Thursday, September 9, 2010

Daily Wrap: M-Rated version of FarmVille, China to police social games

June 25, 2010 by  
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In addition to the big news that FarmVille creator Zynga scored a cool $180 million from a bunch of Russians, we also discovered an M-rated version of Farmville, a study that says women prefer Facebook over Twitter and China plans to step up monitoring social games.

Another FarmVille clone for iPhone, Facebook wants to get paid

June 9, 2010 by  
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In today’s news wrap, we discover another FarmVille clone for iPhone, a new fighting game on Facebook, Habbo Hotel goes even more social and that, yes, Facebook wants to get paid. Read more for the details. Tap Farm: Another FarmVille clone for iPhone While it seems like we’ll be waiting an eternity for FarmVille to show up on iPhone, Pocket Gamer spots another clone in the App Store — Tap Farm

Daily Wrap: Protestors plan Mafia Wars walkout; Harlequin romance game sweeps us away

December 15, 2009 by  
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In today’s Daily Wrap, PO’d virtual mafiosos plan a protest and more studies show that, yes, lots of people like to socialize and play games. Protesters Plan Mafia Wars Walkout Mafia Wars players are sick and tired of dealing with the game’s bugs and scheduled down times