Nails!"). As for shopping labels, post a message on your Facebook Wall asking for friends to send 'em or shell out 40 Horseshoes to get them all right away.
That kicks off a series of five missions where you will grow food and harvest animals to make sure your Aunt and three cousins won't suffer the fate of "eating our shoes this winter." I've eaten a few shoes* in my time and, let me tell you, I don't recommend it to anyone.
Before you go any further down the page, this mission requires you to buy and tend lots and lots of potatoes, so put your potato farmin' hat on before venturing any further.
Special thanks to BlackestWinter for the image.
frontierville aunt letter
Aunt List Goal #1:
We are please needing these items to survive the winter. Potatoes...
frontierville aunt list missions -- games.com
Plant 60 Potatoes
Ten 20 Neighbor Potatoes
Rewards: 50 Food
Aunt List Goal #2
And more potatoes...
frontierville aunt's list goal #2
Harvest 60 Potatoes
Ten 20 Neighbor Potatoes
Reward: Share 40 XP with friends
Aunt List Goal #3
"Maybe some butter mit der taters?"
frontierville aunt list #3
Buy 10 Cows
Tend 10 Neighbor Cows
This is a pretty simple goal to complete once you know what to do. You can buy cows in the Market for 765 coins each. To 'tend' a neighbor's cow, you'll need to click on it when it's not hungry. Since you can click on animals more than once, you might need to feed a friend's cow first, then click on it again to 'tend' to it. That means it'll take a few extra clicks to get the job done, but no one ever said pioneer life was easy.
frontierville cows
Reward: Share baby cows with friends.
Aunt List Goal #4
"I am sad to say that we are burning our butter-churn for warmth last winter. Also, little Brazliana likes steak mit her potatoes. And that is all that we are needing!"
frontierville aunt list part iv - games.com
Get one Ribeye
Buy A Butter Churn
frontierville butter churn
You can find the Butter Churn in the Market under the Decorations tab for 3,610 coins and 2 wood. Ribeye can be found by harvesting Oxen, but -- in the past -- these have been a little difficult to come by. Hopefully you already have already acquired one and this won't be a problem, or you can try to put it on your Wish List to see if neighbors will come to the rescue.
Reward: Share food with friends.
Aunt List Goal #5
"Done at last? Great work! Now you just need some way to get them to the Old Country! Perhaps in crates."
frontierville aunt list part V of V -- games.com
Craft 20 planks
Get 10 Nails
Get 10 Shipping Labels
To craft planks, click on the covered wagon and select 'Go Inside.' From there you will be able to make planks for 250 coins and 7 wood each. Ask friends for nails if you don't have them already (or look at the top of the game page and click the link that says "Howdy Pardners, need an extra hand raisin' a barn or fixin' up a cabin? Get You Some Free Nails!"). As for shopping labels, post a message on your Facebook Wall asking for friends to send 'em or shell out 40 Horseshoes to get them all right away.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Restaurant City sees release of traditional Halloween item set
While the past few weeks have seen a slew of new Halloween-themed items being released in Playfish's Restaurant City (both Gothic/Vampire and Mad Scientist themes have been represented), this week sees the game going old-school, with all of the orange, black, pumpkin and gore filled goodness that just screams Halloween.
Follow us behind the break to see the newly added items.
Not only are new items available to decorate the interior of your restaurant, but you won't want to forget about theming the outside for Halloween as well. You can now transform your restaurant into a suburban home, complete with front porch and pumpkins via several items in a set. The individual windows even let you put lighted pumpkins out for display - how quaint!
A second outdoor item theme will allow you to transform your restaurant into a spooky dungeon, with fences, an iron door, creepy trees and halloween lights. Don't forget to add the Witch Hunter Mob to the sidewalk outside to really complete the look!
Moving indoors, you can build an entire Ghost Train set, with Ghost Train Stoves, Ghost Train Chairs and Ghost Train Tables. Give your train a path to travel on via Train Track floor tiles (corners and straight pieces sold separately). Other items include large banquet tables that serve six people at once (and increase customer patience), pumpkin lamps, pumpkin piles (think champagne glass towers, only with pumpkins), Halloween themed paintings, themed columns, autumn leaves, fences, party balloons, tombstones, devil and black cat figurines, and even a Sink and Toilet o'Doom (we hate to think of how these items earned their dreadful name).
Rounding out this week's theme are two costumes for your avatar - one in the form of a Skeleton, and the other being the Joker from the Dark Knight.
For a complete look at all of the newly available items, check out the official Restaurant City Blog. And remember, if you don't see the items in your game yet, keep checking back as they should be released to everyone shortly.
Follow us behind the break to see the newly added items.
Not only are new items available to decorate the interior of your restaurant, but you won't want to forget about theming the outside for Halloween as well. You can now transform your restaurant into a suburban home, complete with front porch and pumpkins via several items in a set. The individual windows even let you put lighted pumpkins out for display - how quaint!
A second outdoor item theme will allow you to transform your restaurant into a spooky dungeon, with fences, an iron door, creepy trees and halloween lights. Don't forget to add the Witch Hunter Mob to the sidewalk outside to really complete the look!
Moving indoors, you can build an entire Ghost Train set, with Ghost Train Stoves, Ghost Train Chairs and Ghost Train Tables. Give your train a path to travel on via Train Track floor tiles (corners and straight pieces sold separately). Other items include large banquet tables that serve six people at once (and increase customer patience), pumpkin lamps, pumpkin piles (think champagne glass towers, only with pumpkins), Halloween themed paintings, themed columns, autumn leaves, fences, party balloons, tombstones, devil and black cat figurines, and even a Sink and Toilet o'Doom (we hate to think of how these items earned their dreadful name).
Rounding out this week's theme are two costumes for your avatar - one in the form of a Skeleton, and the other being the Joker from the Dark Knight.
For a complete look at all of the newly available items, check out the official Restaurant City Blog. And remember, if you don't see the items in your game yet, keep checking back as they should be released to everyone shortly.
Restaurant City Halloween Mystery Boxes: Proving one Halloween item set is never enough
Tonight has been absolutely huge for Playfish's Restaurant City, as the game has seen the release of new Halloween-themed recipes, and a traditional set of Halloween decorations, containing pumpkins, ghosts, and all of the decorations you would expect from a properly themed party. That isn't enough for this developer, however, as Playfish has added yet another feature to their Halloween extravaganza in the form of Halloween Mystery Boxes.
Meet us behind the break to find out how to get your hands on one of these boxes.
The Halloween Mystery Box feature is actually a bit more complicated than it might outwardly appear. There are three series of items to collect: Paranormal (vampires and werewolves), Witchy Wonder (witches and ghosts), and Trick or Treat (costumed royalty and pop culture references). Each series contains six different items to collect, and each Mystery Box you purchase contains a single item from one of the three series.
Once you complete one of the three series, you'll be rewarded with that particular series' completion bonus. For collecting all six of the Paranormal items, for instance, you'll earn the Paranormal Stove, which cooks food 30% faster than a traditional stove.
Taking things one step further, if you can collect each and every figurine (18 in all), you'll not only earn the three completion bonuses for finishing the three individual sets, but you'll receive the feature's ultimate prize: the Trick or Treat Monster House, an "arcade machine" item that generates 1,000 coins every four hours, and adds 3 points to your restaurant's maximum popularity rating.
Mystery Boxes can be purchased in three quantities - a single box costs 10 Playfish Cash, a bundle of six costs 50 Playfish Cash and a bundle of 13 boxes costs 100 Playfish Cash. This is one of the game's most expensive features to date, but luckily, Playfish says that you "shouldn't" receive duplicate items until you have completed your set, so at least that takes away some of the worry of potentially wasting real world money on duplicates.
To see images of the rest of the items up for grabs, check out the official Restaurant City Blog. Happy spooking!
Meet us behind the break to find out how to get your hands on one of these boxes.
The Halloween Mystery Box feature is actually a bit more complicated than it might outwardly appear. There are three series of items to collect: Paranormal (vampires and werewolves), Witchy Wonder (witches and ghosts), and Trick or Treat (costumed royalty and pop culture references). Each series contains six different items to collect, and each Mystery Box you purchase contains a single item from one of the three series.
Once you complete one of the three series, you'll be rewarded with that particular series' completion bonus. For collecting all six of the Paranormal items, for instance, you'll earn the Paranormal Stove, which cooks food 30% faster than a traditional stove.
Taking things one step further, if you can collect each and every figurine (18 in all), you'll not only earn the three completion bonuses for finishing the three individual sets, but you'll receive the feature's ultimate prize: the Trick or Treat Monster House, an "arcade machine" item that generates 1,000 coins every four hours, and adds 3 points to your restaurant's maximum popularity rating.
Mystery Boxes can be purchased in three quantities - a single box costs 10 Playfish Cash, a bundle of six costs 50 Playfish Cash and a bundle of 13 boxes costs 100 Playfish Cash. This is one of the game's most expensive features to date, but luckily, Playfish says that you "shouldn't" receive duplicate items until you have completed your set, so at least that takes away some of the worry of potentially wasting real world money on duplicates.
To see images of the rest of the items up for grabs, check out the official Restaurant City Blog. Happy spooking!
Cafe World Halloween Lightning Stove: Everything you need to know
While it may have looked like Zynga had finished releasing all of its Halloween themed goodies in Cafe World, that assumption was proven wrong tonight, with the release of the Halloween Lightning Stove.
Meet us behind the break for complete details on how to make one of these cute little stoves yours.
First things first, the Halloween Lightning Stove can be purchased outright from the store for 40 Cafe Cash, if you'd rather skip the following steps. If you're one that's saving your Cafe Cash for other purposes however, there most certainly is a free method.
Each and every player has access to a free Halloween Lightning Stove frame in the game's store. If you've already placed the maximum number of stoves into your cafe for your level, you'll need to remove one of the stoves to place this new frame. Once placed, you'll see a percentage appear above the stove, alerting you to the progress of its construction.
Clicking on the cute pumpkin frame lets you go about building the stove proper. You'll need to collect 40 items in total - 15 Haunted Books, 10 Candy Coils, 10 Scary Switches, and 5 Tricky Tubes.
Each item has an "Ask for More" button associated with it. Clicking on this button takes you to a reverse of the game's free gifts page, where you can send item requests to your Cafe World friends so that they can send you that particular ingredient. It's the same as sending a person a free gift, in that it will show up in their gift requests page, but they'll be helping you, rather than you helping them.
If at any time you'd like to stop waiting for friends to help you, you can complete the project by purchasing the remaining ingredients for Cafe Cash. The Haunted Books and Candy Coils cost 1 Cafe Cash each, while the Scary Switches cost 2 Cafe Cash, and the Tricky Tubes cost 3 Cafe Cash. This is definitely a more expensive way of completing the project though, as purchasing each ingredient individually would cost you 60 Cafe Cash in total. At that point, depending on how many ingredients your friends had already sent you, you might be better off simply buying the completed stove outright from the store.
Either way, once you finish the Lightning Stove, you'll be able to use it as you would any other Super or Lightning Stove. It cooks food 10% faster than a traditional stove, and will allow you to cook food in a single click, rather than preparing ingredients the old fashioned (read: time consuming) way.
Meet us behind the break for complete details on how to make one of these cute little stoves yours.
First things first, the Halloween Lightning Stove can be purchased outright from the store for 40 Cafe Cash, if you'd rather skip the following steps. If you're one that's saving your Cafe Cash for other purposes however, there most certainly is a free method.
Each and every player has access to a free Halloween Lightning Stove frame in the game's store. If you've already placed the maximum number of stoves into your cafe for your level, you'll need to remove one of the stoves to place this new frame. Once placed, you'll see a percentage appear above the stove, alerting you to the progress of its construction.
Clicking on the cute pumpkin frame lets you go about building the stove proper. You'll need to collect 40 items in total - 15 Haunted Books, 10 Candy Coils, 10 Scary Switches, and 5 Tricky Tubes.
Each item has an "Ask for More" button associated with it. Clicking on this button takes you to a reverse of the game's free gifts page, where you can send item requests to your Cafe World friends so that they can send you that particular ingredient. It's the same as sending a person a free gift, in that it will show up in their gift requests page, but they'll be helping you, rather than you helping them.
If at any time you'd like to stop waiting for friends to help you, you can complete the project by purchasing the remaining ingredients for Cafe Cash. The Haunted Books and Candy Coils cost 1 Cafe Cash each, while the Scary Switches cost 2 Cafe Cash, and the Tricky Tubes cost 3 Cafe Cash. This is definitely a more expensive way of completing the project though, as purchasing each ingredient individually would cost you 60 Cafe Cash in total. At that point, depending on how many ingredients your friends had already sent you, you might be better off simply buying the completed stove outright from the store.
Either way, once you finish the Lightning Stove, you'll be able to use it as you would any other Super or Lightning Stove. It cooks food 10% faster than a traditional stove, and will allow you to cook food in a single click, rather than preparing ingredients the old fashioned (read: time consuming) way.
Cafe World Halloween Sale: Cafe Cash, expansions, spices and decorations discounted
From now until Halloween, Zynga is throwing a spooky Halloween sale in Cafe World, allowing you to pick up Cafe Cash and coin packages, spice bundles, and even cafe expansions on a discount.
Cafe Cash and coin bundles are marked down at least 10%, with the highest bundle of 1,250 Cafe Cash now costing a little more than $130 US, rather than the $160 normal price tag. If you've ever considered buying such a large bundle before, now would definitely be the time (a $30 savings is nothing to scoff at).
As for spices and expansions, they have been marked down a full 25%, allowing you to reach the largest cafe expansion for 1 million coins or stock up on Instant Thymes for as little as 25 Cafe Cash. Many decorative items have also been placed on sale, but there hasn't been a particular percentage given for how much the prices have changed.
Remember, this is a limited time sale, so be sure to take advantage of these prices while they last!
Check out the rest of our Halloween 2010 coverage right here.
Cafe Cash and coin bundles are marked down at least 10%, with the highest bundle of 1,250 Cafe Cash now costing a little more than $130 US, rather than the $160 normal price tag. If you've ever considered buying such a large bundle before, now would definitely be the time (a $30 savings is nothing to scoff at).
As for spices and expansions, they have been marked down a full 25%, allowing you to reach the largest cafe expansion for 1 million coins or stock up on Instant Thymes for as little as 25 Cafe Cash. Many decorative items have also been placed on sale, but there hasn't been a particular percentage given for how much the prices have changed.
Remember, this is a limited time sale, so be sure to take advantage of these prices while they last!
Check out the rest of our Halloween 2010 coverage right here.
FarmVille-addicted mom shakes baby to death
Alexandra V. Tobias, a 22-year-old mother from Jacksonville, FL, plead guilty to second degree murder in the death of her three-month-old son. She was angry because her child was crying while she was playing FarmVille on her computer.
Tobias says she shook her baby while angry, then smoked a cigarette to calm herself down before shaking him again. The baby may or may not have hit his head on the computer while she was shaking him. The incident happened earlier this year on January 20.
Internet addiction is a very real crisis, and games such as FarmVille are designed to be addictive in order to get players to spend real-life money on them. Unfortunately, sad incidents come out of addictions quite frequently and it's people like Tobias who give Facebook games a bad reputation.
Alexandra Tobias will be sentenced in December and could be looking at 25 years to life in prison.
FarmVille-maker Zynga has not released an official statement about this tragedy.
Tobias says she shook her baby while angry, then smoked a cigarette to calm herself down before shaking him again. The baby may or may not have hit his head on the computer while she was shaking him. The incident happened earlier this year on January 20.
Internet addiction is a very real crisis, and games such as FarmVille are designed to be addictive in order to get players to spend real-life money on them. Unfortunately, sad incidents come out of addictions quite frequently and it's people like Tobias who give Facebook games a bad reputation.
Alexandra Tobias will be sentenced in December and could be looking at 25 years to life in prison.
FarmVille-maker Zynga has not released an official statement about this tragedy.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Sorority Life is going to Italy: Milan location announced
Sorority Life Milan
Today, Sorority Life has announced the next location that it's taking players to - Milan! Milan is a city in Italy with a population of over 1.3 million people. We don't know exactly when this location will be arriving, but the game is prepping players up by offering a new currency and a special quest to prepare.
The "Pack for Milan!" quest is available in the Vacation section of the Socialize quests. It provides 2 influence and requires 1 energy, but also requires Cannolo. Milan Cannolo is needed for these quests, but you have to collect it from your friends as gifts. The socialize events are also giving out items that will be needed for Milan, such as the Milan Metro Ticket and passport. These items are all to get players excited for the next location.
We'll be keeping you in the loop as soon as Sorority Life Milan launches to the world! Keep your eyes peeled on Games.com - The Blog for more!
Today, Sorority Life has announced the next location that it's taking players to - Milan! Milan is a city in Italy with a population of over 1.3 million people. We don't know exactly when this location will be arriving, but the game is prepping players up by offering a new currency and a special quest to prepare.
The "Pack for Milan!" quest is available in the Vacation section of the Socialize quests. It provides 2 influence and requires 1 energy, but also requires Cannolo. Milan Cannolo is needed for these quests, but you have to collect it from your friends as gifts. The socialize events are also giving out items that will be needed for Milan, such as the Milan Metro Ticket and passport. These items are all to get players excited for the next location.
We'll be keeping you in the loop as soon as Sorority Life Milan launches to the world! Keep your eyes peeled on Games.com - The Blog for more!
FarmVille Sneak Peek: Autumn Cow and Autumn Calf
Tonight we have yet another set of unreleased sneak peek FarmVille images. This adorable Autumn Cow and Autumn Calf have been brought to our attention. We've been seeing a ton of Thanksgiving and Autumn items in FarmVIlle this season, and we're sure there are a few more releases before Autumn is over.
As usual, these items may or may not actually make it into FarmVille, but generally we have a pretty good track record when it comes to unreleased items.
As usual, these items may or may not actually make it into FarmVille, but generally we have a pretty good track record when it comes to unreleased items.
FarmVille Sneak Peek: Holiday and Christmas items
FarmVille unreleased Christmas items
FarmVille let loose a ton of unreleased items tonight, and it seems that everywhere we look there is something new to report about. Thanksgiving hasn't even arrived yet, but we are already excited about this winter Christmas items. There are two snow globes, including a cow snow globe and a polar bear snow globe. There is also a Winter Reindeer, an Candycane Pony and a Candycane Foal, a Pinto Horse and Pinto Foal, and a Silkie Chicken.
We're getting our first glimpse of a holiday costume with the new Reindeer Costume. Finally, there is a Nutcracker that is the perfect decoration for Christmas.
As always, these items are not guaranteed to show up in FarmVille, but we suspect that they'll be in the game within a few weeks. After all, 'tis the reason for the season!
FarmVille let loose a ton of unreleased items tonight, and it seems that everywhere we look there is something new to report about. Thanksgiving hasn't even arrived yet, but we are already excited about this winter Christmas items. There are two snow globes, including a cow snow globe and a polar bear snow globe. There is also a Winter Reindeer, an Candycane Pony and a Candycane Foal, a Pinto Horse and Pinto Foal, and a Silkie Chicken.
We're getting our first glimpse of a holiday costume with the new Reindeer Costume. Finally, there is a Nutcracker that is the perfect decoration for Christmas.
As always, these items are not guaranteed to show up in FarmVille, but we suspect that they'll be in the game within a few weeks. After all, 'tis the reason for the season!
Smurfs' Village ousts Angry Birds as top grossing iPhone game
Smurf's Village
Smurfs' Village by Capcom has officially brought down Angry Birds from its ivory roost as the number one grossing game in Apple's App Store, Mashable reports. However, it becomes slightly less remarkable after looking at one simple fact: the game is 100 percent to download. But that doesn't explain how the game made so much cash so quickly.
Microtransactions. Now, that's a lot of smurfberries (the game's paid currency). They make the social game world go round on the web, and it looks like that rule still firmly applies to mobile social games. Like most social games, paying up in virtual currency--in this case smurfberries--speeds up the playing process (i.e. the growth of crops in this game) and can be bought in bushels of 50 for $4.99 to a wheelbarrow of one thousand for an insane $59.99.
However, Pocket Gamer's guess for the game's sudden growth spurt of money trees is due to kids making inadvertent purchases in the game--players can purchase anything they want for 15 minutes after the username and password is entered on the iPhone. If Pocket Gamer is right, it probably played out a little like this: Mom enters her credentials so that little Jimmy can get his Smurf on. Little Jimmy wants his crops faster and finds that he can buy these magical berries that will make them grow right now. Ignoring the foreign symbols we adults commonly know as dollar signs, Jimmy buys hundreds of dollars worth of smurfberries on Mom's credit card. And boom, Jimmy has the best Smurf farm in town, but Mom's credit card bill looks as if she put a down payment on a house... a Smurf house. Despite this hypothetical scenario, our guess as to how Smurfs' Village dethroned Angry Birds is as good as yours (and Pocket Gamer's). Unintentional or not, it looks like free-to-play, virtual goods-driven social gaming just became the de facto winner on iPhone.
Smurfs' Village by Capcom has officially brought down Angry Birds from its ivory roost as the number one grossing game in Apple's App Store, Mashable reports. However, it becomes slightly less remarkable after looking at one simple fact: the game is 100 percent to download. But that doesn't explain how the game made so much cash so quickly.
Microtransactions. Now, that's a lot of smurfberries (the game's paid currency). They make the social game world go round on the web, and it looks like that rule still firmly applies to mobile social games. Like most social games, paying up in virtual currency--in this case smurfberries--speeds up the playing process (i.e. the growth of crops in this game) and can be bought in bushels of 50 for $4.99 to a wheelbarrow of one thousand for an insane $59.99.
However, Pocket Gamer's guess for the game's sudden growth spurt of money trees is due to kids making inadvertent purchases in the game--players can purchase anything they want for 15 minutes after the username and password is entered on the iPhone. If Pocket Gamer is right, it probably played out a little like this: Mom enters her credentials so that little Jimmy can get his Smurf on. Little Jimmy wants his crops faster and finds that he can buy these magical berries that will make them grow right now. Ignoring the foreign symbols we adults commonly know as dollar signs, Jimmy buys hundreds of dollars worth of smurfberries on Mom's credit card. And boom, Jimmy has the best Smurf farm in town, but Mom's credit card bill looks as if she put a down payment on a house... a Smurf house. Despite this hypothetical scenario, our guess as to how Smurfs' Village dethroned Angry Birds is as good as yours (and Pocket Gamer's). Unintentional or not, it looks like free-to-play, virtual goods-driven social gaming just became the de facto winner on iPhone.
Cafe World: Catering is now new and improved
Catering Business
Though it hasn't gotten any easier. Zynga has made improvements to Cafe World's Catering system, allowing for more control of your jobs and, more importantly, your crew. A new "Catering Business" menu has been added for those who have completed the first job. From here, you can manage all of your current jobs with some brand new changes to how things work. It seems that instead of having to get at least two stars to unlock the next order, you'll now accrue Catering Points for finishing jobs in addition to Cafe Points. These points can be used to unlock any job at any time, but some orders require more points than others, naturally.
Finally, you can see exactly how much each member of your crew has contributed to the job displayed as a percentage and broken down to every last dish. Better yet, instead of giving players a set amount of potential crew members for each job, players can now add their own crew members by asking their friends for outfits. Completing one set of gear unlocks another crew slot to use. While it wasn't mentioned by Zynga, we imagine there is a cap on how many total crew members you can recruit. The update has released one additional crew slot, but more can be purchased using Cafe Cash.
But here's the real clincher: you'll soon be able to fire crew members. Got a lazy chef that's bringin' you down? Boot that bum to the curb and get someone with more dedication. Hey, I know these are our friends, but this is business, people.
Though it hasn't gotten any easier. Zynga has made improvements to Cafe World's Catering system, allowing for more control of your jobs and, more importantly, your crew. A new "Catering Business" menu has been added for those who have completed the first job. From here, you can manage all of your current jobs with some brand new changes to how things work. It seems that instead of having to get at least two stars to unlock the next order, you'll now accrue Catering Points for finishing jobs in addition to Cafe Points. These points can be used to unlock any job at any time, but some orders require more points than others, naturally.
Finally, you can see exactly how much each member of your crew has contributed to the job displayed as a percentage and broken down to every last dish. Better yet, instead of giving players a set amount of potential crew members for each job, players can now add their own crew members by asking their friends for outfits. Completing one set of gear unlocks another crew slot to use. While it wasn't mentioned by Zynga, we imagine there is a cap on how many total crew members you can recruit. The update has released one additional crew slot, but more can be purchased using Cafe Cash.
But here's the real clincher: you'll soon be able to fire crew members. Got a lazy chef that's bringin' you down? Boot that bum to the curb and get someone with more dedication. Hey, I know these are our friends, but this is business, people.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
FarmVille's Thanksgiving theme ends tonight at midnight (EST)
If, for whatever reason, you've been holding off on purchasing any of FarmVille's remaining Thanksgiving-themed items, you have 1 hour and 10 minutes from the time of this writing to do some last minute shopping and/or splurging.
Don't panic, these items aren't running out of stock (in terms of quantity), so each and every player has a chance at picking up the items that they want, so long as they do so before the clock strikes midnight for those players in the Eastern Time Zone. After that point, any and all remaining Thanksgiving items will expire and disappear from the store, likely not to be seen until October or November of 2011 rolls around, when Zynga celebrates Thanksgiving once again in the farming game.
Still, as we saw this year, not all of the items from 2009 made a return, and there's no telling (as of right now) which items will or won't make a comeback next year. Do you really want to spend an entire year wondering if you'll be able to purchase that one special item that you passed on this year? Of course you don't!
The items that are still available include the Fall Nursery (pictured) for 15 Farm Cash, the Harvest Store for 300,000 coins, the Paint Horse and Black Turkey for 26 and 18 Farm Cash (respectively), the Orange Pumpkin for 1,500 coins, the Pocahontas Gnome for 12 Farm Cash, and the Autumn Fall (waterfall) for 30 Farm Cash.
Before heading to bed tonight, make sure to do your last minute shopping in FarmVille before it's too late. Don't say we didn't warn you.
Don't panic, these items aren't running out of stock (in terms of quantity), so each and every player has a chance at picking up the items that they want, so long as they do so before the clock strikes midnight for those players in the Eastern Time Zone. After that point, any and all remaining Thanksgiving items will expire and disappear from the store, likely not to be seen until October or November of 2011 rolls around, when Zynga celebrates Thanksgiving once again in the farming game.
Still, as we saw this year, not all of the items from 2009 made a return, and there's no telling (as of right now) which items will or won't make a comeback next year. Do you really want to spend an entire year wondering if you'll be able to purchase that one special item that you passed on this year? Of course you don't!
The items that are still available include the Fall Nursery (pictured) for 15 Farm Cash, the Harvest Store for 300,000 coins, the Paint Horse and Black Turkey for 26 and 18 Farm Cash (respectively), the Orange Pumpkin for 1,500 coins, the Pocahontas Gnome for 12 Farm Cash, and the Autumn Fall (waterfall) for 30 Farm Cash.
Before heading to bed tonight, make sure to do your last minute shopping in FarmVille before it's too late. Don't say we didn't warn you.
Free Zynga Cash Round-Up: Earn free premium currency in Cafe World, PetVille, & FarmVille
Everybody loves free stuff, right? After all, who wouldn't love receiving something for free, if it means being able to splurge on a little something in three of Zynga's games: Cafe World, PetVille, and FarmVille.
This brings us to the topic at hand, where we've accumulated a round-up of sorts, detailing the current promotions in those three games, allowing you to earn a bit of extra premium currency for use either immediately, or at a later date. Note: One of these promotions will actually require you to spend money, but we've detailed why we believe it's worth it in the end (hint: you'll make much more than you spend).
For details on how to earn 4 free Pet Cash in PetVille, 150 Cafe Cash in Cafe World, and 100 Farm Cash in FarmVille, meet us behind the break.
For starters, Zynga is now giving away 5 free Pet Cash to PetVille players, via a new cross-promotional activity with Stylesip, program concerned with fashion. This promotion is activated by clicking on the "Get Pet Coins & Cash" link at the top of the PetVille gameplay area, and scrolling down until you see the promotion under "Earn PetVille Cash!" The link will look like this:
Once clicked, a new window will appear, where you can simply answer a poll question that asks "What king of Stylesip girl are you today?" You'll be able to answer anyway you'd like, at which point you'll be shown a short video and another poll question concerning a certain fashionista, and which look you like on her best. Again, answer this question in any way you'd like, even if you don't read it, and you'll be rewarded with your free Pet Cash. You'll be alerted to this via small text that appears in the top right corner of the newly opened window, which says as much.
Simply refresh the game and voila! Your in-game Pet Cash total will have risen by 4. Not bad for a few seconds of work, eh?
Moving on, the new promotion in Cafe World is one with GameFly, and it will reward users with 150 free Cafe Cash if they sign up for one of GameFly's two subscription services. GameFly, for those that aren't familiar, is a video game rental service, that is very much like Netflix, except with video games. You can take advantage of this offer by clicking on the window that appears at the bottom of the Cafe World gameplay window, as seen below.
For entirely new members to the service, clicking on this link will allow you to initiate the sign-up process, where you will learn of GameFly's subscription costs, which are both less than $10 a month. Yes, this offer will cost you some money to initiate, but you'll earn 150 Cafe Cash in return, and you can cancel the GameFly subscription after your first month to avoid additional costs. With the current cost of simply purchasing Cafe Cash, the 150 Cafe Cash equates to more than $20 US, so you'll actually be making money off of the deal, while being able to take advantage of a few video game rentals in the process.
Finally, the offer in FarmVille is one that might sound familiar, as we've seen offers with this particular company in the past. Zynga's FarmVille promotion is one with Netflix, the movie rental service that we briefly mentioned above. In this deal, you can take advantage of Netflix's one month free trial service to earn 100 Farm Cash in return, absolutely free.
You'll find this offer underneath the gameplay window, as the Sponsored Link shown below. While this may sound like a deal as complex as the Gamefly offer in Cafe World, here it seems that there are no penalties for simply signing up for Netflix's free trial to receive your cash. You can, of course, keep this free trial for the entire month, if you'd like, but the fine print of this offer states that you won't have your Farm Cash revoked, so long as you keep the service active for at least 4 business days.
What does this mean in the long run? It means that if you're willing to wait four days to finalize this offer and earn permanent rights to your free Farm Cash, you'll walk away with a whopping 100 free Farm Cash with no money out of pocket. Now, that's what we call a great deal. Note: This offer, like so many others, is only available to entirely new subscribers to the service.
While both the Cafe World and FarmVille offers may seem a bit complex, they do offer fantastic opportunities for you to greatly boost your Cafe Cash and Farm Cash, which should do wonders to help you progress through the current quest lines available in both (the Holiday Dinner line in Cafe World and the Festive Tree line in FarmVille). Whether or not you take the time to actually take advantage of these offers, however, is up to you.
What do you think of Zynga's newest offers in these games? Do you think they are worth taking the time to complete, or is the reward not enough in your mind?
This brings us to the topic at hand, where we've accumulated a round-up of sorts, detailing the current promotions in those three games, allowing you to earn a bit of extra premium currency for use either immediately, or at a later date. Note: One of these promotions will actually require you to spend money, but we've detailed why we believe it's worth it in the end (hint: you'll make much more than you spend).
For details on how to earn 4 free Pet Cash in PetVille, 150 Cafe Cash in Cafe World, and 100 Farm Cash in FarmVille, meet us behind the break.
For starters, Zynga is now giving away 5 free Pet Cash to PetVille players, via a new cross-promotional activity with Stylesip, program concerned with fashion. This promotion is activated by clicking on the "Get Pet Coins & Cash" link at the top of the PetVille gameplay area, and scrolling down until you see the promotion under "Earn PetVille Cash!" The link will look like this:
Once clicked, a new window will appear, where you can simply answer a poll question that asks "What king of Stylesip girl are you today?" You'll be able to answer anyway you'd like, at which point you'll be shown a short video and another poll question concerning a certain fashionista, and which look you like on her best. Again, answer this question in any way you'd like, even if you don't read it, and you'll be rewarded with your free Pet Cash. You'll be alerted to this via small text that appears in the top right corner of the newly opened window, which says as much.
Simply refresh the game and voila! Your in-game Pet Cash total will have risen by 4. Not bad for a few seconds of work, eh?
Moving on, the new promotion in Cafe World is one with GameFly, and it will reward users with 150 free Cafe Cash if they sign up for one of GameFly's two subscription services. GameFly, for those that aren't familiar, is a video game rental service, that is very much like Netflix, except with video games. You can take advantage of this offer by clicking on the window that appears at the bottom of the Cafe World gameplay window, as seen below.
For entirely new members to the service, clicking on this link will allow you to initiate the sign-up process, where you will learn of GameFly's subscription costs, which are both less than $10 a month. Yes, this offer will cost you some money to initiate, but you'll earn 150 Cafe Cash in return, and you can cancel the GameFly subscription after your first month to avoid additional costs. With the current cost of simply purchasing Cafe Cash, the 150 Cafe Cash equates to more than $20 US, so you'll actually be making money off of the deal, while being able to take advantage of a few video game rentals in the process.
Finally, the offer in FarmVille is one that might sound familiar, as we've seen offers with this particular company in the past. Zynga's FarmVille promotion is one with Netflix, the movie rental service that we briefly mentioned above. In this deal, you can take advantage of Netflix's one month free trial service to earn 100 Farm Cash in return, absolutely free.
You'll find this offer underneath the gameplay window, as the Sponsored Link shown below. While this may sound like a deal as complex as the Gamefly offer in Cafe World, here it seems that there are no penalties for simply signing up for Netflix's free trial to receive your cash. You can, of course, keep this free trial for the entire month, if you'd like, but the fine print of this offer states that you won't have your Farm Cash revoked, so long as you keep the service active for at least 4 business days.
What does this mean in the long run? It means that if you're willing to wait four days to finalize this offer and earn permanent rights to your free Farm Cash, you'll walk away with a whopping 100 free Farm Cash with no money out of pocket. Now, that's what we call a great deal. Note: This offer, like so many others, is only available to entirely new subscribers to the service.
While both the Cafe World and FarmVille offers may seem a bit complex, they do offer fantastic opportunities for you to greatly boost your Cafe Cash and Farm Cash, which should do wonders to help you progress through the current quest lines available in both (the Holiday Dinner line in Cafe World and the Festive Tree line in FarmVille). Whether or not you take the time to actually take advantage of these offers, however, is up to you.
What do you think of Zynga's newest offers in these games? Do you think they are worth taking the time to complete, or is the reward not enough in your mind?
FarmVille's Winter Whimsy Gift Box: What's inside?
With yesterday's release of the Winter Holiday Tree in FarmVille, we see the release of an interesting new prize that you can redeem your hard-earned presents for. The item is called the Winter Whimsy, and it looks like a Mystery Box of old, made of two different colors. As of right now, you can redeem 10 presents for a Winter Whimsy gift, and in doing so, you'll have a chance at receiving a whole slew of different items.
Here's a list of the confirmed items that have been received when opening a Winter Whimsy box (turns out you won't have to wait until next week to get your hands on some of these items, like was first believed, as they are available right now - Snow Stallion and Ice House, I'm looking at you):
Ice House
Penguin
Animal Feed
5,000 coins
Large Can of Fuel
1/5 Can of Fuel
Arborists
Tinsel Tree
Snow Stallion
Yes, farmers, the Snow Stallion is available to receive from the Winter Whimsy box. I know this is difficult to believe, because the Snow Stallion will also be available for 500 presents once you overfill your Holiday Tree's meter, but we can confirm that the item is in the gift box, even if it is the rarest prize available, as some very lucky farmers over on the official FarmVille forums have been receiving them for themselves.
And there you have it! A complete list of items that you may win when redeeming for the Winter Whimsy box, giving you more than enough to go on to decide whether or not you think redeeming 10 gifts is worth the risk of ending up with just 1/5 Can of Fuel.
Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.
Will you redeem any of your Gifts for the Winter Whimsy gift box? If you receive a Snow Stallion yourself, we'd love to hear about it! Which other item would you most like to receive from inside?
Here's a list of the confirmed items that have been received when opening a Winter Whimsy box (turns out you won't have to wait until next week to get your hands on some of these items, like was first believed, as they are available right now - Snow Stallion and Ice House, I'm looking at you):
Ice House
Penguin
Animal Feed
5,000 coins
Large Can of Fuel
1/5 Can of Fuel
Arborists
Tinsel Tree
Snow Stallion
Yes, farmers, the Snow Stallion is available to receive from the Winter Whimsy box. I know this is difficult to believe, because the Snow Stallion will also be available for 500 presents once you overfill your Holiday Tree's meter, but we can confirm that the item is in the gift box, even if it is the rarest prize available, as some very lucky farmers over on the official FarmVille forums have been receiving them for themselves.
And there you have it! A complete list of items that you may win when redeeming for the Winter Whimsy box, giving you more than enough to go on to decide whether or not you think redeeming 10 gifts is worth the risk of ending up with just 1/5 Can of Fuel.
Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.
Will you redeem any of your Gifts for the Winter Whimsy gift box? If you receive a Snow Stallion yourself, we'd love to hear about it! Which other item would you most like to receive from inside?
FarmVille: Mint Candy Tree now available, but there's a catch
As we reported a few days ago, the Mint Candy Tree was then an unreleased tree that we expected would be released in FarmVille in the near future. It turns out that the future is now, as technically speaking, the tree is now available to purchase in the game's store. It's listed as a regular, permanent addition to the store, so your best bet at easily finding it is to sort the tree area of the store by "Name (A-Z)."
Once you've found the tree, you'll see that you can purchase this level 2 tree for 30 Farm Cash. However, the image associated with the tree is entirely wrong, as you can see from the picture to the right (the tree in that picture appears to be a Granny Smith Apple Tree). The actual Mint Candy Tree looks like the image below:
To save yourself some Farm Cash (and some headache), it is believed that this new tree will actually be available as Mystery Seedlings produced when placing a Sugar Plum Tree in one of your orchards, but that tree has yet to be released in the game, so we can't confirm this rumor as of this time.
All of that being said, it's up to you whether or not you'd like to risk purchasing one of these trees early, before Zynga has a chance to fix the many issues associated with it. Was the tree released early by mistake? Is there just a glitch in the system that no one seems to have noticed yet? It's presumable that Zynga will allow those users that purchase the tree to keep it once they've fixed it, but in the off chance that they have to remove those purchased trees from the game, we'd suggest waiting until they have sorted everything out before spending the premium currency.
Is the Mint Candy Tree working properly on your farm? Have you purchased one and noticed any bugs with the tree yourself? Are you willing to risk losing your Farm Cash just to have one of these trees right now, without waiting?
Once you've found the tree, you'll see that you can purchase this level 2 tree for 30 Farm Cash. However, the image associated with the tree is entirely wrong, as you can see from the picture to the right (the tree in that picture appears to be a Granny Smith Apple Tree). The actual Mint Candy Tree looks like the image below:
To save yourself some Farm Cash (and some headache), it is believed that this new tree will actually be available as Mystery Seedlings produced when placing a Sugar Plum Tree in one of your orchards, but that tree has yet to be released in the game, so we can't confirm this rumor as of this time.
All of that being said, it's up to you whether or not you'd like to risk purchasing one of these trees early, before Zynga has a chance to fix the many issues associated with it. Was the tree released early by mistake? Is there just a glitch in the system that no one seems to have noticed yet? It's presumable that Zynga will allow those users that purchase the tree to keep it once they've fixed it, but in the off chance that they have to remove those purchased trees from the game, we'd suggest waiting until they have sorted everything out before spending the premium currency.
Is the Mint Candy Tree working properly on your farm? Have you purchased one and noticed any bugs with the tree yourself? Are you willing to risk losing your Farm Cash just to have one of these trees right now, without waiting?
FarmVille Sneak Peek: Holiday Elf Pig, Elf Costume, and Ski Bunny Costume
As we reported a few days ago, the Mint Candy Tree was then an unreleased tree that we expected would be released in FarmVille in the near future. It turns out that the future is now, as technically speaking, the tree is now available to purchase in the game's store. It's listed as a regular, permanent addition to the store, so your best bet at easily finding it is to sort the tree area of the store by "Name (A-Z)."
Once you've found the tree, you'll see that you can purchase this level 2 tree for 30 Farm Cash. However, the image associated with the tree is entirely wrong, as you can see from the picture to the right (the tree in that picture appears to be a Granny Smith Apple Tree). The actual Mint Candy Tree looks like the image below:
To save yourself some Farm Cash (and some headache), it is believed that this new tree will actually be available as Mystery Seedlings produced when placing a Sugar Plum Tree in one of your orchards, but that tree has yet to be released in the game, so we can't confirm this rumor as of this time.
All of that being said, it's up to you whether or not you'd like to risk purchasing one of these trees early, before Zynga has a chance to fix the many issues associated with it. Was the tree released early by mistake? Is there just a glitch in the system that no one seems to have noticed yet? It's presumable that Zynga will allow those users that purchase the tree to keep it once they've fixed it, but in the off chance that they have to remove those purchased trees from the game, we'd suggest waiting until they have sorted everything out before spending the premium currency.
Is the Mint Candy Tree working properly on your farm? Have you purchased one and noticed any bugs with the tree yourself? Are you willing to risk losing your Farm Cash just to have one of these trees right now, without waiting?
Once you've found the tree, you'll see that you can purchase this level 2 tree for 30 Farm Cash. However, the image associated with the tree is entirely wrong, as you can see from the picture to the right (the tree in that picture appears to be a Granny Smith Apple Tree). The actual Mint Candy Tree looks like the image below:
To save yourself some Farm Cash (and some headache), it is believed that this new tree will actually be available as Mystery Seedlings produced when placing a Sugar Plum Tree in one of your orchards, but that tree has yet to be released in the game, so we can't confirm this rumor as of this time.
All of that being said, it's up to you whether or not you'd like to risk purchasing one of these trees early, before Zynga has a chance to fix the many issues associated with it. Was the tree released early by mistake? Is there just a glitch in the system that no one seems to have noticed yet? It's presumable that Zynga will allow those users that purchase the tree to keep it once they've fixed it, but in the off chance that they have to remove those purchased trees from the game, we'd suggest waiting until they have sorted everything out before spending the premium currency.
Is the Mint Candy Tree working properly on your farm? Have you purchased one and noticed any bugs with the tree yourself? Are you willing to risk losing your Farm Cash just to have one of these trees right now, without waiting?
Thursday, January 12, 2012
CityVille Cheats and Tips: How to become Mayor
cityville cheats mayor
So you've decided to start playing CityVille and become Mayor of your own city. You've been putting up buildings, farming, decorating your city, using our CityVille guides, and expanded your franchises; yet somehow you still haven't become Mayor of your growing CityVille town. Have you been nominated as a candidate by Samantha, but still not sure how to become Mayor? Fortunately, our CityVille Cheats & Tips: How to become Mayor guide has all the answers to help you rise up as leader of your city and unlock the pier shipment seaport. It's easy to become Mayor in CityVille; follow our guide and you'll be an elected official in no time.
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Like many other developments in CityVille, to become Mayor you need to complete missions. Starting with the first mission in the game, here are all the missions you need to complete to reach CityVille's Become Mayor mission:
Name Your City!
City is Born
First Neighborhood
Incoming Shipment
Build a Bakery!
Plant A City Flag
User Flies City Flag Proudly
A Post Office!
Build City Hall! - This is where you become nominated for Mayor, now let's get you elected!
Clear Trees!
Rita's Flower Garden
The Burger Joint
Build A Silo!
Build Franchises
Build Headquarters
Run Remote Franchise
Fuel Town Finances
Build A New Park
Increase Population
Build School
Become Mayor!
Though it looks as though becoming Mayor in CityVille is a ton of work, if you've been playing, you've probably completed most of these missions already. Check your game to see what mission you're up to, then find it in our list above to see how many missions you have left until election day. Chances are you're much closer to becoming CityVille's Mayor than you think.
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When you finally reach the Become Mayor! CityVille mission, you'll have quite a daunting task in front of you. To complete the mission you must:
Have 1,000 population
Collect from Businesses 30 times
You can prepare for this mission in advance by building Community Buildings so that you're population is already at 1,000 by the time CityVille's Become Mayor mission comes around. Remember, the school you have to build for the previous mission (Build School) will raise your population limit by 500. Other than that, to become Mayor all you have to do is collect from 30 businesses, which shouldn't take too long at all.
cityville cheats become mayor
But becoming Mayor is just another chapter of the CityVille saga. Once you're the Mayor of your city, you'll unlock the pier seaport and even more missions to explore. Shipping with piers can be complicated, but with our CityVille Shipment Guide and your new position as Mayor of CityVille, you should have no problem figuring it out.
So you've decided to start playing CityVille and become Mayor of your own city. You've been putting up buildings, farming, decorating your city, using our CityVille guides, and expanded your franchises; yet somehow you still haven't become Mayor of your growing CityVille town. Have you been nominated as a candidate by Samantha, but still not sure how to become Mayor? Fortunately, our CityVille Cheats & Tips: How to become Mayor guide has all the answers to help you rise up as leader of your city and unlock the pier shipment seaport. It's easy to become Mayor in CityVille; follow our guide and you'll be an elected official in no time.
cityville cheats mayor
Like many other developments in CityVille, to become Mayor you need to complete missions. Starting with the first mission in the game, here are all the missions you need to complete to reach CityVille's Become Mayor mission:
Name Your City!
City is Born
First Neighborhood
Incoming Shipment
Build a Bakery!
Plant A City Flag
User Flies City Flag Proudly
A Post Office!
Build City Hall! - This is where you become nominated for Mayor, now let's get you elected!
Clear Trees!
Rita's Flower Garden
The Burger Joint
Build A Silo!
Build Franchises
Build Headquarters
Run Remote Franchise
Fuel Town Finances
Build A New Park
Increase Population
Build School
Become Mayor!
Though it looks as though becoming Mayor in CityVille is a ton of work, if you've been playing, you've probably completed most of these missions already. Check your game to see what mission you're up to, then find it in our list above to see how many missions you have left until election day. Chances are you're much closer to becoming CityVille's Mayor than you think.
cityville cheats become mayor
When you finally reach the Become Mayor! CityVille mission, you'll have quite a daunting task in front of you. To complete the mission you must:
Have 1,000 population
Collect from Businesses 30 times
You can prepare for this mission in advance by building Community Buildings so that you're population is already at 1,000 by the time CityVille's Become Mayor mission comes around. Remember, the school you have to build for the previous mission (Build School) will raise your population limit by 500. Other than that, to become Mayor all you have to do is collect from 30 businesses, which shouldn't take too long at all.
cityville cheats become mayor
But becoming Mayor is just another chapter of the CityVille saga. Once you're the Mayor of your city, you'll unlock the pier seaport and even more missions to explore. Shipping with piers can be complicated, but with our CityVille Shipment Guide and your new position as Mayor of CityVille, you should have no problem figuring it out.
Social game spoilers: Love 'em or hate 'em?
FarmVille New Years Countdown
Spoilers. They're a popular staple of many a social game blog (including this ridiculously good-looking one, mind you), but not everyone is a fan. At least according to FarmVille forum user sophiemilan who believes posts containing unreleased items and content ruin the element of surprise. For this digital farmer, it got to the point where they literally stopped visiting sites that covered unreleased game content.
"When updates come out, it's just a matter of seeing which unreleased item they decided to release," sophiemilan says. "There is no element of surprise anymore."
The user even mentions that companies like Zynga have become privy to the practice, posting its own sneak peeks on its fan pages for FarmVille, FrontierVille and even CityVille already. And the problem persists when friends see the news and regurgitate it through their Facebook News Feeds. So, let's have it out in a poll, shall we?
Spoilers. They're a popular staple of many a social game blog (including this ridiculously good-looking one, mind you), but not everyone is a fan. At least according to FarmVille forum user sophiemilan who believes posts containing unreleased items and content ruin the element of surprise. For this digital farmer, it got to the point where they literally stopped visiting sites that covered unreleased game content.
"When updates come out, it's just a matter of seeing which unreleased item they decided to release," sophiemilan says. "There is no element of surprise anymore."
The user even mentions that companies like Zynga have become privy to the practice, posting its own sneak peeks on its fan pages for FarmVille, FrontierVille and even CityVille already. And the problem persists when friends see the news and regurgitate it through their Facebook News Feeds. So, let's have it out in a poll, shall we?
FrontierVille New Years Party Goals: Everything you need to know
Just when you thought the holidays were through, Dec. 31 crept up right around the corner, bringing yet another set of FrontierVille Goals with it. Well, at least in the world of Facebook it did. Soon enough, pioneers everywhere will find a letter on their homestead reading that Frontier Jack's niece, Bess, is headed West for the New Year.
In the New Years Party Goals, players will have to prepare their homestead for the ultimate party to ring in the New Year for Bess. The preparations will span five new Goals wherein players will earn RSVPs, increasing their guest list to epic proportions in time for the party's end come Jan. 14. There's also a brand new item to be built in this series of Goals, the New Years Dance Floor.
Join us behind the break for a detailed guide on how to finish all five News Years Party Goals.
PartyVille
In the first Goal of the New Year, "PartyVille," it's your job to make some room for that Dance Floor, buy it from the Market and randomly collect a Daily Bonus from the Barn. If you've yet to build a Barn, this Goal is going to take quite a while. Check out this guide on how to build your Barn to get things moving. Finish these requirements and 200 XP, 250 coins and one RSVP are all yours.
In Part II of the New Years Party Goals, players will simply need to collect a few items. First, you will need to either have or buy one Fence and Saddle from the Market for 600 coins and 1 Wood. Next, you'll have to either craft or own two Fancy Clothing, which can be made in the General Store using two Ribbon and two Clothes. Ribbon can be found through the Free Gifts page, which means some requests are in order, and Clothes are created in the Cabin using six Cloth and 500 coins. And we all know where Cloth comes from (hint: say 'Hello' to your friends every once in a while), right? Lastly, you need to have or collect one pair of Winter Mittens, which drop at random as part of the new Winter Collection when Whacking the new Dance Floor, chopping down Pine Trees and tending winter Animals. Finish this and an RSVP, a Light Snack and one Piggy Poop await you.
Finish Your New Years Dance Floor
The third of the New Years Party Goals finally requires the dreaded GIft requests. For this Goal, players will have to collect 10 Welcome Baskets through tapping their friends while crafting 15 sets of Fireworks and moving 10 Oxen. The Fireworks will take quite some time to create considering you'll need three Saltpeter, which you can only find one of at a time from turning in the Manure Collection. (Thankfully, one Saltpeter and five Fire make five Fireworks.) We'd recommend throwing this on the good old Wish List, but you're friends are going to need that Saltpeter too. If this last portion of the Goal is anything like moving the Cows in the Toll Booth Goals, you should be able to move the same Ox 10 times to fulfill the requirement. Complete these tasks and another RSVP is yours along with one Lunch and five New Years Fireworks.
New Years Dance FloorNew Years Party Part IV requires some more effort, asking players to find one Hot Cider from the Winter Collection, place one Old Time Camera and upgrade the Dance Floor to Level 2. Finding that Hot Cider will take some time considering it is random, but Old Time Cameras are available in the Market for just 1,200 coins and 10 Wood. To bring the New Years Dance Floor to the next level, you will need to ask friends for these standard building parts:
2 Hammers
2 Nails
2 Bricks
2 Hand Drills
2 Paint Buckets
3 Hardwood Floors
Once these three requirements are met, enjoy the same reward as before, which isn't a bad thing. The final Goal in this series, in traditional FrontierVille finale style, will put quite a dent in your reserves of Food, cash and Energy. First, just tend to five Horses, which could be a tough sell considering many players dumped a lot of their steeds as a result of the change earlier this year. Next, just place five of those New Years Fireworks you've been rewarded all this time. And finally, bake five Cakes, which is done in the Inn using Batter and Fire. To be exact, you will need 10 Fire and 20 Batter to craft five Cakes. And that translates to 400 Food and an insane 18,000 coins. After spending your six kids' college fund, enjoy 300 XP, another RSVP and a fancy Silver Hot Tub. Then, dance the night away with the FrontierVille cast--you deserve it.
[Via FrontierVille Wiki]
Check out the rest of our New Year's coverage right here.
In the New Years Party Goals, players will have to prepare their homestead for the ultimate party to ring in the New Year for Bess. The preparations will span five new Goals wherein players will earn RSVPs, increasing their guest list to epic proportions in time for the party's end come Jan. 14. There's also a brand new item to be built in this series of Goals, the New Years Dance Floor.
Join us behind the break for a detailed guide on how to finish all five News Years Party Goals.
PartyVille
In the first Goal of the New Year, "PartyVille," it's your job to make some room for that Dance Floor, buy it from the Market and randomly collect a Daily Bonus from the Barn. If you've yet to build a Barn, this Goal is going to take quite a while. Check out this guide on how to build your Barn to get things moving. Finish these requirements and 200 XP, 250 coins and one RSVP are all yours.
In Part II of the New Years Party Goals, players will simply need to collect a few items. First, you will need to either have or buy one Fence and Saddle from the Market for 600 coins and 1 Wood. Next, you'll have to either craft or own two Fancy Clothing, which can be made in the General Store using two Ribbon and two Clothes. Ribbon can be found through the Free Gifts page, which means some requests are in order, and Clothes are created in the Cabin using six Cloth and 500 coins. And we all know where Cloth comes from (hint: say 'Hello' to your friends every once in a while), right? Lastly, you need to have or collect one pair of Winter Mittens, which drop at random as part of the new Winter Collection when Whacking the new Dance Floor, chopping down Pine Trees and tending winter Animals. Finish this and an RSVP, a Light Snack and one Piggy Poop await you.
Finish Your New Years Dance Floor
The third of the New Years Party Goals finally requires the dreaded GIft requests. For this Goal, players will have to collect 10 Welcome Baskets through tapping their friends while crafting 15 sets of Fireworks and moving 10 Oxen. The Fireworks will take quite some time to create considering you'll need three Saltpeter, which you can only find one of at a time from turning in the Manure Collection. (Thankfully, one Saltpeter and five Fire make five Fireworks.) We'd recommend throwing this on the good old Wish List, but you're friends are going to need that Saltpeter too. If this last portion of the Goal is anything like moving the Cows in the Toll Booth Goals, you should be able to move the same Ox 10 times to fulfill the requirement. Complete these tasks and another RSVP is yours along with one Lunch and five New Years Fireworks.
New Years Dance FloorNew Years Party Part IV requires some more effort, asking players to find one Hot Cider from the Winter Collection, place one Old Time Camera and upgrade the Dance Floor to Level 2. Finding that Hot Cider will take some time considering it is random, but Old Time Cameras are available in the Market for just 1,200 coins and 10 Wood. To bring the New Years Dance Floor to the next level, you will need to ask friends for these standard building parts:
2 Hammers
2 Nails
2 Bricks
2 Hand Drills
2 Paint Buckets
3 Hardwood Floors
Once these three requirements are met, enjoy the same reward as before, which isn't a bad thing. The final Goal in this series, in traditional FrontierVille finale style, will put quite a dent in your reserves of Food, cash and Energy. First, just tend to five Horses, which could be a tough sell considering many players dumped a lot of their steeds as a result of the change earlier this year. Next, just place five of those New Years Fireworks you've been rewarded all this time. And finally, bake five Cakes, which is done in the Inn using Batter and Fire. To be exact, you will need 10 Fire and 20 Batter to craft five Cakes. And that translates to 400 Food and an insane 18,000 coins. After spending your six kids' college fund, enjoy 300 XP, another RSVP and a fancy Silver Hot Tub. Then, dance the night away with the FrontierVille cast--you deserve it.
[Via FrontierVille Wiki]
Check out the rest of our New Year's coverage right here.
FrontierVille Winter Collection: Everything you need to know
Winter BearAlong with the New Years Party Goals and New Years Dance Floor came a new Collection in FrontierVille to, well, collect. Like all Collections, this one contains five items and a special reward. The five items required to complete the Collection include Hot Cider, Mittens, Snowflake, Hot Chocolate and an Icicle. Finding these items is easy enough as they have a chance to drop at random when whacking away at the New Years Dance Floor, chopping down Pine Trees and tending to Winter Animals.
This includes animals released in recent promotions like those awarded from the Winter's a Comin' Goals. Turning in the Collection will reward players with the Winter Bear, a grizzly that looks reluctantly festive in his top hat and scarf. If you want this party animal to join you on the New Years Dance Floor tomorrow evening, you better get to chopping those trees and making those Winter Animals happy.
[Source and Image Credit FrontierVille Wiki]
[Second Image: FrontierVille Forums]
Check out the rest of our New Year's coverage right here.
This includes animals released in recent promotions like those awarded from the Winter's a Comin' Goals. Turning in the Collection will reward players with the Winter Bear, a grizzly that looks reluctantly festive in his top hat and scarf. If you want this party animal to join you on the New Years Dance Floor tomorrow evening, you better get to chopping those trees and making those Winter Animals happy.
[Source and Image Credit FrontierVille Wiki]
[Second Image: FrontierVille Forums]
Check out the rest of our New Year's coverage right here.
FrontierVille New Years RSVP Prizes: Everything you need to know
Along with the New Years Party Goals that were released in FrontierVille earlier today, comes a new collection event in the game, which will have users collecting RSVPs for their New Years Party, so that you can upgrade your dance floor to intricately decorated and massive proportions just in time for the ball to drop ringing in the new year.
While you'll need to collect just a few RSVPs to set your party into motion technically (that is, in order to bring some of the FrontierVille cast out onto the dance floor), that isn't their only purpose. In fact, collect enough RSVPs, either by completing the New Years Party Goals, or by earning them from friends, and you'll be able to trade them in for some awesome themed items.
Meet us behind the break for a look at the six prizes that are available, and how you'll earn them. First and foremost, before you can earn any prizes, you'll need to start gathering RSVPs, which is where a little help from your neighbors will really help you progress. As we stated before, you'll be able to earn free single RSVPs from completing some of the New Year Party Goals (or collecting bonuses posted by your friends after they complete the goals), but in order to really upgrade your party, you'll need to collect varying amounts of RSVPs, with a certain number being required to upgrade your Dance Floor a single level.
After you upgrade your Dance Floor to level 2 as part IV of the V part New Years Goal series (a task that requires you to have 10 RSVPs), you'll be able to continue upgrading your Dance Floor by collecting even more. This is done by clicking on the Dance Floor and clicking on the "Invite Friends" button, bringing up the a window like the one below, where you'll be able to post an Invite directly to your friends' walls. Be careful though, as all of your friends will be listed, not just your FrontierVille neighbors, so make sure you're not inadvertently spamming people that don't play the game.
The Dance Floor has six levels, with each subsequent level adding more decorations and more of the FrontierVille cast to your party. To start, you'll have Frontier Jack and Miss Fanny Wildcat, but over time, your party will grow to include Hank, Humble Bob and so on. Levels 3 through 6 of the Dance Floor upgrades will cost anywhere from 20 - 250 RSVPs to complete. You'll be able to upgrade your Dance Floor by simply clicking on the item and selecting "Upgrade Party!" from the drop-down menu that appears. Of course, you won't actually be able to upgrade until you have the required number of RSVPs for the party's next level, but a handy pop-up will let you know how many you've yet to earn.
Along with simply upgrading the Dance Floor to a more intricately decorated item, you'll also unlock some redeemable prizes for each level you upgrade to. The Prizes are unlocked as soon as your Party is upgraded, and are as follows:
New Years Sign - 5 RSVPs
Mini Bar - 10 RSVPs
Hooch Brut - 20 RSVPs
Party Pig - 50 RSVPs
Party Hats - 100 RSVPs
Confetti Cannon - 250 RSVPs
As you can see from the list above, this is way more than just a simple side-quest associated with the New Years Party Goals, as this is a full collection event, that will likely require lots of time and dedication on your part (along with a lot of very generous friends), if you'd like to earn enough RSVPs to unlock the most "expensive" items.
If nothing else, everyone should at least try to earn the Party Pig, as this is simply a fantastic animal, wearing a party hat and shutter shades - Shutter Shades! How cool is that!?
While the pop-up above states that you'll have to wait until December 31 to start the countdown, this isn't entirely accurate, as you can actually start the countdown whenever you'd like, by clicking on the Dance Floor and selecting "Start Countdown." This will allow you to redeem all prizes that you've unlocked up to that point. Don't worry about losing those other prizes though, as you can "throw a party" once per day, until the event is done, and you'll be able to receive any subsequent prizes that you've earned in the meantime by doing so. It should also be noted that your RSVP progress is saved permanently, so even if you decide to start the countdown before New Years Eve proper, you won't have to start collecting RSVPs from scratch, which is definitely a good thing.
And there you have it! Everything you need to throw a complete New Years Party in FrontierVille, along with tons of cool prizes and decorations to boot! What a way to end a year!
Check out the rest of our New Year's coverage right here.
While you'll need to collect just a few RSVPs to set your party into motion technically (that is, in order to bring some of the FrontierVille cast out onto the dance floor), that isn't their only purpose. In fact, collect enough RSVPs, either by completing the New Years Party Goals, or by earning them from friends, and you'll be able to trade them in for some awesome themed items.
Meet us behind the break for a look at the six prizes that are available, and how you'll earn them. First and foremost, before you can earn any prizes, you'll need to start gathering RSVPs, which is where a little help from your neighbors will really help you progress. As we stated before, you'll be able to earn free single RSVPs from completing some of the New Year Party Goals (or collecting bonuses posted by your friends after they complete the goals), but in order to really upgrade your party, you'll need to collect varying amounts of RSVPs, with a certain number being required to upgrade your Dance Floor a single level.
After you upgrade your Dance Floor to level 2 as part IV of the V part New Years Goal series (a task that requires you to have 10 RSVPs), you'll be able to continue upgrading your Dance Floor by collecting even more. This is done by clicking on the Dance Floor and clicking on the "Invite Friends" button, bringing up the a window like the one below, where you'll be able to post an Invite directly to your friends' walls. Be careful though, as all of your friends will be listed, not just your FrontierVille neighbors, so make sure you're not inadvertently spamming people that don't play the game.
The Dance Floor has six levels, with each subsequent level adding more decorations and more of the FrontierVille cast to your party. To start, you'll have Frontier Jack and Miss Fanny Wildcat, but over time, your party will grow to include Hank, Humble Bob and so on. Levels 3 through 6 of the Dance Floor upgrades will cost anywhere from 20 - 250 RSVPs to complete. You'll be able to upgrade your Dance Floor by simply clicking on the item and selecting "Upgrade Party!" from the drop-down menu that appears. Of course, you won't actually be able to upgrade until you have the required number of RSVPs for the party's next level, but a handy pop-up will let you know how many you've yet to earn.
Along with simply upgrading the Dance Floor to a more intricately decorated item, you'll also unlock some redeemable prizes for each level you upgrade to. The Prizes are unlocked as soon as your Party is upgraded, and are as follows:
New Years Sign - 5 RSVPs
Mini Bar - 10 RSVPs
Hooch Brut - 20 RSVPs
Party Pig - 50 RSVPs
Party Hats - 100 RSVPs
Confetti Cannon - 250 RSVPs
As you can see from the list above, this is way more than just a simple side-quest associated with the New Years Party Goals, as this is a full collection event, that will likely require lots of time and dedication on your part (along with a lot of very generous friends), if you'd like to earn enough RSVPs to unlock the most "expensive" items.
If nothing else, everyone should at least try to earn the Party Pig, as this is simply a fantastic animal, wearing a party hat and shutter shades - Shutter Shades! How cool is that!?
While the pop-up above states that you'll have to wait until December 31 to start the countdown, this isn't entirely accurate, as you can actually start the countdown whenever you'd like, by clicking on the Dance Floor and selecting "Start Countdown." This will allow you to redeem all prizes that you've unlocked up to that point. Don't worry about losing those other prizes though, as you can "throw a party" once per day, until the event is done, and you'll be able to receive any subsequent prizes that you've earned in the meantime by doing so. It should also be noted that your RSVP progress is saved permanently, so even if you decide to start the countdown before New Years Eve proper, you won't have to start collecting RSVPs from scratch, which is definitely a good thing.
And there you have it! Everything you need to throw a complete New Years Party in FrontierVille, along with tons of cool prizes and decorations to boot! What a way to end a year!
Check out the rest of our New Year's coverage right here.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
MegaCity maker Vostu gets down to earth with Elemental on Android
As it attempts to win over the judgment of the courts, Vostu attempts to win over the hearts of Android gamers everywhere with Elemental. The Brazilian social game maker released the game from its São Paulo studio today to the Android Market for free. The game is said to be a twist on the classic puzzle game Sudoku, swapping boring numbers for more exciting elements.
Players combine various combinations of the classic four elements--earth, wind, fire and water--to unlock brand new elements within each puzzle. As players create new elements, they're guided by Professor Nicolas (or should we say Nikola?), who looks as if it could be a passerby in the Professor Layton universe.
Elemental presents its puzzles in a 4 by 4 grid, and players must create new elements by placing existing elements within the sub grids. However, like Sudoku, you cannot have more than one element in any given row or column. Nikola--sorry, Nicolas--will guide players through the more complex grids and element combinations. There are two game modes in Elemental: Story and Survival.
The former throws players into different worlds to collect certain elements and move on, while the latter is a race against the clock to complete grids. Of course, Elemental is made social via OpenFeint, which allows players to compete in real time by sharing achievements. (So ... technically real time?) Vostu said in a release that it plans to use OpenFeint in future mobile titles. If only this were coming to iOS--normal Sudoku just doesn't do it for this writer.
Players combine various combinations of the classic four elements--earth, wind, fire and water--to unlock brand new elements within each puzzle. As players create new elements, they're guided by Professor Nicolas (or should we say Nikola?), who looks as if it could be a passerby in the Professor Layton universe.
Elemental presents its puzzles in a 4 by 4 grid, and players must create new elements by placing existing elements within the sub grids. However, like Sudoku, you cannot have more than one element in any given row or column. Nikola--sorry, Nicolas--will guide players through the more complex grids and element combinations. There are two game modes in Elemental: Story and Survival.
The former throws players into different worlds to collect certain elements and move on, while the latter is a race against the clock to complete grids. Of course, Elemental is made social via OpenFeint, which allows players to compete in real time by sharing achievements. (So ... technically real time?) Vostu said in a release that it plans to use OpenFeint in future mobile titles. If only this were coming to iOS--normal Sudoku just doesn't do it for this writer.
Mass Effect social game on Facebook, Google+, iOS confirmed?
Whoops--didn't mean to let that cat out of the bag, huh Bioware? (Actually, you probably so planned that.) During an interview with CVG, Executive Producer Casey Hudson on Bioware's much-anticipated Mass Effect 3 revealed that a version of the game is likely coming to social networks and iOS devices. Granted, we've expected as much for awhile, but nothing's ever been said.
"For the first time, wherever you go - online, mobile, on social networks - you'll be able to follow your progress," Hudson told CVG. "You'll never have to leave the Mass Effect experience." The website went on to note that it caught "glimpses of an all-new social game for Facebook and Google+, as well as a bespoke iPad and iPhone adventure."
So, there you have it, straight from the turian's segmented mouth. We had suspicions of a Mass Effect social game since EA2D, the studio that created the briefly successful Dragon Age Legends, became Bioware San Francisco. And let's not forget the recent Bioware job posting that called for "a well-rounded Artist to work on an exciting, new, social game for gamers."
With such an ambitious launch on so many platforms at once, we'd have to imagine that this social game will prove to be more than a companion game. That's especially considering the fact the core Mass Effect 3 will have a persistent multiplayer mode. Unfortunately, we all know what the average shooter fan thinks of social games ... or do we?
"For the first time, wherever you go - online, mobile, on social networks - you'll be able to follow your progress," Hudson told CVG. "You'll never have to leave the Mass Effect experience." The website went on to note that it caught "glimpses of an all-new social game for Facebook and Google+, as well as a bespoke iPad and iPhone adventure."
So, there you have it, straight from the turian's segmented mouth. We had suspicions of a Mass Effect social game since EA2D, the studio that created the briefly successful Dragon Age Legends, became Bioware San Francisco. And let's not forget the recent Bioware job posting that called for "a well-rounded Artist to work on an exciting, new, social game for gamers."
With such an ambitious launch on so many platforms at once, we'd have to imagine that this social game will prove to be more than a companion game. That's especially considering the fact the core Mass Effect 3 will have a persistent multiplayer mode. Unfortunately, we all know what the average shooter fan thinks of social games ... or do we?
Mafia Wars Shakedown looks like Jackie Brown gone social [Video]
At least from the looks of the trailer (and probably without the incredible direction). Zynga recently released a trailer for its upcoming mobile version of Mafia Wars, Mafia Wars Shakedown. Of course, like most game trailers from the company, the footage is devoid of any gameplay or a release date. However, at least it sets the scene and tone the developer looks to be going for.
Apparently, the don that runs your crime ring has been assassinated, and now the race has begun to see who will become the new don and take the reins. So, it'll be your job--we guess--to find out who killed the don, fighting back other players and tough bosses like a trollish butcher. Of course, there will be lots of treasure, loot and coin in it for skilled digital criminals.
But we really take away from the trailer is style. If the game is going to follow the '70s crime and blaxploitation style, complete with funky car chase tunes, then we're so in. More importantly, it tells us that this version of mobile Mafia Wars is going to be more than a companion game like Atlantic City was, but we're sure those elements will fit in one way or another. Check out the trailer below, and tell us what you think in the comments.
Apparently, the don that runs your crime ring has been assassinated, and now the race has begun to see who will become the new don and take the reins. So, it'll be your job--we guess--to find out who killed the don, fighting back other players and tough bosses like a trollish butcher. Of course, there will be lots of treasure, loot and coin in it for skilled digital criminals.
But we really take away from the trailer is style. If the game is going to follow the '70s crime and blaxploitation style, complete with funky car chase tunes, then we're so in. More importantly, it tells us that this version of mobile Mafia Wars is going to be more than a companion game like Atlantic City was, but we're sure those elements will fit in one way or another. Check out the trailer below, and tell us what you think in the comments.
No More Heroes Royal maker starts social games company with DeNA
Will No More Heroes bring the blood and gore to mobile phones for good? That much we doubt. The Japanese creator of what is said to be "the social game with the most blood," Grasshopper Manufacture, has inked a deal with social game giant DeNA. The partnership has created a new company called Grasshopper Social Network Service, and company CEO Goichi Suda--aka Suda 51--sounds psyched.
"Our new venture with DeNA will allow us to explore creative ways to bring Grasshopper Manufacture's universe to a new world of players," Suda said, according to Gamasutra. "Mobage's world-class entertainment network and the power of social mobile games will unlock new types of experiences for our fans."
The deal will result in a number of mobile social games created (in addition to the three already in the making) solely for DeNA and now ngmoco's Mobage platform for smartphones. Grasshopper Social Network Service will begin operations in Japan this November, and will bring a number of new mobile social games to Japanese mobile smartphones and abroad.
No More Heroes Royal, Frog Minutes, Humans vs Zombies and Alien Busters--Grasshopper Manufacture's existing projects for Mobage--will all shift to this new joint venture once set up. DeNA has some big names on its side in this battle for mobile social dominance. Just last week, the company announced the first Final Fantasy social game with Square Enix. Look, if this means we get to see the social action fest that much sooner, then go at it, Suda.
"Our new venture with DeNA will allow us to explore creative ways to bring Grasshopper Manufacture's universe to a new world of players," Suda said, according to Gamasutra. "Mobage's world-class entertainment network and the power of social mobile games will unlock new types of experiences for our fans."
The deal will result in a number of mobile social games created (in addition to the three already in the making) solely for DeNA and now ngmoco's Mobage platform for smartphones. Grasshopper Social Network Service will begin operations in Japan this November, and will bring a number of new mobile social games to Japanese mobile smartphones and abroad.
No More Heroes Royal, Frog Minutes, Humans vs Zombies and Alien Busters--Grasshopper Manufacture's existing projects for Mobage--will all shift to this new joint venture once set up. DeNA has some big names on its side in this battle for mobile social dominance. Just last week, the company announced the first Final Fantasy social game with Square Enix. Look, if this means we get to see the social action fest that much sooner, then go at it, Suda.
Socialspiel reels in untapped social game genre in Tight Lines Fishing
Well, the fishing genre on Facebook certainly hasn't been ... over-fished. (We're here all night, try the veal.) Vienna, Austria-based Socialspiel has formally announced Tight Lines Fishing on Facebook. This game is an attempt at bringing the excitement of popular fishing games on consoles to Facebook. However, the motion controls simulating actual fishing were left for another day.
In the ongoing competition to catch the biggest fish, Tight Lines Fishing players will train as well as customize and equip new gear to catch bigger fish in a storybook world around them. The game's art style is almost reminiscent of children's books, and as you explore you'll come across new characters with quests for you and fisherman's stories to tell.
"With Tight Lines Fishing we've created new ways to connect with friends around the world and bring out the angler in all of us," Socialspiel CEO and co-founder Helmut Hutterer said in a release. "In doing so, we continue our history of creating unique social games with high quality production values and appealing experiences for players and their friends to enjoy. Until today more than 1.5 Million fish have been caught."
Tight Lines Fishing gameplay
The fishing mechanic in the game, while not quite on par with literally making the motions, is actually skill-based. Players must cast a bobber into nearby waters and time when they reel in exactly as a fish bites the line. There are a number of things to upgrade and customize about your character, so we imagine there are plenty of fish to catch. This is a major departure for Socialspiel, which before this released Push, an equally-charming puzzle game on Facebook.
In the ongoing competition to catch the biggest fish, Tight Lines Fishing players will train as well as customize and equip new gear to catch bigger fish in a storybook world around them. The game's art style is almost reminiscent of children's books, and as you explore you'll come across new characters with quests for you and fisherman's stories to tell.
"With Tight Lines Fishing we've created new ways to connect with friends around the world and bring out the angler in all of us," Socialspiel CEO and co-founder Helmut Hutterer said in a release. "In doing so, we continue our history of creating unique social games with high quality production values and appealing experiences for players and their friends to enjoy. Until today more than 1.5 Million fish have been caught."
Tight Lines Fishing gameplay
The fishing mechanic in the game, while not quite on par with literally making the motions, is actually skill-based. Players must cast a bobber into nearby waters and time when they reel in exactly as a fish bites the line. There are a number of things to upgrade and customize about your character, so we imagine there are plenty of fish to catch. This is a major departure for Socialspiel, which before this released Push, an equally-charming puzzle game on Facebook.
Sunday, January 8, 2012
FarmVille Mystery Game (1/30/11): Chinese New Year items have arrived
Quackers has updated the FarmVille Mystery Game this evening, and wouldn't you know it - our prediction from just yesterday has held true, as this week's Mystery Game contains items from a new (and timely) Chinese New Year theme.
As of this writing, this Mystery Game is the only way to get your hands on Chinese New Year items in the game, as there are none currently available in the store. That might change in the future, but if you'd like to get a head start on the proceedings, then check out the confirmed prizes available this week:
Phoenix
Cardinal
Chinese Red Bridge
Red Lotus Pond
Chinese Dragon
Horse & Carriage
For those that are interested, you'll be happy to know that this week's Mystery Game retains the traditional price of 16 Farm Cash, with that premium currency getting you a single dart to throw at the board. Unfortunately, the item you'll receive is still random, so keep that in mind, but all of these would likely look cool on your farm.
This week's Mystery Game will be around for just that long - a week, before a new set of six items will be added to the game. Will they be more Chinese New Year items? Valentine's Day items? Only time will tell, so make sure to check back with us then when we find out.
As of this writing, this Mystery Game is the only way to get your hands on Chinese New Year items in the game, as there are none currently available in the store. That might change in the future, but if you'd like to get a head start on the proceedings, then check out the confirmed prizes available this week:
Phoenix
Cardinal
Chinese Red Bridge
Red Lotus Pond
Chinese Dragon
Horse & Carriage
For those that are interested, you'll be happy to know that this week's Mystery Game retains the traditional price of 16 Farm Cash, with that premium currency getting you a single dart to throw at the board. Unfortunately, the item you'll receive is still random, so keep that in mind, but all of these would likely look cool on your farm.
This week's Mystery Game will be around for just that long - a week, before a new set of six items will be added to the game. Will they be more Chinese New Year items? Valentine's Day items? Only time will tell, so make sure to check back with us then when we find out.
FarmVille: Giant Cinnamon and Heart Candy trees now available
It all started with the Giant Bubblegum tree, that was released in FarmVille just a week ago - that being what seems to be a new theme in the game of regular trees being re-released as giant versions of themselves. With these larger sized trees comes an equally inflated price tag, however, so ready your wallet as we look at these newest two.
The two new trees are the Giant Cinnamon and Giant Heart Candy Trees. While the "regular" sized versions of both of these trees were released last Wednesday for 5 and 15 Farm Cash, respectively, these Giant versions will set you back either 15 Farm Cash (for the Cinnamon tree) or 25 Farm Cash (the Heart Candy tree). Luckily, we know that the Giant Heart Candy tree is also available as a Mystery Seedling that you can find posted on your friends' walls, so feel free to save your Farm Cash if you'd rather luck into acquiring one that way.
Either way, both of these trees retain the stats of their predecessors - they are harvestable every two days, and you'll receive 150 coins when doing so. You'll gain 15 experience points for purchasing either tree. Finally, both will be available in the game for exactly two weeks.
Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day coverage right here.
The two new trees are the Giant Cinnamon and Giant Heart Candy Trees. While the "regular" sized versions of both of these trees were released last Wednesday for 5 and 15 Farm Cash, respectively, these Giant versions will set you back either 15 Farm Cash (for the Cinnamon tree) or 25 Farm Cash (the Heart Candy tree). Luckily, we know that the Giant Heart Candy tree is also available as a Mystery Seedling that you can find posted on your friends' walls, so feel free to save your Farm Cash if you'd rather luck into acquiring one that way.
Either way, both of these trees retain the stats of their predecessors - they are harvestable every two days, and you'll receive 150 coins when doing so. You'll gain 15 experience points for purchasing either tree. Finally, both will be available in the game for exactly two weeks.
Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day coverage right here.
FarmVille Valentine's Animals: Pink Persian Cat, Heart Pig, and...Ducks?
Tonight's FarmVille update is an interesting one when it comes to the new animals that are now available. There are four new animals to choose from, and while all four are in the limited edition Valentine's Day theme, only two really seem to belong there.
The two expected animals are the Pink Persian Cat and the Heart Pig, which are available for 14 and 18 Farm Cash, respectively. The Pink Persian Cat can be harvested every three days for 90 coins each time, and the Heart Pig can be harvested after just two days, but you'll only receive 50 coins for doing so.
Meanwhile, the two more interesting animals are a pair of limited edition ducks. First is the Elder Duck, which is available for 20 Farm Cash, while a Hooded Merganser is available for 16 Farm Cash. Both are harvested every two days, and you'll receive 45 coins when doing so. It's not that there's anything particularly wrong with these ducks, it's just there description as "Valentine's Day" animals that seems a bit weird.
Either way, all four of these animals will be available for exactly two weeks. You'll gain quite a bit of experience points for purchasing each one (ranging from 1400 - 2000), so make sure to give them a look before they expire.
The two expected animals are the Pink Persian Cat and the Heart Pig, which are available for 14 and 18 Farm Cash, respectively. The Pink Persian Cat can be harvested every three days for 90 coins each time, and the Heart Pig can be harvested after just two days, but you'll only receive 50 coins for doing so.
Meanwhile, the two more interesting animals are a pair of limited edition ducks. First is the Elder Duck, which is available for 20 Farm Cash, while a Hooded Merganser is available for 16 Farm Cash. Both are harvested every two days, and you'll receive 45 coins when doing so. It's not that there's anything particularly wrong with these ducks, it's just there description as "Valentine's Day" animals that seems a bit weird.
Either way, all four of these animals will be available for exactly two weeks. You'll gain quite a bit of experience points for purchasing each one (ranging from 1400 - 2000), so make sure to give them a look before they expire.
FarmVille Valentine's Day Decorations: Romantic Cottage, Love Gondola, Romantic Picnic & More
While tonight's FarmVille update might have brought a new theme (the Chinese New Year theme) to the FarmVille Mystery Game, the store is still being stocked with Valentine's Day items (I, for one, am very happy about that indeed). Tonight, we see the release of a new building, along with four new decorative items, one of which is making a return from a previous theme.
The new building is the Romantic Cottage, which makes quite the statement on your farm (it's a big item) for 25 Farm Cash. You'll receive a hefty sum of 2,500 experience points for purchasing this one, and it can be decorated with snow and lights, if such a thing interests you enough to purchase it (as if the flowers and overall design of the item weren't enough).
Meet us behind the break for a look at the other new items in this lovely theme.
The four decorative items are split three to one in terms of those premium items, and items available for coins. The premium (Farm Cash) items are a Love Gondola, priced at 20 Farm Cash, a Valentine Gnome that costs 12 Farm Cash, and finally, a Rose Arch that costs 7 Farm Cash.
The Rose Arch is the returning item here, as it was first seen in the New England theme which was released in August of 2010. Luckily, the price was 7 Farm Cash as well during the New England event, so luckily this doesn't cause an issue for complaint. \
Meanwhile, the single coin item is actual the neatest, in my humble opinion. It's the Romantic Picnic, which is actually quite a small item, considering its image in the store (which makes it look to be a very large item). The item itself is a single tree and patch of grass, atop which a picnic table, basket, box of chocolates and various Valentine's Day decorations sit. The tree is even strung with heart garland, completing the scene. You'll be able to add this item to your farm for 250,000 coins - this definitely isn't a bargain, but at least it's better than a Farm Cash price instead.
Along with the other Valentine's Day items released this evening, these new decorations (and the new building) will be available for the next two weeks - plenty of time to allow you to at least earn the 250,000 coins necessary to purchase the Romantic Picnic, if nothing else.
The new building is the Romantic Cottage, which makes quite the statement on your farm (it's a big item) for 25 Farm Cash. You'll receive a hefty sum of 2,500 experience points for purchasing this one, and it can be decorated with snow and lights, if such a thing interests you enough to purchase it (as if the flowers and overall design of the item weren't enough).
Meet us behind the break for a look at the other new items in this lovely theme.
The four decorative items are split three to one in terms of those premium items, and items available for coins. The premium (Farm Cash) items are a Love Gondola, priced at 20 Farm Cash, a Valentine Gnome that costs 12 Farm Cash, and finally, a Rose Arch that costs 7 Farm Cash.
The Rose Arch is the returning item here, as it was first seen in the New England theme which was released in August of 2010. Luckily, the price was 7 Farm Cash as well during the New England event, so luckily this doesn't cause an issue for complaint. \
Meanwhile, the single coin item is actual the neatest, in my humble opinion. It's the Romantic Picnic, which is actually quite a small item, considering its image in the store (which makes it look to be a very large item). The item itself is a single tree and patch of grass, atop which a picnic table, basket, box of chocolates and various Valentine's Day decorations sit. The tree is even strung with heart garland, completing the scene. You'll be able to add this item to your farm for 250,000 coins - this definitely isn't a bargain, but at least it's better than a Farm Cash price instead.
Along with the other Valentine's Day items released this evening, these new decorations (and the new building) will be available for the next two weeks - plenty of time to allow you to at least earn the 250,000 coins necessary to purchase the Romantic Picnic, if nothing else.
Earn 200 FarmVille Farm Cash from Blockbuster By Mail promotion
Hold onto your hats, folks. Zynga is at it again, offering another large sum of FarmVille Farm Cash to users that complete a promotion with a third-party partner, this time in the form of Blockbuster By Mail. This time, though, the offer isn't exactly free.
You'll find the sponsored link window in the usual spot - underneath the FarmVille gameplay window. Clicking on the this link will introduce you to the offer, which will require you to sign up for the Blockbuster By Mail program. This program is similar to Netflix, in that you'll be able to rent movies by mail, but you'll also be able to rent video games by mail as well. This program isn't free, and you'll need a valid credit card to sign up for the service in order to complete the activity.
You'll likely have to wait a matter of minutes (Zynga says it can take up to an hour) for your Farm Cash to be added to your account, once they have confirmed that you have completed the activity. And again, while the activity isn't free, if you've been looking into a mail rental service anyway, then this is definitely the time to pull the trigger, so to speak.
Note: Depending on your browser, you may not see this activity on your farm, so we'd suggest trying all of the browsers you currently have installed just to be sure. Again, if you don't see this link at the bottom of the gameplay are, then it may not have released for you yet, and you'll need to wait. Simply signing up for the Blockbuster by Mail service will not earn you any Farm Cash - it must be triggered through the Sponsored Link as pictured.
You'll find the sponsored link window in the usual spot - underneath the FarmVille gameplay window. Clicking on the this link will introduce you to the offer, which will require you to sign up for the Blockbuster By Mail program. This program is similar to Netflix, in that you'll be able to rent movies by mail, but you'll also be able to rent video games by mail as well. This program isn't free, and you'll need a valid credit card to sign up for the service in order to complete the activity.
You'll likely have to wait a matter of minutes (Zynga says it can take up to an hour) for your Farm Cash to be added to your account, once they have confirmed that you have completed the activity. And again, while the activity isn't free, if you've been looking into a mail rental service anyway, then this is definitely the time to pull the trigger, so to speak.
Note: Depending on your browser, you may not see this activity on your farm, so we'd suggest trying all of the browsers you currently have installed just to be sure. Again, if you don't see this link at the bottom of the gameplay are, then it may not have released for you yet, and you'll need to wait. Simply signing up for the Blockbuster by Mail service will not earn you any Farm Cash - it must be triggered through the Sponsored Link as pictured.
Friday, January 6, 2012
FarmVille Pic of the Day: Kathy's mysterious hedge maze
Kathy, or Tdk4 on the FarmVille Forums, took a different approach to designing her farm. Rather than create a towering castle like Alessandro Matri did, she created a complex and fully functional hedge maze. While at first it doesn't appear to be as technical as other featured farms, creating such a beautiful and massive hedge maze is no simple task. The fact that it actually works as a maze is even more impressive.
Kathy's epic farm maze even has a story to go along with it:
"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess, who decided that she wanted to see which of her Unicorns would deserve the pleasure of sitting by her side, so with the help of her farmhands, she created a maze. Oh which one of her fabulous unicorns would win, she couldn't wait to see. Would it be her sparking candy cane one, or her magical white one or would it be the mystical pink unicorn. Only time would tell, so she let the race began, and all of the animals watched on with envy and tried to figure out who would win this honor. Who do you think will win? To be continued..."
farmville pic of the day kathy hedge maze
What inspired your creative farm layout?
I got tired of the same old thing, so I thought I would try something different than the fence/tree/hay bale art.
Do you have any more awesome decorating tips to share?
Patience and trying things many times. I am currently working on my farm and my ideas have not come out the way I wanted them to, so I started over yet again.
How did you go about making the maze? Was it difficult to design?
I asked my husband, he is great at that type of thing and he created it on graph paper for me. It was a little difficult at the hedges go together a little differently then drawing on paper so there was some adjusting.
How long did it take you to complete?
This actually took me longer then anything I have done yet. It looks so simple and plain, but yet a lot of planning and redoing occurred because it had to be so precise. It ended up taking several hours over the weekend.
This is Kathy (Tdk4)'s second feature farm. Check out her other featured farm here.
Were you able to complete Kathy's FarmVille hedge maze?
If you have an AWESOME FarmVille farm that you want to see featured on Games.com, please email a picture to editors@games.com, Include a few words about the inspiration for your design and maybe a few tips for people who need an assist!
Kathy's epic farm maze even has a story to go along with it:
"Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess, who decided that she wanted to see which of her Unicorns would deserve the pleasure of sitting by her side, so with the help of her farmhands, she created a maze. Oh which one of her fabulous unicorns would win, she couldn't wait to see. Would it be her sparking candy cane one, or her magical white one or would it be the mystical pink unicorn. Only time would tell, so she let the race began, and all of the animals watched on with envy and tried to figure out who would win this honor. Who do you think will win? To be continued..."
farmville pic of the day kathy hedge maze
What inspired your creative farm layout?
I got tired of the same old thing, so I thought I would try something different than the fence/tree/hay bale art.
Do you have any more awesome decorating tips to share?
Patience and trying things many times. I am currently working on my farm and my ideas have not come out the way I wanted them to, so I started over yet again.
How did you go about making the maze? Was it difficult to design?
I asked my husband, he is great at that type of thing and he created it on graph paper for me. It was a little difficult at the hedges go together a little differently then drawing on paper so there was some adjusting.
How long did it take you to complete?
This actually took me longer then anything I have done yet. It looks so simple and plain, but yet a lot of planning and redoing occurred because it had to be so precise. It ended up taking several hours over the weekend.
This is Kathy (Tdk4)'s second feature farm. Check out her other featured farm here.
Were you able to complete Kathy's FarmVille hedge maze?
If you have an AWESOME FarmVille farm that you want to see featured on Games.com, please email a picture to editors@games.com, Include a few words about the inspiration for your design and maybe a few tips for people who need an assist!
FarmVille Duck Pond update suffers issues, Zynga says wait it out
These ducks can't catch a break, huh? Last night's Duck Pond update in FarmVille isn't exactly stable (again), according to FarmVille Freak. After expanding their Duck Pond from 20 available ducks to 40, several players reported on the forums. In response, Zynga removed the update and community manager Stumpgrinder said, "Wait to expand." However, players who already completed or began the expansion without any issues should still be able to continue and enjoy their pond of 40 ducks. For the rest of you? The waiting game begins.
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
Have you expanded your Duck Pond without issue? If not, what errors have you experienced?
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
Have you expanded your Duck Pond without issue? If not, what errors have you experienced?
Zynga Game Cards expand (again) to India, five more Asian countries
The conquest continues. Social Times reports that Zynga Game Cards have been made available in India, Singapore, Malaysia, the Phillipines, Thailand and Indonesia through MOL Access Portal Berhad. Better known simply as MOL, the Asian payment service provider has partnered with Zynga to boost its already huge $200 million in annual payments.
Here's the breakdown of how Zynga Game Cards will be made available in these countries through MOL:
Popular retail chains such as 7-Eleven stores in Singapore and Malaysia, and Singapore's Comic Connections
MOL affiliated cybercafés such as India's Sify Cybercafes, Philippine's Netopia Internet Cafes and Thailand's Fun Loader Cybercafes
Electronic payment kiosks, online channels, banking and telco partners such as Malaysia's Maybank2u, Singapore's GXCredits and Indonesia's Gudang Vouche
The Zynga Game Cards will be available for $2, $5 and $10 at these locations, Social Times reports. Zynga recently made a similar move in Latin America through Mentez, a Brazil-based payment provider. With Indonesia harboring the second largest group of Facebook users, Zynga has its hands in nearly every major social gaming market.
However, the global powerhouse has yet to localize its games for most of these regions aside from releasing increased language support for certain games (and now letting more folks buy their stuff). Is a more extensive localization effort on the way for its flagship games like CityVille and FarmVille? We bet social gamers on that end of world hope so.
What do you think of Zynga's continued effort to expand its payment services? Is this the way the company should be handling its global conquest?
Here's the breakdown of how Zynga Game Cards will be made available in these countries through MOL:
Popular retail chains such as 7-Eleven stores in Singapore and Malaysia, and Singapore's Comic Connections
MOL affiliated cybercafés such as India's Sify Cybercafes, Philippine's Netopia Internet Cafes and Thailand's Fun Loader Cybercafes
Electronic payment kiosks, online channels, banking and telco partners such as Malaysia's Maybank2u, Singapore's GXCredits and Indonesia's Gudang Vouche
The Zynga Game Cards will be available for $2, $5 and $10 at these locations, Social Times reports. Zynga recently made a similar move in Latin America through Mentez, a Brazil-based payment provider. With Indonesia harboring the second largest group of Facebook users, Zynga has its hands in nearly every major social gaming market.
However, the global powerhouse has yet to localize its games for most of these regions aside from releasing increased language support for certain games (and now letting more folks buy their stuff). Is a more extensive localization effort on the way for its flagship games like CityVille and FarmVille? We bet social gamers on that end of world hope so.
What do you think of Zynga's continued effort to expand its payment services? Is this the way the company should be handling its global conquest?
FarmVille: Green Roses return for St. Patrick's Day Theme
Green Rose Mastery
And they look exactly the same as when you left them. FarmVille Freak has found that Green Roses will be returning to FarmVille in time for St. Patty's Day. These are the same crops released this time last year, so look at this as a second chance to get that Mastery Sign. Green Roses will be available for the next 28 days, cost 80 coins to plant and will be ready to harvest in 24 hours for 170 coins and 2 XP. It will take 900 successful harvests to win the coveted Mastery Sign, according to FarmVille Freak, so get to plantin'.
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
Check out our St. Patrick's Day coverage right here.
Have you started planting the Green Roses again in FarmVile? What new crops would you like to see in FarmVille for the big day?
And they look exactly the same as when you left them. FarmVille Freak has found that Green Roses will be returning to FarmVille in time for St. Patty's Day. These are the same crops released this time last year, so look at this as a second chance to get that Mastery Sign. Green Roses will be available for the next 28 days, cost 80 coins to plant and will be ready to harvest in 24 hours for 170 coins and 2 XP. It will take 900 successful harvests to win the coveted Mastery Sign, according to FarmVille Freak, so get to plantin'.
[Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]
Check out our St. Patrick's Day coverage right here.
Have you started planting the Green Roses again in FarmVile? What new crops would you like to see in FarmVille for the big day?
Zynga faces lawsuit for blocking Abu Dhabi firm from investing [Updated]
Could you imagine what the inbox looks like at Zynga's legal department at this point? Zynga has been sued by Alpha Investments, and Abu Dhabi-based investment firm, for blocking the firm from buying Zynga shares, Social Times reports. A complaint was filed by the firm in Delaware Chancery Court when Zynga stopped Alpha Investments from closing a deal with Andrew Trader that would pay him $12.87 million for his 1 million shares in the company.
Zynga put a halt to the transaction by limiting when Alpha could sell the shares it was about to acquire. This is where things get confusing. A company has apparently 30 days from when it stops a transaction of its stock to buy the stock itself under right of what's called the first refusal clause. However, Zynga refused to do this, but then stopped the deal in its tracks by contacting the trading company that was handling the sale, according to Social Times.
Now, the deal sits in limbo and Alpha Investments has resorted to legal action. However, deputy general counsel at Zynga, Jay Monahan, claims that it is well within federal and state law to stop the deal. But why would Zynga want to stop this deal anyway? The purchase that Alpha Investments would have made valued Zynga at $6.2 billion, according to Arabian Business. First of all, this would reduce its current valuation of over $9 billion by a huge amount. Second, it's unknown whether this amount could put Alpha Investments on the board of Zynga's major shareholders, but we doubt the company is willing to take that risk. Especially in the middle of its global conquest.
Update: Zynga's official statement:
"We insist on full compliance with federal and state securities laws. Secondary markets for privately held stock have added to the complexity of legal compliance, particularly where buyers and sellers may have asymmetrical information. Sometimes would-be buyers do not fully understand or appreciate the need for such compliance." - Zynga
What do you think could happen to Zynga if this investment went through? If Zynga ever went public, would you invest?
Zynga put a halt to the transaction by limiting when Alpha could sell the shares it was about to acquire. This is where things get confusing. A company has apparently 30 days from when it stops a transaction of its stock to buy the stock itself under right of what's called the first refusal clause. However, Zynga refused to do this, but then stopped the deal in its tracks by contacting the trading company that was handling the sale, according to Social Times.
Now, the deal sits in limbo and Alpha Investments has resorted to legal action. However, deputy general counsel at Zynga, Jay Monahan, claims that it is well within federal and state law to stop the deal. But why would Zynga want to stop this deal anyway? The purchase that Alpha Investments would have made valued Zynga at $6.2 billion, according to Arabian Business. First of all, this would reduce its current valuation of over $9 billion by a huge amount. Second, it's unknown whether this amount could put Alpha Investments on the board of Zynga's major shareholders, but we doubt the company is willing to take that risk. Especially in the middle of its global conquest.
Update: Zynga's official statement:
"We insist on full compliance with federal and state securities laws. Secondary markets for privately held stock have added to the complexity of legal compliance, particularly where buyers and sellers may have asymmetrical information. Sometimes would-be buyers do not fully understand or appreciate the need for such compliance." - Zynga
What do you think could happen to Zynga if this investment went through? If Zynga ever went public, would you invest?
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
MinoMonsters on Facebook: A promising, unfinished Pokemon clone
Every Pokemon fan in the world has likely clamored for what will likely never happen: a Pokemon MMO game from Nintendo. Since that's about as likely as finding a Pikachu in your local park, Facebook game knock-offs will have to do until the company comes to their senses. So, a 17-year-old entrepreneur, Josh Buckley, has taken it upon himself to fill the void and hopefully beat Nintendo to the punch with MinoMonsters. While the game includes all the basic trappings that you would expect from such a game on Facebook--a litany of monsters to fight and capture, a turn-based battle system and a massive world--it currently lacks basic functions like buying items without Facebook Credits. MinoMonsters is a wonderful idea, but it's yet to become a wonderful game.
MinoMonsters Starter
The game begins with the ultimate question that every monster-collector should be familiar with: Which MinoMonster will you start your journey with? At first, the three critters aren't too different from one another, but as you level up their abilities will differentiate. However, you're only given one MinoCard to start, the instrument used to capture new monsters (think Poke Balls), and a few potions. At the moment, the only way to buy new items is through Facebook Credits, which will likely scare players away rather than force them to spend.
It's because of this that the game stagnates almost immediately. While you'll feel the urge to capture these new and interesting monsters during your travels, why would you invest money in a game that might not be around for much longer. That is, if things don't ramp up quick. The battle system will feel familiar to anyone who has played--you guessed it--Pokemon. Your options are to fight, use and item, switch to another monster or run away. However, the "Use Item" option will be just about useless until the game's store is upgraded.
MinoMonsters World
The world map consists of simply moving from battle to battle, which is OK, if progress felt like it was being made. In order to defeat stronger monsters, you'll have to stay in on particular zone until your monsters are strong enough to defeat the beast that's giving you trouble. If you lose all of your monsters in battle, you'll be revived at the expense of experience points gained. In my experience, players don't respond very well to negative reinforcement, so this will likely be another hangup for plenty of players.
Finally, several aspects of battle aren't finished. When fighting a monster that resembled a pony, it used an ability caused "Gust" against, but only a small broken image icon flew across the screen. Despite all of its flaws resulting from a far too early launch, MinoMonsters has me more excited than most recent Facebook games based on its potential alone. However, it already has some competition in the space with 154 Comments, a far more polished game with essentially the same premise. If you want to see a game with nearly limitless potential, give it a go.
MinoMonsters Starter
The game begins with the ultimate question that every monster-collector should be familiar with: Which MinoMonster will you start your journey with? At first, the three critters aren't too different from one another, but as you level up their abilities will differentiate. However, you're only given one MinoCard to start, the instrument used to capture new monsters (think Poke Balls), and a few potions. At the moment, the only way to buy new items is through Facebook Credits, which will likely scare players away rather than force them to spend.
It's because of this that the game stagnates almost immediately. While you'll feel the urge to capture these new and interesting monsters during your travels, why would you invest money in a game that might not be around for much longer. That is, if things don't ramp up quick. The battle system will feel familiar to anyone who has played--you guessed it--Pokemon. Your options are to fight, use and item, switch to another monster or run away. However, the "Use Item" option will be just about useless until the game's store is upgraded.
MinoMonsters World
The world map consists of simply moving from battle to battle, which is OK, if progress felt like it was being made. In order to defeat stronger monsters, you'll have to stay in on particular zone until your monsters are strong enough to defeat the beast that's giving you trouble. If you lose all of your monsters in battle, you'll be revived at the expense of experience points gained. In my experience, players don't respond very well to negative reinforcement, so this will likely be another hangup for plenty of players.
Finally, several aspects of battle aren't finished. When fighting a monster that resembled a pony, it used an ability caused "Gust" against, but only a small broken image icon flew across the screen. Despite all of its flaws resulting from a far too early launch, MinoMonsters has me more excited than most recent Facebook games based on its potential alone. However, it already has some competition in the space with 154 Comments, a far more polished game with essentially the same premise. If you want to see a game with nearly limitless potential, give it a go.
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