Madden NFL Superstars: Everything you need to know

Filed under: Madden NFL Superstars EA Sports released its second sports game on Facebook yesterday with developer Playfish , Madden NFL Superstars.

BigPoint CEO: Social game company sales values are "crazy"

$182 million . $300 million . $563.2 million

Seniors flocking to social networks: Are they playing games?

The image of social networks as a place just for teens and college kids continues to fall away thanks to a new study from the Pew Internet and American Life Project showing older Americans using social networks in larger numbers than ever before. Over 40 percent of American Internet users 50 and older now use social networking sites, according to the study, nearly doubling their proportion from only a year ago. While young people are still the most active social networkers (86% of 18-29 year olds are on a social network), older Americans represent the fastest growing demographic for the sites

Bejeweled Blitz fans say ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!’

Filed under: Bejeweled Blitz Every time a game makes a change, it’s not without controversy. The puzzling basics of PopCap Games’ Bejeweled Blitz was a winner three years before Facebook itself came into existence in 2004. Players of the game have also been climbing steadily this past week

Playboy jumps into bed with BigPoint for Poisonville promotion

Filed under: Mafia Wars It’s getting to the point where it would be shorter to start naming the big-name media companies that don’t have some sort of interest in the social gaming space. The list already includes Disney , Sports Illustrated , ESPN , News Corp. …

"ClickThirty" proves that inanity can succeed on Facebook

Here at Games.com — The Blog!, we’re willing to accept that Facebook games tend not to be the most complex things in the world. Frankly we think that’s part of their appeal — you don’t need a PhD in gaming to figure out how to plant crops in Farmville or match gems in Bejeweled Blitz .

Revive a planet with Terranova: a new environmental space game

Here at Games.com – The Blog! we are always scouring through Facebook looking for what could be the next great undiscovered game. Today, we unearthed a true gem in Terranova , an environmentally friendly space game where you can save your planet from biohazardous threats.

Buy Treasure Madness upgrades with regular coins

zSlide has finally brought in a really welcomed change to Treasure Madness , one that fans of the game were asking for since the game launched: the equipment upgrades and mini-game helpers can now be purchased for regular coins instead of the virtual currency (the MU dollars) used byTreasure Madness. Therefore, as of now, for a pretty high price (but still one you can gain by being very active in Treasure Madness), you can upgrade the following things to level 2: Shovel (100,000 GP), allowing you to dig for 9 HP instead of 10. Machete (3,000 GP) Also, all the minigame helpers (like Torch, Pincers, Gloves, etc) can be purchased for 10,000 GP each.

World’s Most Addicting Games Are On Games.com Blog

While we have been covering the the most addictive Facebook games like FarmVille, Mafia Wars and Happy Aquarium, it occurred to us that there are hundreds of addicting games out there that are not on Facebook at all.

Pet Society Mayor gets his official real world debut at the Amazon store

Filed under: Pet Society Fans of our Games.com Facebook page may remember the figurine shown above from our Fan Appreciation Giveaway back in April.

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