Just when you thought you had too many quests to work on, there’s more. This evening, FarmVille released new quests in FarmVille Lighthouse Cove! Weeks ago there were signs of a new quest line coming to Lighthouse Cove, but it hadn’t actually happened or gone “live” yet. Finally, this evening, the quests started rolling out to all farmers. It’s a big surprise since everyone thought that there would be no new content added to previous destination farms. Of course anything in FarmVille is subject to change without notice and if the big Z feels like dropping more quests in “closed” farms then so shall it be. Although I hope Winter Wonderland is finished (for now at least) …there’s just something about harvesting frozen crops all year long and the Christmasy nature of WW that could get annoying in real world 10o+ degree weather. But wait, besides their existence in general, there’s even more fishiness going on with this new Lighthouse Cove quest line. What’s that? Well, there are two different versions floating around for the same series of quests. Although, each version shares the same prizes, the difficulty level and length of time allowed to complete the quests are not equal. There’s an “easy” set and a “hard” set which seems to be randomized per player. Currently some players have only 10 days to complete the quests versus others who have 31 days . That’s a little over a week versus an entire month. Unfair much? Be prepared to work hard because these quests have some pretty tough requirements such as mastery pre-requisites and harvesting a Horse Paddock 4 times which can be especially difficult to complete if you only have ten days. Ughh. FarmVille Egg Hunt Quests Master Guide FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Quest 1a: Back to Cove Basics Requirements: Get 10 Farmer Almanacs ( Click here to Request ) & Master Clover Crop to 2-Stars Rewards: 100 XP, Unwither, & 2,500 Farm Coins OR FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Quest 1b: Back to Cove Basics Requirements: Harvest Horse Paddock 4 Times & Master Clover Crop to 2-Stars Rewards: 100 XP, Unwither, & 2,500 Farm Coins FarmVille Lighthouse Cove 2a: Fisherman’s Fix-ups Requirements: Get 10 Toolboxes ( Click here to Request ) & Make Creamed Corn 5 Times Rewards: 100 XP, 3 Pack Turbo Charge, & 2,500 Farm Coins OR FarmVille Lighthouse Cove 2b: Fisherman’s Fix-ups Requirements: Harvest Lighthouse Cove 4 Times & Make Creamed Corn 5 Times Rewards: 100 XP, 3 Pack Turbo Charge, & 2,500 Farm Coins FarmVille Lighthouse Cove 3a: Done Like Dinner Requirements: Get 10 Striped Aprons ( Click here to Request ) & Master Cauliflower Crop to 2-Stars Rewards: 100 XP, Instagrow Potion, & 2,500 Farm Coins OR FarmVille Lighthouse Cove 3b: Done Like Dinner Requirements: Master the Pine Marten to 2-Stars & Master Cauliflower Crop to 2-Stars Rewards: 100 XP, Instagrow Potion, & 2,500 Farm Coins FarmVille Farmer Almanac (Quest 1) FarmVille Toolbox (Quest 2) FarmVille Striped Apron (Quest 3) Are you excited to see new content (new quests) in FarmVille Lighthouse Cove? Which version of these quests did you get? Take our FarmVille Freak Poll below!  Take Our Poll

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Happy March, FarmVille Freaks and happy news on some of your favorite Zynga games! Today, Zynga announced that they will finally launch their much anticipated Zynga Platform on a revamped Zynga.com later this month! At its launch the Zynga Platform located on Zynga.com will provide a  new access point to play five of Zynga’s top games including: CastleVille, Words With Friends, CityVille, Hidden Chronicles, and Zynga Poker. Sadly, even though FarmVille remains one of Zynga’s most popular games, it isn’t part of the fun just yet, but we hope it will soon. You will still need your Facebook login to play on Zynga Platform, but prepare for some exciting and innovative new changes such as increased player interaction beyond that of your Facebook friends, more games including those of third party developers featured on the Zynga Platform, as well as new real time chat features and  live game feed catered to your social gaming profile. Be sure to watch the video above for a quick recap and demonstration of the Zynga Platform and how it will work. The beta release of Zynga Platform on Zynga.com features: zFriends – Connect and play with more people, beyond your Facebook friends, who love to play as much as you do. More Games – Five of Zynga’s top games – CastleVille, Words With Friends, CityVille, Hidden Chronicles and Zynga Poker – will be accessible on the site at launch, but soon you will be able to discover and play more social games by Zynga and third party game developers. Social Stream – Get real-time access to items needed to advance faster in games by posting to Zynga’s live social stream without ever leaving your game board. Player Profile – A profile that is all about the way you play, highlighting your favorite games, top zFriends, recent activity and your helpfulness score to see how you stack up against friends. Live Chat – Without leaving the game board, you can also chat with zFriends in real-time to send gifts, strategize, or just say ‘OMG, look at the size of that beastie!’ Zynga.com New Platform (Click to Enlarge) Zynga.com Game Feeds (Click to Enlarge) Zynga.com Friend Help (Click to Enlarge) Zynga.com Player Profile (Click to Enlarge) To read the entire press release from Zynga continue reading below. Press Release: ZYNGA UNVEILS NEW PLATFORM FOR PLAY The Zynga Platform Delivers More Ways to Play and More People to Play with on Zynga.com Zynga Welcomes Game Developers Mob Science, Row Sham Bow and Sava Transmedia as Inaugural Platform Partners SAN FRANCISCO – March 1, 2012 –  Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), the world’s leading provider of social game services, today announced the Zynga Platform, a new platform designed to bring players what they’ve asked for: new ways to play and more people to play with. As part of the initial roll out, Zynga will debut the beta release of Zynga.com, the company’s new destination for social games. In addition to serving up popular Zynga games, Zynga.com will let players discover and play social games created by third party game developers. These Platform partners will be able to reach new audiences and make their games even more social. What do you think, FarmVille Freaks? Are you excited about playing games on the Zynga Platform?  “We built Zynga.com to give our players more ways to connect with each other and play great social games whether built by Zynga or other talented developers,” said Mark Pincus, founder and CEO, Zynga. “Together with our platform partners, we look forward to bringing more play to the world on our platform.” Zynga.com – a playground for social games Zynga.com is built with the goal of bringing players more ways to connect with more people on a new destination dedicated to social games. Zynga.com will enable players to meet and connect with other players who share a love for social games, ultimately giving them more friends to play with. Players will progress faster in their games by tapping the entire community to instantly get what they need to complete quests, obtain virtual items and advance to the next level. Zynga.com is one of the first sites to be totally integrated with Facebook as an extension of the companies’ strong and collaborative partnership. It will allow players to log in with their Facebook ID and easily play games with their existing Facebook friends, as well as other people who love to play the same games. “Zynga.com was created based on listening to players and understanding what they want and need to make their play time more fun and meaningful,” said Manuel Bronstein, general manager of Zynga.com. “We are excited to give players a way to connect with other people who love to play the same games in a destination that is all and only about games. We will continue to listen to player feedback and provide even better ways for them to connect and play together.” The initial beta release of Zynga.com features: zFriends  – Connect and play with more people, beyond your Facebook friends, who love to play as much as you do. More Games  – Five of Zynga’s top games –  CastleVille ,  Words With Friends ,  CityVille ,  Hidden Chronicles  and  Zynga Poker  – will be accessible on the site at launch, but soon you will be able to discover and play more social games by Zynga and third party game developers. Social Stream  – Get real-time access to items needed to advance faster in games by posting to Zynga’s live social stream without ever leaving your game board. Player Profile  – A profile that is all about the way you play, highlighting your favorite games, top zFriends, recent activity and your helpfulness score to see how you stack up against friends. Live Chat  – Without leaving the game board, you can also chat with zFriends in real-time to send gifts, strategize, or just say ‘OMG, look at the size of that beastie!’ Zynga Platform Partners In an effort to let players discover and play even more games on Zynga.com, for the first time ever, Zynga will enable third party developers to create and publish games on the Zynga Platform. Zynga is working with a number of early partners, including: Mob Science, Row Sham Bow and Sava Transmedia. Zynga Platform partners will have access to the 240 million monthly active users who currently play Zynga games by publishing and promoting them across the Zynga network. In addition to inviting developers to promote their games to its player audience, Zynga will enable partners to tap into channels and features that increase social engagement, analytics that measure and drive social, and back end technology that ensures scalability and availability. “Publishing on the Zynga Platform will allow developers to tap into a captive audience of players who love to play social games,” said Rob Dyer, head of platform partners at Zynga and former senior vice president of Publisher Relations at Sony Computer Entertainment. “What’s more, we’re committed to creating an environment that’s a win, win for everyone involved. We know the challenges of being a game developer, and want to build the best destination for play – not just for players – but for the entire ecosystem as well.” “As an independent game developer, we have faced significant challenges in getting players to discover our games,” said Michael Witz, CEO of Mob Science. “The Zynga Platform provides an unparalleled opportunity by letting us focus on building a game that can easily be enjoyed by the millions of people on Zynga’s network who already love to play social games. As an early Zynga Platform Partner, we look forward to working closely with the company to evolve the platform and create the best environment for developing and playing social games.” Zynga currently measures the level of social engagement in its games through a metric that looks at a player’s active social network (ASN). Through analytics and player feedback, Zynga’s learned that the number of active neighbors a player regularly engages within their game directly impacts how meaningful of an experience they have and how much they want to play. By tapping into a combination of features like the live Social Stream and analytics that measure ASN, Platform partners will be able to understand, refine and drive more social engagement in their games. “Making great social games is challenging and it’s even more difficult to build for scale so millions of people worldwide can play simultaneously and have a great experience,” said Cadir Lee, chief technology officer, Zynga. “Our goal for the Zynga Platform is to make it easier for game developers to build the best social games without having to deal with technology challenges.” Zynga’s infrastructure operates as a platform that serves the company’s entire lineup of games and studios worldwide. Over the last year, Zynga has bolstered its own private infrastructure, called zCloud, enabling game studios to quickly scale their games. Zynga will soon enable Platform partners to leverage the technology that Zynga built specifically for creating and scaling social games. Availability Zynga.com  is expected to launch this month. The play service will be available in 16 languages, including: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Indonesian, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Thai. Zynga is initially working closely with select Platform partners, but plans to open up the Zynga Platform and make it more widely available to all third party game developers through an API later this year. (Source: Zynga.com )

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FarmVille 1,350 Farm Cash FarmVille is offering mega Farm Cash packages at discounted rates. For a limited time only you can purchase 1,350 Farm Cash for $128.70 USD. There’s other discounted Farm Cash packages available at 40% off their original purchase price, but in general the more you spend the better the Farm Cash rate. This is a limited time offer for Cyber Monday and the offer expires at 11:59 PM (PST) tonight on Monday, November 28th 2011 FarmVille Farm Cash Offers Will you be taking advantage of this Farm Cash discount?

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� FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Quest I FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Quest II FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Quest III FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Bonus Challenge 1 FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Bonus Challenge 2 FarmVille Lighthouse Bonus Challenge 3 (Please note, these quests are not yet “live” we are posting this in advance so that you know what to expect.) More Lighthouse Cove, Chapter 8, Quests are upon us and FarmVille Freak has you covered! Read below for a quick re-cap on everything you need to know for a speedy finish to your Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 questing. Good luck! FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 Quests Master Guide FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 Quest I: Mermaid Tale Requirements: Get 3 Mermaid Tails, Harvest Lighthouse Cove, & Harvest 110 Cove Cranberries Rewards: 100 XP, Giant Pearl, & 2,500 Farm Coins FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 Quest II: Mermaid Tale Requirements: Get 3 Spyglasses, Harvest 110 Chandler Blueberries, & Harvest 1 Horse Paddock Rewards: 200 XP, General Store, & 2,500 Farm Coins FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 Quest III: A Tall Tail Requirements: Get 3 Sea Shells, Harvest 110 Flowers, & Make Black Raspberry Wine Twice Rewards: 300 XP, Mermaid Fountain, & 2,500 Farm Coins FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 Bonus Challenge 1 Requirements: Harvest 160 Daylily, Harvest 1 Pet Run, & Harvest Lighthouse Cove Rewards: 500 XP, Train Depot, Mini Track Straight, & 2,500 Farm Coins FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 Bonus Challenge 2 Requirements: Harvest 160 Darrow Blackberries, Improve Cove to Level 9, & Make New England Lager 4 Times Rewards: 1,000 XP, Mini Engine, East Track, West Track, & 5,000 Farm Coins FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 Bonus Challenge 3 Requirements: Harvest 1 Cow Pasture, Harvest 160 Vegetables, & Make Cream Pie Twice Rewards: 500 XP, Mini Caboose, x2 Mini Track Straight & 2,500 Farm Coins What do you think about the FarmVille Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 Quests?  Were they worth your time and effort? 

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FarmVille Freak Unreleased Lighthouse Cove Chapter 8 Master Quest Guide

FarmVille General Store We saw this as an unreleased item yesterday featured on FarmVille Freak and now it’s in the market! You can purchase your very own Lighthouse Cove General Store with Farm Coins too and at the low cost of just 3,000 Farm Coins which is very untypical for a building price. Yay for more Farm Coin items! We got lots of Farm Coins and we’re looking to spend. FarmVille Lighthouse Cove General Store � Will you be purchasing this item for your farm? 

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FarmVille Lighthouse Cove General Store in Market

FarmVille Train Depot FarmVille General Store These two buildings are part of new unreleased items to hit FarmVille. There’s a Train Depot and a General Store that are “coming soon” to FarmVille, so you won’t find them in the market just yet. Note, unreleased items have no official release date and are subject to change without notice. What do you think of these unreleased buildings? 

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Gears of War 3 is upon us, and with it, the most polished and varied Gears multiplayer experience to date. So it only makes sense that this is the game you should get halfway decent at, right? Well, that’s where we come in. We’ve got analysis of the weapons, layouts of every map, and general tips on how to make online play less intimidating. Together we shall overcome our fears and rise up against the roly-poly shotty fiends that haunt our nightmares! Or, you know, learn to become one of them…�

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Ladies and gentlemen, we stand together on a momentous day. Truly, it is one that will go down as a landmark in the history of human freedom and man’s progressive attitude towards art, his fellow man,� and in fact pretty much every aspect of everything relating to human existence ever. Because today, I am delighted to be able to report, is the day that Doom and Doom II have finally been cleared for general release by the German ratings board. Share in this victory people, for in a way, we have all taken our first step towards a new, more enlightened state of being this day.

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Score one for progressive public freedoms! Doom finally cleared for general release in Germany

Beautifully chorographed, bleak CGI of Marcus and co. getting their arses kicked in a long, drawn-out way? Check. Maudlin, slightly incongruous contemporary soundtrack with a modicum of arty, indie-cred to emphasise how poetic and sad the oh so poetic and sad game really is, underneath all the curb-stomping and chainsaw dismemberment? Check. Ominous cut to black at the dramatic climax? Check also. Yep, this is a Gears of War trailer alright. It has passed all mandatory checks, and is now ready for your consumption. So consume. But while none of the above elements might be surprising, what certainly is surprising – unless I’m very much mistaken – is what looks to be the appearance of long-since-offed Gears 1 bad guy General Raam leading the Locust charge at the beginning. Take a look, and we will discuss what this may mean over the jump.

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FarmVille Wildlife Habitat Green Mystery Baby FarmVille Wildlife Habitat Purple Mystery Baby FarmVille Wildlife Habitat White Mystery Baby Yesterday FarmVille released the new Wildlife Habitat feature. This new building with purpose has several functions other than being a place to store your Wildlife animals and one of which is the ability to find Mystery Babies. You can read extensive details about FarmVille’s Wildlife Habitat in the FarmVille Freak Guide by clicking here . FarmVille Freak Wildlife Habitat Guide There seems to be some general confusion about Mystery Babies and we would like to take this opportunity to clear that up as well as answer a few FAQ about the Wildlife Habitat. Mystery Babies Basically there are two ways to get a Mystery Baby. One, you can harvest your Wildlife Habitat and “find” a Mystery Baby at the time of harvest. Mystery Babies that are found while harvesting your Wildlife Habitat will grow up to be the exact same animal of its parent that you had living in your habitat at the time of harvest. In other words, you cannot breed a brand new type of animal that you don’t own or isn’t already living in your habitat. Secondly, Mystery Babies can be obtained from your FarmVille friends. Whenever your friends share their Mystery Babies via the Facebook News Feed you have the opportunity to “adopt” them. The animal that you adopt will be either a rare or common (see below). Some Wildlife animals are only available from the FarmVille Market, and others are available through friends. To find out which animals are available from your FarmVille friends simply click on your Wildlife Habitat building and “Look Inside”.  Those Mystery Babies that are available from friends will have a small sunshine indicator that appears when you mouseover the animal with your cursor. You can “adopt” these Mystery Baby animals from neighbors who share them via the Facebook News Feed. There are two types of Mystery Babies that you claim from friends: 1) Rare Mystery Babies : Rare Mystery Babies will have a Pink Baby Bundle and will include previous Limited Edition items that are worth less than 15 Farm Cash as well as Common Mystery Game prizes. Rare Mystery Babies require 30 bags of Animal Feed to grow into an adult. 2) Common Mystery Babies : Common Mystery Babies will have a Green Baby Bundle and will include previous Farm Coin animals, Lonely animals (adoptables), and animals that were once Quest Rewards. Common Mystery Babies require 10 bags of Animal Feed to grow into an adult. Wildlife Habitat FAQ  (provided by Zynga via the Official FarmVille Forum) Can I own more than one Wildlife Habitat?  Yes! You can have multiple completed Wildlife Habitats on your farm. However, you are limited to having one incomplete (i.e., un-built) Wildlife Habitat frame at-a-time per farm. How many animals does the Wildlife Habitat hold?  Each Wildlife Habitat can hold up to 20 wildlife animals. Each additional Wildlife Habitat that you place on your farm can hold another 20 animals. How long until the Wildlife Habitat is ready for harvest?  The harvest cycle of the Wildlife Habitat is 24 hours, which begins as soon as a single animal is placed in the Habitat. The timer resets once you harvest a ready-to-harvest Habitat. Does harvesting the Wildlife Habitat count towards Animal Mastery?  Yes! The Wildlife Habitat provides an easy way to collect Animal Mastery from many wildlife animals at once with one click when the building is ready for harvest. Do I need pairs of animals to be able to breed?  No! Once you place a particular wildlife animal in a Habitat, upon harvesting the Habitat you’ll have a chance of finding a Mystery Baby that will grow up into an animal just like the one you placed in the building. In other words, the Habitat can help you create multiples of the animals that you already own. This is a great way to help you accelerate your way to Animal Mastery; the more of a particular type of animal you own, the more quickly you can accumulate Mastery points for that animal! Interested in acquiring wildlife animals you don’t already have? Be sure to claim Mystery Babies from your friends in the Newsfeed! These Mystery Babies can turn into a variety of different wildlife animals, and aren’t governed by the same rules that determine what your own Mystery Babies will become. How can I increase my chances of finding a Mystery Baby upon harvesting the Wildlife Habitat?  The more wildlife animals stored in the Habitat, the better your chances of finding a Mystery Baby when you harvest the Habitat! Where can I get more wildlife animals to place in the Habitat?  Here are three ways to get your hands on more wildlife animals: When you harvest a Wildlife Habitat, you have a chance of finding a Mystery Baby that you can grow up into an adult wildlife animal! You can claim Mystery Babies shared by friends in the Newsfeed! You can purchase additional wildlife animals from the FarmVille Market. Click on a completed Wildlife Habitat on your farm select “Look Inside.” The animals available for you to purchase will be labeled with a “Market” button. Different sets of wildlife animals will be released in the Market over time. How do Wildlife Mystery Babies grow up into wildlife animals?  Give Animal Feed to your Mystery Baby to grow it up into an adult wildlife animal! Click a Mystery Baby on your farm and select “Feed baby” to give it Animal Feed. The Mystery Baby’s progress to adulthood (e.g., “1/10 Animal Feed”) will be indicated in text when you hover your cursor on top of a Mystery Baby. How can I get more Animal Feed to give to my Mystery Babies?  Your friends can send you Animal Feed. Ask them for help by clicking on a Mystery Baby on your farm and selecting “Ask for Feed”. You can make Animal Feed in the Craftshop. You can purchase Animal Feed in the Market. Why are Mystery Babies different colors?  There are two kinds of Mystery Babies: common  Mystery Babies (with a green baby bundle) and  rare Mystery Babies (with a pink baby bundle). Common (green) Mystery Babies require 10 Animal Feed to grow up, and rare (pink) Mystery Babies require 30 The color of the baby bundle on a Mystery Baby hints at what the Mystery Baby will become when it grows up. You can see the possibilities for a particular Mystery Baby by first clicking on a completed Wildlife Habitat on your farm and selecting “Look Inside.” When you roll your cursor over an animal, the resulting tooltip will show you the type of Mystery baby (rare or common) that corresponds with that animal. For animals that you don’t have, if the tooltip doesn’t show a Mystery Baby, then that Mystery Baby is not currently available to claim from your friends in the Newsfeed. Mystery Babies: What is the difference between ones I find in my own Wildlife Habitat versus ones that I claim from friends in the Newsfeed?  Mystery Babies that you find when you harvest your own Wildlife Habitat will grow up to be just like one of the animals in your Wildlife Habitat at the time of harvest. (Note: To qualify to create a Mystery Baby, a wildlife animal must be in the Habitat from before 10% harvest progress until the Habitat is harvested.) Mystery Babies that you claim from your friends via the Newsfeed can turn into a variety of different animals. To find out what wildlife animals you might get when you claim a Mystery Animal from the Newsfeed: Click on a completed Wildlife Habitat on your farm select “Look Inside.” When you roll your cursor over an animal and the resulting tooltip features golden rays surrounding the Mystery Baby icon, then that animal is something you could get from a Mystery Baby claimed from the Newsfeed! Rare Mystery Babies claimed from the Newsfeed can grow up to become: Mystery Game “common” items (i.e., no uncommon or rare Mystery Game items are included) Animals that sell or have sold for less than 15 Farm Cash Common Mystery Babies claimed from the feeds can grow up to become: Coin animals Quest rewards Animals from the Lonely Animal feature Which animals can be placed in the Wildlife Habitat?  All kinds of wildlife animals (except for babies, e.g. bear cubs) can be placed inside the Wildlife Habitat, including deer, frogs, porcupines, squirrels, reindeer, skunks, raccoons, opossums, and woodchucks. To see the full list of animals that can be placed inside the Wildlife Habitat, click on a completed Habitat on your farm and select “Look Inside,” where the full list of qualified animals will be displayed. Animals that are qualified for the Habitat but haven’t been placed in the Habitat will be slightly transparent. When you use an animal from your Gift Box or click on an animal on your farm to “move” it, the Wildlife Habitat will have a blue glow if that animal is qualified to be placed in the Habitat. �

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