Help the gulf in YoVille with new Charity Pets

Filed under: YoVille Zynga is all about charity efforts, and today a brand new way to help the Gulf oil spill relief efforts has surfaced in YoVille . Each week for the next four weeks, a new Charity Pet will be released.

Cafe World lets you ‘Save the Gulf’ and decorate at the same time

Filed under: Cafe World Cafe World is pledging 50% of all proceeds from its “Save the Gulf!” Mystery Crates or 3 Special Charity items to the Audobon Society to fight the Gulf Oil Spill. Each Mystery Crate costs 16 Cafe Cash, or basically, a little over $1 USD. But Cafe World sells Cafe Cash in batches, such as 25 for $3.50 USD or 780 for $50 USD.

Spread cheer (and destruction) in new Gift of the Yeti Facebook game

One of the first holiday games of the season has sprung up on Facebook, starring a Yeti who helps Santa (who has fallen ill after drinking some iffy egg nog) deliver packages to good boys and girls.

Mafia Wars offers charitable players a WWII M4 Sherman Tank bonus

Filed under: Mafia Wars 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 . Buying one of the five Limited Edition items will earn players a Gold Treasure Chest Key that they can use to unlock Gold Treasure Chests.

New charity using social gaming techniques to attract interest

Here at Games.com — The Blog!, we’re all about social games. But we’re also all about helping humanity.

Charitable gamers bring in 1.5 million for Haiti in five days

Over the past five days, premium charity items in Zynga’s Facebook games, FarmVille , FishVille , Mafia Wars and Zynga Poker, brought in $1.5 million dollars for aid to Haiti.