FarmVille,CafeWorld,Mafia Wars,Zynga Poker cheat...: 2010

Sunday, June 6, 2010

PetVille pays homage to Sex in the City with new mystery crate spoiler

PetVille pays homage to the new Sex and the City movie with a brand new mystery crate. For 25 Pet Cash a pop, you'll get the chance to score six 'Pet in the City' items, which includes a snazzy new car, a camel and pet parodies of Carrie, Miranda, Samantha and Charlotte, all dressed in designer duds with Martini glasses in hand. Get these girls into your house and your pet can join in and tell them all of his/her dirty secrets, i.e. "I always leave half-eaten tacos and cereal boxes all over my living room floor."

What did you get in your Pet in the City mystery crate? Is it worth the Pet Cash?

PetVille: Tahiki Build-A-Hut is coming soon

Have you made it to Tahiki yet? If so, you'll soon be able to build your very own beach-side hut. Like other DIY projects in PetVille, you'll need to work with friends to build the hut from scratch -- and once it's complete, there will be a room inside that you'll be able to decorate. Based on the picture above, looks like the items you'll need will include nails, bamboo, boards, stones and palm fronds for the roofing. Then, once you're done, your pet can kick back and relax by the seashore.

Treasure Isle: Players randomly chosen to plant Dragonfruit

Yesterday afternoon while logging in to Treasure Isle for my regular session of harvesting, planting, and digging, I was greeted with a new popup window that told me I had been selected to plant Dragonfruit. When I clicked "okay", the Dragonfruit was automatically planted in my two plots on my home island and I was told to come back in 24 hours to harvest them for a reward of 2 Island Cash each. Today I harvested them and received my four total Island Cash, and resumed planting Coconuts as usual. I decided to check out theofficial Treasure Isle forums to see if everyone got the chance to plant Dragonfruit, and this is what I found.

Life on an island can be peaceful, but restricting. Especially if you're a Treasure Islander who has a vast collection of lost animals, thatched huts and/or other decor. We've been waiting for another expansion for our island, and we're happy to report that it has arrived. Now you can expand your plot of land to a Medium Island, which will cost 50,000 coins or, if you don't have enough gold stuff, you can pay 25 Island Cash ($5) to get the job done.

Cafe World turns up the heat with new Lightening Super Stoves

First there were Super Stoves, which made it easier to prepare a dish, now Cafe World introduces Lightening Super Stoves, which keeps the one-click cooking and makes the dish cook 5% faster. The stove can be purchased for 45 Cafe Cash (roughly $7), and for now, there's no other way to get one of these other than shelling out for them. We keep hearing that the Build a Super Stove feature will be going away soon, and maybe that's because it will be replaced with a special Build a Lightening Super Stove mini-game. The sooner we can turn up the heat on those recipes, the sooner we can master our favorite virtual dishes.

Mafia Wars Las Vegas coming at the end of summer? With a big launch party?

We spotted a survey about a Mafia Wars Las Vegas launch event on the game's official Facebook page, asking fans if they would travel to Sin City to attend a big launch event for the upcoming expansion. The survey says the launch event will be "at the end of Summer 2010" which means that we will see MWLV this summer, but probably not until sometime around August. And, it will apparently roll out with some mild fanfare.

FarmVille Wild Mustang -- we hardly knew you. We might never get the chance, either, according to Community Manager Lexilicious, who says that the feature is gone and offers no explanation as to why and when (or if) it might be coming back.

A new FarmVille glitch is allowing you to purchase more than one Nursery Barn. While the limit is still set to a maximum of one Nursery Barn per farm, farmers are able to purchase an additional Nursery Barn for 5,000 coins even if they already have an existing Nursery Barn on their farms.

PetVille puts new Space Struggle lost toys into orbit

PetVille has released the first four lost toys in a new Space Struggle set today. Similar to the 8 lost Princess Fairies that were hidden last month, these toys will be randomly placed in treasure boxes in your friend's pet's homes. Once you find a Space Struggle Toy, you are then prompted to post it on your Facebook wall for your friends to claim. This of course means that if you want to collect all of this set, you will have to have friends who like to share their findings on their Facebook page.

Yesterday afternoon while logging in to Treasure Isle for my regular session of harvesting, planting, and digging, I was greeted with a new popup window that told me I had been selected to plant Dragonfruit. When I clicked "okay", the Dragonfruit was automatically planted in my two plots on my home island and I was told to come back in 24 hours to harvest them for a reward of 2 Island Cash each. Today I harvested them and received my four total Island Cash, and resumed planting Coconuts as usual. I decided to check out the official Treasure Isle forums to see if everyone got the chance to plant Dragonfruit, and this is what I found.

While the patrons in your Cafe World game can't walk like an Egyptian, they can walk into an Egyptian themed restaurant designed by you. Out of the 31 new pieces of decor, which is a pretty small release, exactly 22 items are premium goods requiring Cafe Cash. One US dollar essentially equals 5 Cafe Cash.

Today Zynga announced the acquisition of the Austin-based Challenge Games. Normally, news about one company gobbling up another isn't terribly exciting for the average consumer, but this purchase means that Zynga might soon be adding some interesting new games to its roster.

Tonight's FarmVille update takes a break from Tuscan themed items, and has now brought a set of Birthday decorations in the Market. These decorations require Farm Cash to purchase, but have the advantage of being giftable. Open up the FarmVille Market and visit the Decorations tab. You can then flip through a few pages and you'll see the birthday items after a few pages of Tuscan decorations. Each item gives you the option to buy for yourself, or send to a friend as a gift. What would make a better gift than a birthday present? Keep reading for the list of new FarmVille birthday gifts.

FarmVille has released a brand new horse tonight - the Haflinger. A Haflinger horse (which is often referred to as a pony) is a small breed of horse that originated in Northern Italy. It is often used in English disciplines, therapeutic riding, and pulling carts and small carriages. It's color is always chestnut with a flaxen mane and tail, and is one of the more instantly recognizable breeds of horses.

farmville biplane helps your crops grow -- instantly

A new vehicle has debuted in FarmVille tonight, a Biplane that will immediately apply Instant Grow to all of your planted seeds, allowing you to instantly harvest them. This new Biplane is available under the vehicles tab of the Market, and we have all the details for you.

Tonight, June 4th, several Tuscan themed decorations were added to the FarmVIlle Market. These new items will be available for the next 14 days. Keep in mind the first round of Tuscan decorations (Umbrellas, Lawn Chairs, Bee Catcher and more) will be exiting the FarmVille Market in 7 days.

The Zynga gods must be listening to us!

Recently on FarmVille Freak we have been pleading for more benefits for our Level 70 farmers and tonight's updates introduced a brand new FarmVille building, the Mansion, accessible to Level 70 players only!

It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time! Tonight the new FarmVille Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-op job debuted. This job requires you to grow Peanut and Strawberry crops with the help of your neighbors to complete the job.

Another building was added to the Tuscan theme. The Observation Dome can be purchased for 42$FV and will be available for the next 14 days. There are now 14 Tuscan buildings, all but the Wedding Tent can be purchased for $FV.

Just 14 days ago the Heeler Puppy was added to the FarmVille Market for 65$FV. If you bought your Heeler (Gray Black or Brown) the first night, 14 careful feedings later it should have grown up tonight!

FishVille: New Pearl Stash and more Atlantis decorations

Last week, FishVille debuted the first few items of a new theme, Atlantis. As expected, tonight they have added on to this theme with many more decoration items and a new minigame in the form of a Pearl Stash. If you have been playing FishVille, you are very familiar with the Pearl Stash concept, as FishVille have been reusing the same mechanic over and over for such themed events as the Gemstone Pouch and the Mushroom Mound. You simply need to collect Pearls from your friends (or purchase them at the price of 5 Sand Dollars for a 5 pack) and redeem them for different items.

YoMart Themed Furnishings Added To Furniture store

The new Yomart theme has officially arrived to Yoville. The first furnishings are at the furniture store for purchase. Some of these items include The Yomart Mascot Girl for 5 Yocash, Yomart Cereal Shelves for 1,800 coins, Yomart vitamin Rack for 1,200 coins, and much much more! These items are great for opening your own little shop at home. So stop on by at the Furniture Store to open your own store!

Will you be opening your own YoMart? Tell us in the comments section!

New YoMart Themed Clothing Added To Fashion Store

A new theme has been added to Yoville along with some clothing. The new clothing includes a Convenience Store Uniform for 3,000 coin, a Hand held Pretzel for 9 Yocash, a Hand held Hotdog for 9 yocash, and a Hand held Drink for 9 yocash. Don't get caught at the store without these great new fashions! Try Them Today!

What do you think? Tell us in the comments section!

Cafe World Spice Rack: Now requires less parts to complete

Cafe World Spice Rack now
only requires 4 of each item

Just last week, Zynga released an update to Cafe World that allowed anyone who hasn't yet completed their Spice Rack to buy the entire thing at a 40% discount. Tonight, the Spice Rack has been made even easier to obtain for those who don't want to spend money to finish it. Instead of requiring 5 of each part (Shelves, Small/Medium/Large Jars, and Lids), players now only need 4 of each piece. This brings the total amount of required Spice Rack parts to 20, which is down from 25 previously.

Cafe World: New Recipes for Advanced Chefs (a.k.a. Level 75)

Today Zynga has announced to all Cafe World chefs that the Cafe World advanced cookbook is almost ready to be unlocked. To get us all excited about it they announced the first four dishes that will be available to the Cafe World professional chefs that are level 75 or higher.

The first four recipes that will be released are Chicken Vindaloo, Osso Buco, Confit de Canard and Kabayaki. I was a bit uncertain what these dishes were from just the names so I did a little digging and here is what I learned. Chicken Vindaloo is an Indian dish and is made with chicken, many spices including curry, onion, chili peppers and garlic. A lot of restaurants add potatoes to the dish and also offer it with lamb instead of chicken. It is also usually one of the hottest types of Indian dishes served.

mafia wars challenge mission london opens

There's no time like the present to take your mafia on a working vacation -- to London. The new Mafia Wars London mission officially opened at midnight and for the next three weeks, you'll be pulling off the heist of a lifetime, i.e. stealing a Crown Jewel.

Late night ranchers tonight were surprised to see not just a decoration release tonight, but an overhaul to the way FarmVille players will move, rotate, sell, and delete items tonight. FarmVille has debuted a brand new tool that allows you to move items around and rotate them (if the item is rotatable) and also a one-click sell/delete tool that makes getting rid of unwanted items a breeze.

FarmVille: Unreleased Blue Balloon Arch & Pink Balloon Arch

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Farhan for finding these two unreleased FarmVille Blue Birthday Arch & Pink Birthday Arch.

FarmVille Fertilization Time Span Changes

The required waiting time span for you to be able to fertilize a neighbor's farm has been reset.

The Fertilization timer has now changed to reset once per day at MIDNIGHT.

Previously, the time span was tied to a 24 hour waiting period from you last visit.

FarmVille: New Free Fuel Popup

FarmVille free fuel pop-up window to share

FarmVille Freak Eva16 and several others have reported receiving new fuel popups when fertilizing neighbors crops. When fertilizing farms, players receive free fuel, but not a popup to share with others, and the fuel is added to your overall amount. But now, when fertilizing a neighbor's farm, players can receive popups asking them to share free fuel directly with the neighbor whose farm they were fertilizing.

After clicking the share option, a post goes directly to the farmers Facebook profile wall- not homefeed. The neighbor will be able to redeem one large can of fuel from clicking on the post.

FarmVille Cheats & Tips: Tuscan Wedding quick links

Hello, Facefolks! It's Mr. Cheats here to give you the down low on the things you shouldn't know.

By now, you know there's a big Tuscan Wedding happening in FarmVille and Nonna needs you to help supply olives, truffles, goat milk and eggs. Those items can be traded in for favors, which -- in turn -- can be traded in for rare items like a sheep with a bowl of spaghetti on its head or a leaning FarmVille Pisa building.

YoVille Hollywood Bathroom Items added to furniture store

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.

farmville new horses pony foals cows and calf

In a much anticipated update last night the FarmVille Nursery was upgraded. Farmers now have the ability to produce brand new adult Horses and Cows. Keep in mind if you are lucky enough to produce a new adult animal, you will be able to give away the corresponding calf or foal to your neighbors.

The Tuscan Wedding event is in full swing in FarmVille. Some hard working FarmVille Freaks have already redeemed their collected favors (Eggs, Olives, Goat Milk, and Truffles) to earn all the Tuscan Wedding rewards. Even though we've already showed you a sneak peek of the rewards, now you can see how they look on the farm!

FarmVille Freak Merry sent an email concerning Level 70 and beyond.

Hello!
Is farmville going to add more levels? I, as many, have reached level 70. It would be nice to have many more levels. Have you heard anything about adding more levels?

Thank-you!
Merry

FarmVille Community Manager, Lexilicious, mentioned via a FarmVille Podcast that a Belted Cow would be coming soon to FarmVille in the future. FarmVille Freak Martijn found what the still unreleased Belted Cow and Calf may look like.

Despite reports on other FarmVille websites, the Black Stallion is not part of the prizes featured in the Animal Mystery Crate which is currently available in the FarmVille Market. It is still an unreleased item with no official release date. Thank you to FarmVille Freak Shiori for finding these unreleased FarmVille Black Stallion and Black Foal!

PetVille Tahiki Mystery Crates: See what's inside Spoilers

PetVille has just released a sneak peek of their next theme with a new Tahiki Mystery Crate. This Mystery Crate is very expensive, at 30 Pet Cash for each one. It has the chance to give you one of five random Tahiki themed decorations and is currently only available for 1 more day.

For weeks, we've been seeing a PetVille loading screen that showed an attic space with a locked door and a sign that says 'Tahiki' sitting above it. Now, the attic is officially unlocked, and you'll have the chance to find out what's behind that locked door, but getting past all 10 of those locks will require a little help from your generous friends.

Over the Memorial Day weekend, players who stuck around on PetVille's Facebook fanpage got five chances to win 10,000 Pet Cash by clicking on five links in the game's Tahiki Weekend Giveaway.

Zynga just loves to give us late night surprises and tonight the game of choice was FishVille, with the debut of a the next theme - Atlantis. For those of you who aren't philosophy buffs, Atlantis is a mythical island that has never been proven to actually exist, originally mentioned by Plato in 360 B.C. These Atlantis items are legendary Greek decorations that fit very nicely with the whole underwater aquarium thing. So far, there are only a few items released - but we know how Zynga operates. Soon the FishVille store will be filled to the brim with Atlantis items. The previous theme, Crystal Caverns has now come to an end, although you can still participate in the Gemstone Pouch collection through June 2nd. Read on for a list of the new Atlantis items!

FishVille have debuted a brand new feature tonight - the ability to create a Treat Rack. While they hinted at the treat rack a couple of days ago, we guessed that it was a storage feature or an aquarium stand. Unfortunately, we were incorrect. That will teaches us from making wild guesses in the future! Anyway, completing the Treat Rack will unlock special Mystery foods. This feature was just released, so we don't have the full details on what new Mystery Food you can unlock just yet. Here is the scoop on how you build your Treat Rack.

Hey Treasure Isle players - the moment you have been waiting for has come. Zynga released the fifth Mayan Isle map, and it's named "Gold Rush". We predicted last time there was a map release that perhaps we'd see a new theme since the Tiki Isles only had four sets of maps. Even though we were wrong, we're happy to see another set of new digging possibilities to unlock more treasure. Here are the new islands:

Along with a set of new Mayan Isles maps in tonight's release, Treasure Isle has also rolled out a new Backpack layout. The backpack is often a piece of frustration for Treasure Isle players, not only because of the limited amount of space but also because gems are mixed in with all other gift items. The new Backpack now organizes all of your gems at the top of your Backpack, and they no longer take up precious slots in your backpack. This means that your 250 different items no longer have to include all of the gems you have been collecting. This is a huge improvement.

The only downside to this new Backpack is that it is larger, and the top of it covers up your energy bar. If you're eating fruit to gain energy, you have to keep opening and closing the Backpack to keep an eye on your energy bar. This is only a slight user experience disadvantage, but the good outweighs the bad with this layout.

What do you think of the new Treasure Isle backpack? Is this a good change or a bad change in your opinion?

Live large in Treasure Isle with new adoptable elephant

Recently, Treasure Isle added a new chinchilla adoptable animal. Now tonight, Zynga has added something a bit more, well, substantial to the game. The new elephant works just like all other adoptable animals. Randomly while playing the game, you will experience a popup that asks you to save the elephant. Post it to your wall, and then your friends can click on it to claim the elephant. Unfortunately, you cannot claim an elephant from your own wall post. You will have to scour through your Facebook wall looking for elephants that your friends have saved.

Mafia Wars has introduced a new mystery crate. Like all other mystery crates, the Arctic Mystery Crate costs 12 Reward Points and purchasing three crates costs 35 Reward Points.

Mafia Wars Memorial Day WWII M4 Sherman Tank

The clock is ticking on the Memorial Day Sale in Mafia Wars, where players have less than 13 hours to purchase five new Limited Edition Memorial Day items. Zynga has pledged that 50% of the sales of these items will go to benefit US troops and their families sheltered by the Fisher House Foundation.

Permanent Hair Styles In YoVille Salon!

New permanent hair styles have been released in YoVille Salon for both guys & gals. The Movie Star Perm and Yohol Artist Perm will cost you 14 YoCash, while the other styles run at 18,000 Coins.
gals

YoVille: New Luxury Starter Furnishings!

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.

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.

In another very late night update, FarmVille has released a new feature, The Tuscan Wedding. This new feature operates very similar to the Valentines, Pot Of Gold, and Easter Basket events. Players will need to accumulate a certain amount of "favor" to redeem for various level prizes.

In honor of Memorial Day, Zynga has pledged 50% its sales of five new Limited Edition Mafia Wars items to the Fisher House Foundation, a charity that aids wounded service members and their families by providing free, temporary lodgings so loved ones can be together in times when they need it the most, but can afford it the least. Fisher House may also cover airfare for visiting families and vets, and runs a scholarship program for children of military families.

FarmVille: Fan builds a custom theme for his BlackBerry Storm 2

FarmVille Freak StaticFX shared with us his very own original custom created theme for his BlackBerry Storm2. Creating your own FarmVille theme for your phone because there isn't one definitely qualifies you for being a FarmVille Freak! Thanks for sharing with us FVFreak StaticFV. Below is a screen shot picture straight from his phone.

FarmVille: 2 Free Farm Cash Offer from California's Dairy Board

UPDATE: It seems this offer is showing only for select farmers, or has been pulled at the time being. Keep your eyes open for it at the bottom of your farms.

FarmVille Sponsered Link: 2 Free Farm Cash Diary Families

FarmVille Adoptable Boer Goat!

It's been a long time since FarmVille introduced a new adoptable animal!

FarmVille Puppy Kibble: Everything you need to know

How to Get Kibble:

There are two ways to acquire Puppy Kibble in FarmVille -- as a free gift sent by friends or purchased in the in-game Market for 3 FV dollars per serving.

If you want to be more pro-active and make sure you stock up on all of the kibble you need to turn your puppy into a full-grown dog, you can ask friends to send more puppy kibble by posting a message your Facebook wall. To request more kibble, right-click on your puppy and select 'Ask for Kibble' from the pop-up menu.

FarmVille has released yet another in a series of functional buildings -- this time, it's a Nursery Barn, a place that will house baby foals and calves. Like the Horse Barn released a few months ago, you'll need to acquire supplies from friends to build complete the Nursery Barn construction.

Some of the most frequent FarmVille requests by farmers are for more Expansion and more Storage.

Contributing to this urgent request is that Zynga releases FarmVille updates weekly. FarmVille's weekly updates usually offer a slew of brand new exclusive items as well as seasonal collections. Despite expansions, those of us farmers that have been playing for almost one year now are quickly running out of room on their farms. Although a storage system was introduced months ago, many farmers do not find it adequate or economical for storing all of their FarmVille decorations and seasonal supplies. The problem being that storage costs farm cash or coins and neighbor help and each storage building is limited to a certain capacity. Also, some items such animals, trees, Christmas Holiday Tree, Valentine Mail Box and Spring Basket cannot be stored.

farmville baby white tiger appears in market

Here's a little-known fact -- one of the most popular items in all of Zynga games are white tigers*. Apparently, none of us can resist the great white cats that are all at once slightly dangerous, slightly exotic and slightly Vegas-style cheesy.

FarmVille is continuing with the Far East theme in this week's Thursday update by adding some new Far East decorations to the market on 04.15.10.

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