Friday, June 4, 2010

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.

Treasure Isle: Players randomly chosen to plant Dragonfruit

Treasure Isle 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 the official Treasure Isle forums to see if everyone got the chance to plant Dragonfruit, and this is what I found.

Cafe World's new Egyptian set gives restaurants the ancient royal treatment

Cafe World: Fit for a Pharaoh
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.

The best thing about Zynga's newest acquisition -- Ponzi Inc.

ponzi inc on facebook

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.

FarmVille allows players to wish friends a Happy Birthday

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.

New Haflinger Horse trots into FarmVille


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: Everything you need to know

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.

FarmVille Tuscan Decorations: Tuscan Trellis, Tomato Cart & Castello Fence

farmville castello fence farmville tomato cart farmville tuscan trellis
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.

FarmVille Mansion for Level 70 Players only!

farmville level 70 mansion
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!

FarmVille: New Peanut Butter and Jelly Co-op Job

farmville peanut butter and 
jelly
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.