Social Gaming News Digest for the week ending July 30, 2010

Things happen so fast in the social gaming space these days, it can be hard to keep up. For those who need a little help, here’s a quick recap of some of the biggest social gaming news of the week. By far the biggest happening this week was Disney’s purchase of Playdom for up to $720 million

Playdom’s Poker Palace gets World Series of Poker branding

With all the craziness surrounding Playdom and Disney this week, we scarcely noticed that another major-but-not-quite-Disney-level brand hooking on to Playdom’s rising star. That brand is the venerable World Series of Poker (WSOP), which earlier this week added their stamp on top of the game formerly known as Playdom’s Poker Palace . The decision to brand an existing game is a bit unorthodox in a world where major brands usually launch their own promotional Facebook games

FarmVille Official Podcast (7/23): Crafting explained, plus what’s coming soon

Filed under: Farmville In this week’s Official FarmVille podcast, Community Manager Lexi ‘Lexilicious’ Smith goes into great detail on the Crafting Buildings, which have started to roll out to farmers level 25 and above. It’s a good primer on how to start crafting in the game, which might seem a little complicated at first glance

FarmVille and Cascadian Farm Upcoming Promotion: Grow Organic Blueberries!

Filed under: Farmville Cascadian Farm FarmVille will be partnering with Cascadian Farm and, for the first time ever, will be introducing a sponsored branded in-game crop that will also be available to all farmers. Cascadian Farm, originating in 1972, is one of the country’s leading brands of organic foods, offering more than 80 products from ready-to-eat cereals and granola bars to frozen fruits and vegetables, juice concentrates and fruit spreads.

July 9th 2010 Official FarmVille Podcast

Filed under: Farmville This week’s FarmVille Podcast covers last week as well as this week. Lexilicious is the host. You can listen to video above, read the FarmVille Freak Summary below, or read the entire official transcript provided by Zynga at the bottom of the post

July 9th 2010 Official FarmVille Podcast

Filed under: Farmville This week’s FarmVille Podcast covers last week as well as this week. Lexilicious is the host.

Frontierville tops Facebook’s weekly gainers with 5.4 million new users

Filed under: FrontierVille With players recently flocking away from Zynga’s Farmville by the millions , some wondered if the top social gaming company had lost a little bit of its luster. Well, if the early success of Farmville successor Frontierville is any indication, that luster is still plenty shiny, thanks very much.

FarmVille Official Podcast June 18, 2010

Filed under: Farmville This week’s official FarmVille Podcast for June 18th is on time as scheduled and hosted by FarmVille Community Manager Lexilicious. You can listen to the video above, read the FarmVille Freak summary below or read the official transcript provided by Zynga at the bottom of the post. FarmGoddess’ FarmVille Freak Podcast Summary: This Week’s FarmVille Upgrades Included: Increased Levels * Added levels 70-90.

YoVille: New Summer Theme?

Filed under: YoVille Hope you all are ready for Summer! Summer will kick off sometime this week in Yoville . The Hollywood Theme will be coming to an end with this last release. Platinum Ninja has posted on YoVille.com.

FarmVille Official Podcast for June 14th 2010

Filed under: Farmville FarmVille ’s official podcast, rescheduled from Friday, June 11th, has aired today June 14th 2010 and is hosted by FarmVille Community Manager, Lexilicious.

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