PC

Pioneer Trail Gets Zynga Closer To Making Hardcore Games

Pioneer Trail is the brand-new, massive sequel to FrontierVille, one of the most popular games on Facebook. It’s got a few twists that are going to throw any FrontierVille fan for a loop.


May 20, 2011
News

Oregon Trail Copyright Owners Sue Frontierville Maker

The May 30 launch of an “Oregon Trail” expansion pack in the popular Facebook game Frontierville has caught notice of the company holding the copyright to the edutainment classic, and it has sued to put a stop to the plans of Frontierville maker Zynga.


April 26, 2011
News

Video Games Killed The Soap Opera Star?

The day time soap opera is dying. Perhaps the most clear and recent evidence of its demise is the impending cancellation of long-running soaps All My Children and One Life To Live, shows that have been on the air for more than 40 years. Who’s responsible? Is it Farmville?


March 15, 2011
PC

FarmVille, Mafia Wars, CityVille Get Their Own Currency

Social games maker Zynga moves one step closer to world domination, minting its own currency, the zCoin. In short, play games like FarmVille, FrontierVille, Mafia Wars, Zynga Poker and more, earn zPoints, cash those in for zCoins and grab exclusive items from RewardVille. The move comes months ahead of Facebook’s requirement that all social games use Facebook Credits for payment.


February 18, 2011
PC

If This Is How PC Gaming Will Live, Maybe It Should Die

There was a time when Brian Reynolds was best known for his work on epic computer strategy games like Civilization II, Rise of Nations and Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri. But nowadays he’s the poster child for the casualfication of gaming.


November 18, 2010
News

What Is CityVille, Other Than The Next FarmVille?

The people who make the games you either love or love to hate on Facebook have a new one coming out in a few weeks. It’s called CityVille, which looks like Sim City without the tornadoes or FarmVille with skyscrapers.


November 17, 2010
News

Same-Sex Marriage Thrives In FrontierVille

While the majority of US states don’t legally recognise same-sex marriage, the wilds of Zynga’s Frontierville have no need for laws, spawning 650,000 boy-boy, girl-girl unions.


October 20, 2010
News

FarmVille Among Facebook Apps Giving Personal Info To Advertisers

Facebook’s long struggle with privacy concerns and breaches hit another major bump today with the Wall Street Journal reporting that many of the social-networking site’s most popular apps transmit personal information to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies.


September 23, 2010
News

Why All The Farmvile, Frontierville, Facebook Game Hate?

Maybe you detest Facebook games because you think they stink? But are you sure it’s not something else? (Via Twitter)


August 1, 2010
News

No Refunds For Cancelled Game Rile Zynga Users

Casual game players still have hardcore priorities, as social game behemoth Zynga is discovering after its plans to drop Street Racer on Monday without refunding players’ balances incited a user riot.