Thứ Tư, 15 tháng 2, 2012

FarmVille Podcast (June 4) highlights: Biplane, 7-Eleven and crafting cottages

This week's Official FarmVille Podcast was 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 at the bottom of the post. This week's FarmVille Podcast contains some exciting news, especially for higher Level farmers that are Level 70 and above. New Levels! New Rewards! New Challenges! Read complete details in "Coming Soon" section.

This Week's Releases:

Move & Recycle Tools

* Move and Recycle Tools that allow you to easier decorate and re-arrange farms.
* Move Tool allows you to even move planted plots!
* Recycle Tool deletes items with no value and sells items with no value.
* Recycle Tool features a quick delete tool that will not notify you or warn you when you are about to sell items that cost under 1,000 coins.


Biplane

* Biplane applies instant grow on crops, making them grow instantaneously.
* Can purchase one for 30,000 coins.
* Accessible to Level 12 farmers and above.
* First flight is free, additional flights can be purchased with farm cash. The cost varies.
* Can win one as Gold Reward for completing the new Co-Op Farming "Peanut Butter and Jelly" Job.

Limited Edition Tuscan Items

Birthday Themed Decorations

Cracked Ribbon

* Cracked Ribbon rewards you for finding or "cracking open" Mystery Eggs.

User-Submitted Questions:

* Q:What made FarmVille decide to partner with 7-Eleven for a promotion? A: Danielle of FarmVille Product Marketing says that initially it started as FarmVille Slurpee cups and extended beyond because of the opportunity to promote offered by 7-Eleven.

* Q: Why is this 7-Eleven promotion available to the United States only? A: Due to specific restrictions and time constraints they were only able to open it to United States and Canada, some future promotions will include international players as well.

* Q: Will there be other similar promotions available in the future? A: Yes.

COMING SOON

New Content for Higher Level Players

(The Zynga gods are listening to our FarmVille Freak pleas :) )

* In the near future, the Level cap of 70 will finally be increased and extended to Levels 100 and beyond!
* New high level crops will be introduced that can be purchases with a one time use permit.
* New crops that will require you to Master other crops first.
* New high level coin items and gifts will be introduced for higher level players.

Crafting Cottage Preview

* Will give information on 3 upcoming buildings including what they produce.
* Learn which Bushels will be required to make some of the crafted goods.
* There will be a special gift for those that participate in the Preview.

Thank-You for Farmers that Submitted Email Permission

* Farmers who have given their email to FarmVille will receive a special prize.
* They will be rewarded with Free Fuel.
* As a thank you they will be given Free Fuel once per day, for 2 weeks.

The next Podcast will be Friday, June 11th 2010.

What is the most exciting part of this Podcast for you? I am excited about the new features for higher level farmers because their dedication deserves recognition!

Click here to read the Official transcript provided by Zynga below: Continue reading »

FarmVille Podcast – June 4th:

Hey Farmers, and welcome to this week's installment of the Official FarmVille Podcast! My name is Lexilicious and I am here to bring you all of the latest news and information about FarmVille from Zynga. This week, we will be discussing our latest releases, you guys will all be getting a sneak peek of things coming to FarmVille in the future, and we have a very special guest with us today to answer some questions from the FarmVille community!

This week featured lots of great new Limited Edition items, as well as some great new features.

The new "Move" and "Recycle" tools made an appearance this week, allowing users to more easily decorate and rearrange their farms. To access the Move tool, Simply click the Hand icon from the multi-tool menu to enter decoration mode. When in this mode, you will be able to move items with a single click, including plots!

When using the Move tool, you can also use the space bar to rotate applicable items when they are being held.

The new Recycle tool can be used to quickly clean up your farm. This new tool can be accessed by clicking the Recycle symbol in the Multi Tool menu.

The recycle tool will delete items with no value and sell items with coin value. In addition, the Recycle tool includes a "Quick Delete" mode. Quick delete will not warn you about selling or deleting any object worth less than 1,000 coins that is not a limited edition item when enabled.

Quick Delete will also give you an option to choose not to be warned about selling or deleting specific types of items until another tool is used. The new FarmVille Biplane was also released this week, which allows you to grow all of your crops instantaneously by applying an eco-friendly mix from the sky!

The Biplane can be purchased from the "Vehicles" Tab of the Market for 30,000 coins and is unlocked at level 12. Alternatively, you can obtain the Biplane by obtaining a Gold Medal in the new "Peanut Butter Jelly Time" Co-op that was released on Thursday.

Applying Instant Grow with the Biplane costs Farm Cash. The amount of Farm Cash you pay is dependent on how much time is left until your crops mature and how many seeded plots are on your farm. After you first purchase your Biplane, you are entitled to one free application of Instant Grow. To use it, simply click on the Biplane and select "Apply Instant Grow".
And lastly, new Limited Edition Tuscan Items and the new Birthday themed decorations are now available in the market, along with the new "Cracked" Achievement.

Alright! And that's about it for new releases this week! On that note, let's go ahead and get into answering some questions submitted by members of the FarmVille Community! Today, we have a special guest with us who has graciously taken time out of her busy day to sit down and answer some questions from the community about the 7/11 promotion that is currently running.

Our first question comes to us from Ar-nak-nag-sak, and they would like to know "What made FarmVille decide to partner with 7-11 for a promotion?"
Here is what Danielle had to say about this question.
Hi Farmers, my name is Danielle and I work on Product Marketing for FarmVille. I've been on the team for close to a year and have seen FarmVille grow into something that has brought enjoyment to millions of players around the globe.

As FarmVille has grown, so has the opportunity to partner with other companies to expand our brand. One such company was 7-Eleven. What initially started as bringing FarmVille to Slurpee cups turned into an opportunity to work with 7-Eleven on a full fledge promotion that involved numerous Zynga branded 7-Eleven merchandise, Zynga marketing posters in and around the store, and the ability for consumers to earn exclusive virtual items.

Our next question comes to us from Icanhazbeez. "Why is this promotion only available to the US, and not to international users?"

While we would have loved to bring this promotion to our international community, we work with all of our partners on an individual basis and due to a number of different variables, including time restraints, we were not able to bring the 7/11 promotion to our international users.

However, It was amazing that we were able to bring this promotion to US and Canadian users within the time frame that we had, although we are still open to future promotions that will include our international community.
And finally, our last question comes to us from Super Woman. "Will there be more future promotions similar to 7-11?"

Due to the popularity of the 7/11 promotion, we will be looking into more opportunities like this in the future. I would personally like to thank everyone who has participated in the 7-eleven promotion and we are very interested in hearing your feedback. Please make sure to visit the official farmville forums with any ideas or suggestions.

Thanks for having me on the podcast. I may be back in the next couple of weeks, so stay tuned.

Alright, awesome. I want to give a big thank you to Danielle for taking time out of her busy schedule to sit down and talk with us today. And going forward, we will be doing our best to get other members of the FarmVille team to sit down with us to discuss new features and answer questions from the community.

So for this week's coming soon segment, I actually have some information for you guys on something I mentioned very briefly a few months ago in one of our earlier podcasts. The FarmVille team has recently been spending a lot of time coming up with content for our higher level players. Because of that, I am very excited to let you know that in the near future, we will be raising the level cap of 70, and adding more levels to FarmVille! Soon, you will be able to level up to level 100 and beyond. We will also be introducing new high level crops that can only be planted with a special one time purchase Permit and crops that require another crop to be mastered before they can be planted.

Along with the great new crops and additional levels, new high level coin items and gifts will soon be available to our most dedicated farmers.

Make sure to also keep an eye out for the Crafting Cottage preview, where you can find out about these three upcoming buildings and what they can produce. Learn which bushels are required to make some of the crafted goods and make sure to claim your special gift for participating in the preview!

And lastly, as a thank you to our users who have provided us with their email addresses, we will soon be emailing out fuel once a day for 2 weeks to anyone who has signed up for email.

Alright Folks, that's it from me this week. I will be back next Friday to give you all of the latest news and information from around the Farm. Again, my name is Lexilicious, and I will see you soon. Happy farming everybody!

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak >

Thứ Bảy, 11 tháng 2, 2012

Cafe World: Celebrate Fourth of July with Sizzling Summer Decor

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Fourth of July weekend is coming up and what better way to celebrate than by decorating your Cafe World restaurant. An all new Summer theme was released that features many of the things we've come to embrace on Independence Day.
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The items include fun summer activities and items like fireworks, kites, coolers of beverages, and of course: BBQ. Continue reading to see all the new Fourth of July summer items.
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Tables
Picnic Table - 20,000 Coins

Chairs
Beach Chair - 2 Cafe Cash
Picnic Bench - 2 Cafe Cash

Windows
Butterflies - 4 Cafe Cash
Beehive - 4 Cafe Cash

Walls
Summer Picket Fence Wallpaper - 1 Cafe Cash
Summer Mountain Wallpaper - 1 Cafe Cash

Decor
Beach Umbrella - 2 Cafe Cash
Rubber Ducky - 4 Cafe Cash
Picnic Surprise - 4 Cafe Cash
Lemonade Stand - 7 Cafe Cash
American Flag Tent - 12 Cafe Cash
Trail Sign - 15,000 Coins
Sunflowers - 18,000 Coins
Drink Cooler - 20,000 Coins
Volleyball Player - 140,000 Coins
Sparkler Fun Girl - 150,000 Coins

Functional
Camping Grill - 6 Cafe Cash

So whether you like celebrating Fourth of July with fireworks, a beach cookout or by lounging next to the pool, Cafe World's new Summer Theme will let you decorate your cafe appropriately. Check it out for yourself in Cafe World and prepare yourself for the big Fourth of July weekend!

Click here to play Cafe World>

Mafia Wars Fourth of July Sale incentives: Elvis Impersonator and more

Mafia Wars Fourth of July sale has officially kicked off, and in addition to five limited edition items, the game is offering special Las Vegas themed incentives to anyone willing to part with Reward Points in the next five days. Here's how it works:

Buy 1 item, win an Elvis Impersonator (bodyguard, 20 A, 48 D)
Buy 5 items, win a Pair of Kings (weapon, 56 A, 26 D)
Buy 10 items, win a Sin City Shooter (weapon, 81 A, 36D)

If you read the fine print, though, you'll be disappointed to learn that soccer balls, Treasure Chest keys and health refills do not count toward getting these items, which seems rather arbitrary. The idea of owning a weapon with 81 Attack sounds pretty enticing at first, though I'm not sure it's enticing enough to buy a whole 10 items just for one of these guns, even if it packs a lot of heat.

Would you buy 10 items to get the Sin City Shooter?

Ridiculous social game oversell of the moment

"Ever heard about mixed-reality social gaming? Well, Gbanga brings you the new dimension of gaming. Now interact, socialize and play with real people around you. Get astonished with ultimate gaming innovation. The Gbanga adapts itself relatively to the real world location. This means if you live in London in reality, you would be in London in the actual game too. With similar landmarks and real people, soon it would get tricky to separate Gbanga from reality. This makes a whole new experience of Gbanga which is the first ever mixed reality social game over multi-mobile platforms. Get ready to bang on Gbanga! [emphasis added]."

-A writer at Eye on iPhone ("Its all about iPhone applications n [sic] accessories") goes a little overboard in his advertisement news post about Gbanga's location-aware social gaming platform.

Pet Society rolls out Fourth of July items and clearance sale

       
Like other Facebook games, Pet Society is preparing for the big Fourth of July weekend by releasing fun summer items and sales. Fireworks and confetti are both available and are a perfect way to celebrate the United States of America's independence. In addition, various other American themed items were released such as flags and other goodies decked in red, white and blue. pet society fourth of july

In my opinion, Fourth of July is a day best celebrated with company, the great outdoors and delectable BBQed food. It seems Pet Society agrees as they've released new barbecuing equipment in the stores.

Also released was a free plush bald eagle that you may send to your friends, so make sure to send it to your fellow pets while you still can.

Below are images of some of the new Fourth of July stuff found in Pet Society:
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All these goodies can be found in the various stores. To find the fireworks and other party equitment, head to the Market and click the Party and Gifts tab (pictured right). There's a lot to see and a lot of good deals as a result of the Fourth of July clearance sale. The sale and items will be around till July 11th so head over to Pet Society to Check them out now.

Click here to play Pet Society>

FishVille creatures and decor flaunt Fourth of July flair

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For a limited time only, FishVille has released a number of exclusive Fourth of July items in the store. Only available for another six days, the goods are here just in time for the Independence Day weekend.

Continue reading to see all the Fourth of July FishVille exclusives.
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In addition to the two festive July 4th creatures, the Independence Jelly and Independence Horse, there are a number of decorate items to place in your tanks (all pictured above). We're always pleased to see items purchasable with Coins and it seems FishVille is letting most everyone get into the National Holiday by only charging Sand Dollars for just a few things. Unfortunately, both creatures, including the Seahorse wearing a hat, cost Sand Dollars. You'll have to throw down some real money if you want to own one of the few marine animals to ever wear a hat in FishVille.

If you're a fan or own an aquarium in FishVille, check out the limited edition Fourth of July items. They won't be around for long.

Click here to play FishVille>

Thứ Năm, 9 tháng 2, 2012

FarmVille Gnomes: The Complete Gnome Collection

FarmVille Gnomes Antony Jo
In FarmVille, there's a gnome for every theme and occasion, whether it's Halloween, Thanksgiving, or even for working on your Crafting Cottages! To keep track of all the FarmVille gnomes, we've created a handy alphabetized table guide of all the names and pictures of the gnomes for you below.

So far, Zynga has designed 146 gnomes for its players since 2009, but not all of them have been released to players and some of them are the same gnomes, but just in different sizes. The gnomes that are still unavailable are listed in bold font.

Edit: Gnomes updated as of Dec. 27th, 2011, Tues. at 1:45 p.m. ET.

American Gnome    
Arctic Explorer Gnome     FarmVille autumn gnome
Autumn Gnome    
Autumn Fairy Gnome
FarmVille gnome Bacchus Gnome
Bacchus Gnome (Sr.)    
Ballet Girl Gnome    
Balloon Gnome    
Beach Gnome

Birthday Gnome    
Black Knight Gnome     FarmVille gnome Bride Gnome
Bride Gnome     FarmVille gnome Bunny Gnome
Bunny Gnome

Butler Gnome    
Butterfly Gnome    
Cancan Gnome     FarmVille gnome Candied Gnome
Candied Gnome

Candy Cane Gnome    
Candy Corn Gnome    
Carnival Barker Gnome     FarmVille gnome Cave Gnome
Cave Gnome

Centurion Gnome    
Charro Gnome     Farmville gnome Chef Gnome
Chef Gnome (Sr.)     Farmville Chicken Gnome
Chicken Gnome

Chieftain Gnome    
Christmas Carolers
Gnome    
Chrome Gnome    
Clover Gnome

Conductor Gnome    
Confetti Gnome     FarmVille gnome Cowboy Gnome
Cowboy Gnome     FarmVille gnome Cowgirl Gnome
Cowgirl Gnome

Cricket Gnome     FarmVille gnome Cupid Gnome
Cupid Gnome    
Detective Gnome    
Drummer Boy Gnome
FarmVille gnome Dutch Gnome
Dutch Gnome     FarmVille gnome Dutch Girl Gnome
Dutch Girl Gnome     FarmVille gnome Elf Gnome
Elf Gnome     FarmVille gnome Elf Girl Gnome
Elf Girl Gnome

England Chef Gnome     FarmVille gnome Eskimo Gnome
Eskimo Gnome    
Fairy Gnome    
Fairy Leaf Gnome

Fall Pilgrim Gnome     Fame Gnome
Fame Gnome     FarmVille Fairy Flower Gnome
Fairy Flower Gnome    
Fairy Godmother Gnome

Father Gnome     festival gnome
Festival Gnome    
Fisherman Gnome
    Flamenco Gnome
Flamenco Gnome

Flying Kite Gnome     FarmVille Gnome Franken Bride
Franken Bride Gnome     FarmVille gnome Franken Gnome
Franken Gnome     FarmVille gnome Garden Gnome
Garden Gnome

Gardener Gnome     FarmVille Gentleman Gnome
Gentlemen Gnome     FarmVille German Gnome
German Gnome     FarmVille Ghost Gnome
Ghost Gnome

Gift Giving Gnome     FarmVille gnome Gingerbread Gnome
Gingerbread Gnome     FarmVille Gnome Ref
Gnome Ref     FarmVille Gnome Sprinkler
Gnome Sprinkler

Gold Gnome     FarmVille gnome Groom Gnome
Groom Gnome    
Gourd Gnome    
Gum Drop Gnome

Harvest Gnome    
Headless Horseman
Gnome     FarmVille gnome Heart Broken Gnome
Heart Broken Gnome    
Holiday Gnome

Ice Fishing Gnome    
Inn Keeper Gnome    
Irish Girl Gnome    
Jack Frost Gnome

Jack O Lantern
Gnome    
Kissing Gnomes    
Knight Gnome    
Koala Gnome

Leaf Fairy Gnome     FarmVille gnome Leprechaun Gnome
Leprechaun Gnome    
Leprechaun Girl Gnome    
Lighthouse Keeper Gnome

Lobster Gnome    
Male Fairy Gnome    
Mandolin Gnome    
Maple Leaf Gnome

Mariachi Gnome     FarmVille gnome Master Gnome
Master Gnome     FarmVille Mechanic Gnome
Mechanic Gnome    
Mime Gnome
FarmVille gnome Mr Swiss Gnome
Mr Swiss Gnome     FarmVille gnome Miss Swiss Gnome
Miss Swiss Gnome    
Mom Day Gnome    
Monster Gnome
FarmVille gnome Mrs Claus Gnome
Mrs Claus Gnome     FarmVille gnome Mummy Gnome
Mummy Gnome    
Mystery Gnome    
Neptune Gnome
FarmVille gnome New Year Gnome
New Year Gnome    
North Pole
(Naughty) Gnome     FarmVille gnome Nutcracker Gnome
Nutcracker Gnome    
Nutcracker King
Gnome

Ornament Gnome    
Parisian Waiter Gnome     FarmVille gnome Pilgrim Gnome
Pilgrim Gnome     FarmVille gnome Pilgrim Girl Gnome
Pilgrim Girl Gnome

Piper Gnome    
Pirate Girl Gnome    
Pirate Gnome     FarmVille gnome Pocahontas Gnome
Pocahontas Gnome
FarmVille gnome Prince Gnome
Prince Gnome     FarmVille gnome Princess Gnome
Princess Gnome     FarmVille gnome Platinum Gnome
Platinum Gnome    
Pumpkin Gnome

Purple Pumpkin Gnome     FarmVille Queen's Guard
Queen's Guard    
Rainbow Gnome     FarmVille gnome Reindeer Gnome
Reindeer Gnome
FarmVille Santa Gnome
Santa Gnome    
Safari Gnome    
Sailor Gnome     FarmVille gnome Silver Gnome
Silver Gnome

Ski Patrol Gnome    
Snowboard Gnome    
Snowman Gnome     FarmVille Spa Gnome
Spa Gnome (Sr.)
FarmVille Student Gnome
Student Gnome     FarmVille Surfer Gnome
Surfer Gnome     FarmVille gnome Swiss Alphorn
Swiss Alphorn    
Teddy Bear Gnome

Tinsel Gnome    
Tourist Gnome     FarmVille gnome Trawler
Trawler Gnome    
Trick Or Treat Gnome

Troll Gnome    
Tubing Gnome    
Tuxedo Gnome     FarmVille gnome Valentine Gnome
Valentine Gnome
FarmVille gnome Vampire Gnome
Vampire Gnome
    FarmVille gnome Venus Gnome
Venus Gnome    
Werewolf Gnome    
White Knight Gnome
FarmVille gnome Wizard Gnome
Wizard Gnome    
Zombie Gnome

Chart Notes: When you see "Sr." listed next to a gnome, this indicates that there's actually two different sized versions of this gnome. The "Sr." version of the gnome is roughly one and a half times bigger than the normal gnome.
FarmVille Mystery Gnome
Also, the "Mystery Gnome" looks ordinary, but it's actually gigantic! (Image credit goes to HatchetHolic on FarmVilleFreak.com.)

Check out the rest of our FarmVille Cheats & Tips right here.

Which FarmVille gnome is your favorite? How many have you collected?