YoVille Labor Day Weeked Sale: Limited edition items and discounts coming soon!

Filed under: YoVille It’s official: Zynga has a fever, and the only cure for it… is more Labor Day specials

Three Facebook games that should be on your radar this week

Social media app tracker Appdata just published this week’s Top Twenty Gainers in the social game space. In other words, these are games that should be on your radar as they could get popular rather quickly

DateBid brings creepy social gaming twist to online dating

And here we thought date auctions were just a fiction created by hack writers for third-rate sitcoms and romantic comedies . No, apparently they are a real thing, or a virtually real thing, at least, thanks to a new social game called DateBid . Just launched on Facebook (and coming soon to other social networks), DateBid gives new members 5,000 “Datebid Fun Dollars” to bid on auctions for virtual webcam dates with other desperate shutins virtual daters.

OMGpop feeds the sweet tooth with Cupcake Corner, its first Facebook game

Notable casual game developer OMGpop has just launched its first Facebook game, Cupcake Corner . While the company has created several games with Facebook functionality using Facebook Connect, this is OMGpop’s first full blown game on the social network. The game is strikingly similar to Baking Life by Zip Zap Play, but is much more active than most social games.

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.

Google buys mobile/social game maker SocialDeck

If you somehow still think that Google impending entrance into the social game space is nothing but a bunch of chatter, you have another data point to fight against today. That’s because today, the world’s most popular internet search engine scooped up mobile game developer SocialDeck for an undisclosed sum.

Google buys mobile/social game maker SocialDeck

If you somehow still think that Google impending entrance into the social game space is nothing but a bunch of chatter, you have another data point to fight against today. That’s because today, the world’s most popular internet search engine scooped up mobile game developer SocialDeck for an undisclosed sum. The Toronto-based developer, founded in 2008, reportedly attracted over a million downloads in 2009 for its three mobile titles: Dr.

CrowdStar’s entire catalog set to hit Japan

Remember when almost every video game sold in the United States was an import from some Japanese company? These days, games played in Japan are just as likely to be imports from some of the big-name American developers.

Quote of the Moment: Gamers Evolve

Filed under: Farmville “More gamers means more games, plain and simple. Facebook games have brought a staggering number of people into the fold, and most of them had never played a videogame before in their lives

Rescue Party: Take a break from FarmVille to rescue animals (in space!)

Wondering what’s next for Facebook games? Take a gander at Rescue Party, a new animal rescue game from San-Francisco based Tribal Crossing that’s one part FarmVille and two parts Pokemon. Everything you expect from a A-list social game is here, and it’s all wrapped together in one one slick (and charming) package

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