Thứ Tư, 15 tháng 2, 2012

YoVille: New Hollywood Collectibles added to furniture store

Two new YoVille collectibles have been added to the furniture store. The two new collectibles available are an Animated Train Ride for 32 Yocash and a Hollywood Lady With Glittering Lamp Statue for 17, 200 Coins. The Train ride allows you to ride into a dark tunnel. The Statue adds a nice Glamorous feel to a Hollywood home. Go ahead to the furniture store to purchase these fabulous new additions for your home!

What do you think?

This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

Game of the Day: Word Roundup Challenge

Game of the Day rambles on with more word searching puzzles. If you're looking for a chance to take a brake from your Mafia, Empire or latest Bejeweled Blitz today is the day.

The game of the day is Word Roundup Challenge. We've had a couple like this one already but this one is a little tougher with more letters to search from. Come back everyday to play Word Roundup for a new puzzle - in fact, you should come back to Games.com every day for a new game.

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 Word Roundup Challenge now -->

YoVille Hollywood Bathroom Items added to furniture store

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Bathroom items have been added to the YoVille Furniture Store. These items are a part of the Hollywood theme. Some of the new items include a Hollywood Black Shower for 6 Yocash, Hollywood Green Sink Cabinet for 2,995 coins, a Hollywood Red Toilet for 7 Yocash, and much more! These items would be great for you Hollywood home. Head on over to the furniture store to buy your glamorous bathroom items today!

Pictures after the link.

Do you like the new stuff?
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Thanks to Spiralda for the pictures!

This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

Zynga & 7-Eleven event kicks off FarmVille, Mafia Wars & YoVille promotion

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With the epic kickoff event on June 1st, FarmVille, Mafia Wars and YoVille have invaded 7-Elevens all over the United States. The promotion includes game branded groceries, snacks, beverages and more. Once purchased, players can redeem the codes printed on the treats in return for valuable in-game cash and other limited edition items. Fans have been excited to get their hands on both the great looking snacks and the lucrative game rewards. Fortunately, yesterday, the kickoff event finally opened the flood gates.

Select 7-Elevens in New York, Dallas, Chicago, San Francisco, Denver and Los Angeles hosted the event which included tons of free give aways and fun. Those who were lucky enough to attend found the event to be full of games, free merchandise, amusement park tickets, carnival gift cards and of course, loads of FarmVille, Mafia Wars and YoVIlle themed goodies.

FarmVille fan and donkey, Backpacking Brighty, snapped a few pics from the event in Dallas. In addition, FarmVille Freak asked readers who attended to send in images.

Continue reading to check out all the awesome pictures from the Zynga 7-Eleven Kick Off Event.

Note: Send photos of your FamVille, YoVille and Mafia Wars 7-Eleven merchandise to editors@games.com and we'll post them up on the blog!


Dallas, Texas
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Staten Island, New York

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San Francisco, California

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Denver, Colorado

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Chicago, Illinois

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If you're like us and missed the crazy kickoff event, try not to worry; there will be plenty of Zynga game themed goodies to go around. If you haven't already, head to 7-Eleven's store locater by clicking here and see if there is one in your area.

Although supplies are sure to last, rumor has it that a few jerks are going into stores and snapping pictures of all the codes, leaving few rewards to go around! So if you're interested in getting some FarmVille, YoVille and Mafia Wars themed 7-Eleven stuff, it may be in your best interest to act quickly!

Send photos of your FarmVille, YoVille and Mafia Wars 7-Eleven merchandise to editors@games.com and we'll post them up on the blog!

What do you think of the Zynga 7-Eleven kickoff event?


Sources:

    Backpacking Brighty - Dallas, Texas
    FarmVille Freak - San Francisco, California
    FarmVille Freak - Denver, Colorado
    FarmVille Freak - Staten Island, New York
    FarmVille Freak - Chicago, Illinois

Happy Pets: More horses in more colors

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Happy Pets has been absolutely crazy about horses lately. Recently, they released limited edition horses in some seriously zany colors, then they rolled out new horse decor, and finally, they've released a new set of permanent horses in addition to the existing five. The new horses are as follows:

    Dun Horse (41,795 Coins)
    Chestnut Horse (39,795 Coins)
    Bluegrass Horse (45,795 Coins)
    Butter Horse (43,795 Coins)



While the horses are all rather expensive, we're relieved that they can be bought with coins. Also interesting is the selling price for the adult horses. An adult horse can be sold for about 20,000 Coins more than the price of the pony, allowing Happy Pets players to do a little ranching. Head to Happy Pets to perhaps consider a horse of a different color.

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Thứ Bảy, 11 tháng 2, 2012

FrontierVille Cheats & Tips: Goals Mastery Guide

Hey there, homesteader! If you're a FrontierVille fan, you're going to need this guide.

Why?

Well, one of the surprising things about FrontierVille is that it's got no place for players to see or display their achievements. Most games supply a way for players to proudly display, and keep track of, in-game milestones. These could come in the form of ribbons (FarmVille), medals (Happy Aquarium), statues (Pet Society), etc.

Without this future knowledge, you can't anticipate tasks, so you can't plan ahead to make sure you've got everything you need.

In FrontierVille, achievements are called "Goals", and they seem to appear and disappear like the wind. Sometimes, there can be as many as three goals at once. Sometimes, until you clear one goal, you can't see what the next one may be. Some goals can only be completed through sheer chance. Another annoyance is that you could complete a task, but be forced into a do-over, just because you did it before the goal showed up and told you to!

There are probably over a hundred tasks in the game at this point, divided into about 30 main goals. And now, we've made it our mission to report every one.

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FrontierVille Goal Icons
Tend Your Homestead
Earns 50 Coins, 3 XP, and Experience Point Bonus for Friends

1) Harvest Three Tomatoes
2) Feed Three Chickens

Hint: Ripe Crops will wither if not quickly harvested. You can always plant more.

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Clear the Land
Earns 100 Coins, 6 XP, and Wood Bonus for Friends

1) Clear Three Grass
2) Chop Down Two Trees
3) Clear One Rock

Hint: Chop trees multiple times to cut them down. Only trees that take more than one chop count for missions.

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Find Lost Sheep
Earns 100 Coins, 6 XP, and 100 Bonus Coins for Friends

1) Find Your Sheep and Feed It
TIP: It's hiding under some trees on the upper right side of your homestead.

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FrontierVIlle Clover in the storePrepare the Harvest
Earns 500 Coins, 10 XP, 40 Food, and Free Feast (15 Food) for Friends

1) Buy One Fruit Tree at the Market
TIP: Buy the Cherry Tree for 620 Coins; it's the cheapest tree available.

2) Buy One Pig at the Market
TIP: Unlocking the Pig for purchase requires 3 neighbors or 5 Horseshoes.

3) Plant Seven Crops
TIP: Plant Seven Clovers at 10 Coins each. It's the cheapest option, but you must harvest 'em within 5-10 min.

Hint: Crops, animals an' fruit trees are a major source o' food and coins, but they take time to mature.

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Start Building A Cabin
Earns 250 Coins, 6 XP, and Wood Bonus for Friends

1) Buy a Cabin at the Market
TIP: Cabin costs 4 Wood.

2) Whack the Framework Three Times
TIP: You need 7 Whacks to complete the Cabin's framework and 6 Wood per Whack.

Hint: What you buy at the market is just a framework. It takes multiple whacks to complete a building.

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FrontierVille Visit NeighborsVisit Your Neighbors
Earns 400 Coins, 20 XP, and Cloth for Friends

1) Visit Two Neighbors
TIP: Don't visit your neighbors until this goal appears or you'll have to wait a day to try for this again.

2) Have Ten Cloth
TIP: If you've already visited your neighbors, this task would be fulfilled.

Hint: Invite friends to be neighbors, then click their icons to visit them. You get gifts of cloth for every visit.

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Move Lost Sheep
Earns 20 Food, 10 XP, and XP for Friends

1) Move Your Sheep
TIP: If you've moved your sheep before, you're going to have to move it again.

2) Own or Buy Four Fences (any type).
TIP: Don't buy fences until you get this task. If you already bought some, those old purchases won't count.

Hint: Use the Move and Rotate tools (inside the My Tools menu) to move and spin objects.

--- You should start seeing the following goals after making it pass Level 4 ~ Addleheaded Tenderfoot ---
FrontierVille Level Up
Prepare the Ground
Earns 100 Coins, 20 XP, and Food Bonus for Friends

1) Clear Seven Grass
2) Clear One Skull
3) Clear Two Rocks

Hint: Watch out for snakes!

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Lay In Supplies
Earns 200 Coins, 6 XP, and 10 Bonus Food for Friends

1) Have 25 Wood
2) Have 50 Food

Hint: Feed animals and harvest crops for more food.

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Tame The Wilderness
Earns ??? PENDING

1) Clear Ten Grass
2) Chop Down Three Trees

Hint: Grass can regrow as time passes

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Spruce Things Up
Earns 300 Coins, 40 XP, and a free decoration for Friends

1) Buy Two Hay Bales at the Market
2) Buy One Pitchforck at the Market
3) Buy Three Other Decorations (total of six)

Hint: Decorations don't take energy to buy, and they give you XP.

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Earns 45 XP and Food Bonus for Friends

1) Clobber 3 Snakes

Hint: Snakes live in grass, under rocks, and especially inside skulls.

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Finish the Cabin
Earns 400 Coins, 25 XP, and Food Bonus for Friends

1) Finish the Cabin

Hint: First you need wood to finish the framework. Then you can send for building materials, or buy them yourself.

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Customize Your Cabin
Earns 100 coins, 25 XP, and 100 Coins for Friends

1) Customize Your Cabin

Hint: To customize any building, click it and use the "customize" option.

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Keep On Farming
Earns 55 XP and Food Bonus for Friends

1) Plant 25 Crops
2) Harvest 25 Crops

Hint: Planting takes no energy, just coins.

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Earns 3 Energy, 50 XP, and free Energy for Friends

1) Own One Clover Tea
2) Own Two Mushrooms
3) Own Two Purple Flowers

Hint: Clover tea is found harvesting clover, mushrooms are found by clearing, and purple flowers can be found in any color of wildflower.

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Lay in Firewood
Earns 35 XP, 1 Fire, and Wood Bonus for Friends

1) Buy One Forest Saw at the Market
2) Cut More Wood (50 times)

Hint: Watch out for bears!

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Keep the Land Clear
Earns 50 XP and 100 Coins for Friends

1) Clear 25 Grass
2) Buy One Goat

Hint: Clearing the grass makes room for more wildflowers.

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Make An Orchard
Earns 50 XP, 25 Food, and Apple Trees for Friends

1) Plant Two Fruit Trees
2) Have Six Fruit Trees

Hint: Fruit trees are bought at the market; some can be sent as gifts.

--- You should start seeing the following after completing the Get Married goals---
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Do Family Chores
Earns ??? PENDING

1) Have Your Spouse Chop Down Five Trees
2) Have Your Spouse Feed 20 Chickens
3) Have Your Spouse Harvest 50 Wheat

Hint: To pick who will do the work, just click the avatar.
Tip: You can tell an avatar has been selected if it has a little silver star floating above its head.

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Time For Breakfast
Earns 50 XP and Food Bonus for Friends

1) Buy a Breakfast Meal
TIP: Buying it requires 6 Neighbors (or 5 Horseshoes for early unlock), gives you 7 Energy, and costs you 80 Food.

2) Harvest 12 Crops

Hint: To get more energy, you can buy meals at the market. To harvest crops, ya might have to plant some first.

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FrontierVille Scare BearScare Bears
Earns 65 XP and XP for Friends

1) Scare 6 Bears

Hint: Bears live in the forest, especially near really big trees. Don't cut 'em all down.

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...to be continued.

Check out the rest of our FrontierVille Cheats & Tips right here.

FarmVille Botanical Garden & Gift Box glitch

In a new FarmVille glitch, FarmVille Freaks are reporting that their Gift Box is doing some strange and unusual things.

The most common report is that farmers FarmVille Gift Boxes are being found filled with Botanical Garden building supplies. The Botanical Garden was a past limited edition building, now retired, that required you to have the help of your neighbors to build. It is not a building with purpose and does not provide storage.

As reported by FarmVille Freak OctaviousOrion,

    I got a glitch somehow in Farmville and I posted about it myself and had others say they got the same thing. I opened up my FarmVille page and noticed I had nearly 70 gifts....and 49 of those were the materials needed to build the Botanical Gardens previously released by FarmVille. In no way did i have any part in receiving these, they just showed up. I'll include the screenshot of what i received. (See Picture below)" – FarmVille Freak OctaviousOrion



Similarly FarmVille Freak Dustin experienced this as well,

    "I logged into my farm this afternoon and found something weird in my Gift Box. Before I signed off last night I knew I didn't have over 70 items.. so I checked and found all of the Botanical Garden items in there. I already completed the Botanical Garden when it came out, and it's in my storage. I don't know where all these items came from, and I didn't accept any old requests. Anyone else have the same thing happen to them? You can see all the items in this screen shot, and there are 9 Glass Tiles on the first page of my Gift Box, not included in the screen shot." – FarmVille Freak Dustin

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille unreleased item: Small Japanese pond

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Shiori for finding this unreleased FarmVille Japanese Small Pond! We can probably expect to see this unreleased item as part of the limited edition Japanese theme in FarmVillle.

Note: Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille unreleased item: Japanese Teahouse II

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Farhan for finding this unreleased FarmVille Japanese Teahouse II!

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille unreleased items: Lederhose Gnome & Heidi Gnome

Check out these adorable new unreleased FarmVille Gnomes! Thank you to FarmVille Freak Shiori for finding these unreleased FarmVille Lederhose Gnome and Heidi Gnome.

Note: Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market.

What is your guess as to what FarmVille theme these Gnomes will be part of?

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Thứ Năm, 9 tháng 2, 2012

FarmVille New England Tree: Heirloom Apple

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farmville heirloom appleA new limited edition New England tree, the Heirloom Apple Tree, has hit the FarmVille Market.

This limited edition Tree can be purchased for 10,000 coins during the next 10 days only.

This non-decorative tree is harvestable, meaning it will yield coins when harvested.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille New England Decorations: Flower Bridge, Rose Arch & Quilts

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Three new limited edition New England themed decorations have been added to the market tonight in FarmVille.

The FarmVille Flower Bridge, Quilts, and Rose Arch decorations can be purchased in the market during the next 10 days only.
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FarmVille New England Decorations (Released August 2, 2010):

    Flower Bridge -42FV$
    Rose Arch- 7FV$
    Quilts – 10,000 coins


This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille New England Buildings: Stone Villa & Village Center

   
There are two new limited edition New England buildings, the Stone Villa and the Village Center now available in FarmVille.

These two buildings may be purchased with farm cash in the FarmVille Market during the next 10 days only.
   
FarmVille New England Buildings (Released August 2, 2010):

    Stone Villa – 50 FV$
    Village Center – 36 FV$


This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.


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FarmVille New England Crop: Lady Slippers

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A new limited edition New England themed crop, Lady Slippers, a type of orchid, are now available for planting!

Limited Edition Lady Slipper seeds can be purchased in the FarmVille Market during the next 10 days only.
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Lady Slippers are unlocked to Level 15 farmers and above. The seeds can be purchased for 70 coins, are ready to harvest in 6 hours, and yield 115 coins and 1 XP with a profit of 30 coins (when you deduct the 15 coin cost of plowing).

There is NO Crop Mastery available for Lady Slippers.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Will you grow Lady Slippers on your farm?

YoVille: Build an ancient Moroccan city

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The Moroccan month in YoVille has not ended yet and it is time for one more installment of Moroccan items. The YoVille Furniture Store was updated with a collection of Moroccan decorations that will look amazing in your oriental rooms. Build your ancient Moroccan city with the new ruins and pillars.

Hookahs:
Different versions of the Moroccan Hookahs are now available for prices ranging between 2-3 YoCash.

Plush Toys:
Plush toy collectors can now enjoy 4 new toys. Get the camel, Aladdin and thief plush toys for 8 YoCash each.

Continue reading to see a complete list of prices and pictures.

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This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

Thứ Ba, 7 tháng 2, 2012

FarmVille LE Wild West Animal: Western Longhorn

Attention all Longhorn lovers, there is a new special Wild West Limited Edition Western Longhorn that FarmVille debuted tonight.

You can purchase the Western Longhorn for 20 farm cash in the FarmVille Market during the next 9 days only. The Western Longhorn can be placed in the Dairy Farm and there will also be a chance at yielding a Western Longhorn Calf.

FarmVille LE Wild West Animal (Released September 7, 2010):

    Western Longhorn – 20 FV$


This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Will you purchase a Western Longhorn for your farm?

FarmVille LE Wild West Decorations: Stream, Gold Panning, Well, Wanted Sign, Mine Cart, Sagebrush & Tumbleweed

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Continuing with the Limited Edition Wild West theme, there are lots of new decorations that FarmVille released tonight.

You can buy a Wild West Stream, Gold Panning, Wild West Well, Wanted Sign, Mine Cart, Sagebrush and Tumbleweed in the FarmVille Market during the next 9 days only.

FarmVille LE Wild West Decorations (Released September 7, 2010):

    Wild West Stream – 22 FV$
    Gold Panning – 20 FV$
    Wild West Well – 8,000 Coins
    Wanted Sign – 6,000 Coins
    Mine Cart – 4,000 Coins
    Sagebrush – 1,000 Coins (decorative plant)
    Tumbleweed – 800 Coins (decorative)


This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

What is your favorite Wild West decorations or item thus far?

Mafia Wars: The fight is on in San Juan for all, thanks to recent patch

Zynga has posted the release notes for today's Mafia Wars patch, and the results are mainly bug fixes and improvements to features that have already been implemented. Most importantly, the San Juan mission pack is finally available to all players!

As an apology, the Zynga team has awarded everyone a compensation package of 100 victory coins and one piece of Hazard Gear armor (35 Attack, 71 Defense). Could this be part of Zynga's promise to make Mafia Wars better? Find a full list of the changes after the break.
Mafia Wars Release Notes September 8 2010

Aside from the San Juan event being open to all, there are a slew of other changes and features added to this release of Mafia Wars. Take a look:


    New Underwater Crates Set
    Added loot drops and fight mastery to the Hit List
    Added loot and boosts to the Vegas Slot Machines
    An in-game fix making Mafia Wars compatible with Google Chrome
    Fixed an issue with populating list of people to fight in Vegas
    Beating a boss in Vegas finally masters a tier
    Players can help out their mob as many times as they want in the San Juan event
    There's now a two-second cooldown timer on attacking a San Juan boss



Finally (drum roll please), the San Juan event has been extended for another three days! While it's obvious this is to give those who couldn't access the event a chance at all the fun, at least those who have had the access but didn't get to do the event have a second chance.
Mafia Wars Reinstated San Juan gifts

In addition to these announced changes, the ability to send the San Juan event gifts has been reinstated as well to help out those who haven't completed the missions yet. So, get to helping your buddies out!

YoVille: New Romantic Bedroom Furniture has arrived

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YoVille armoires, stools, drawers and dividers, this release has it all to make a perfect bedroom in your romantic house! Over 50 new items including mirrors and paintings, potted ferns and nightlamps. Beds, dressers and other furniture available in 4 colours.

Check the full list and prices after the link.
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This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

Mafia Wars: Log in this weekend to pimp your properties for free

According to a little stealth update in Mafia Wars, Zynga plans to give everyone a free upgrade to their property some time this weekend. While we can't say exactly how many upgrades there will be, we know that you'll be able to apply them to any of your properties in any given city.

The information appears as a small banner ad on your home page that reveal more information once clicked. While free items, apologies and upgrades are nice, we hope this isn't all that Zynga meant when they promised improvements.