Posts Tagged ‘Facebook Games’
OpenFeint recruits former Playdom exec in hopes of helping Facebook developers go mobile (Facebook)
As popular as freemium games on Facebook and mobile are, it’s always amazed us that so few developers have tried to make the jump between the two. Sure a handful of games have done it like It Girl, FarmVille, and Buddy Rush, but these seem to be the exceptions that prove the rule. As it [...]
Edgeworld Preview (Facebook)
Kabam makes excellent, deep strategy games on Facebook, but at times they can feel a little samey. New themes are great, but new gameplay is even better. And while the new sci-fi strategy game Edgeworld shares a lot in common with games like Global Warfare and Samurai Dynasty, it also features an all-new combat system [...]
Samurai Dynasty Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Samurai Dynasty is a Travian-like game, like most strategy games on Facebook. As you might guess from the name, it introduces a medieval Japanese theme as a way of distinguishing it from the countless other medieval Europe-themed games in this genre. Samurai Dynasty also uses a more graphically rich interface than is typical [...]
CivWorld finally in open beta on Facebook (Facebook)
It’s been a long time coming, but the day is finally here: Civilization World is now in open beta. Read More…
inFamous Anarchy Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Life hasn’t been good for inFamous Anarchy, the Facebook tie in to the recently released Playstation 3 game inFamous 2. There was supposed to be all kinds of cool cross platform unlocks and progression between the two games, but just as the game was coming out the Playstation Network was taken down by [...]
FishHunt Walkthrough (Facebook)
FishHunt is a relaxing, yet challenging, game of fishing that’s played Facebook and developed by HitGrab Games. Fish in over 30 different lakes, sell the fish you catch to the market, and use the funds to upgrade your fishing gear and boats. Earn special trophies and have friends send you hints or purchase them to [...]
Social games come to WildTangent (Facebook)
Game portal WildTangent has just become a little more social, with the addition of a new section that focuses specifically on social games. Popular Facebook games like It Girl and Salon Street are now playable on the site, and a contest is currently underway that lets users win free virtual currency. Read More…
Pool Live Tour Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Any video game version of pool should always be played in real time against other players. In real life, pool is one of the quintessential games for making new acquaintances in random locations, and that cherished benefit thankfully translates well in this social version of the popular cue sport. And while Pool Live [...]
Weeds Social Club Preview (Facebook)
Video game adaptations of television shows don’t have the best track record in terms of quality, but Weeds Social Club, based on the popular Showtime series Weeds, appears to be an exception. Even in its early closed beta form, the game manages to show a level of depth that’s absent from most social sim games. [...]
Weeds Social Club Preview (Facebook)
Video game adaptations of television shows don’t have the best track record in terms of quality, but Weeds Social Club, based on the popular Showtime series Weeds, appears to be an exception. Even in its early closed beta form, the game manages to show a level of depth that’s absent from most social sim games. [...]
FishHunt Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: MouseHunt was one of the very first Facebook games that I was truly addicted to. The premise was ridiculously simple: all you needed to do was lay down some cheese on a trap, blow the hunting horn, and then check back a little while later to see if you had caught anything. But [...]
Tea4Friends Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Tea4Friends is a cafe game variant that’s all about tea parties. The goal of the game is to serve tea and desserts to as many customers as possible, make lots of money, and spend it on improving your shop. It’s very simple, traditional management sim stuff. The most noticeable element of Tea4Friends is [...]
Holy Town Preview (Facebook)
Holy Town is, as far as we’re aware, the first game on Facebook to put such a heavy emphasis on religion. It’s a game about building a church and attracting a congregation. It’s also a game where you preach to earn money, which is kind of strange. Holy Town is still in an early state, [...]
inFamous Anarchy Walkthrough (Facebook)
inFamous Anarchy is a Facebook game developed by Mob Science that puts your survival skills to the test in a post-apocalyptic world. Gamezebo’s inFamous Anarchy strategy guide and walkthrough will provide you with a quick start guide, tips and tricks, hints and cheats to help you defeat your opponents. Read More…
Tea4Friends Walkthrough (Facebook)
Tea4Friends is a Facebook game developed by Metro Games, that lets you start your own restaurant where you can serve tea, beautiful cakes, and exotic desserts to your customers. Prepare the food, hire your staff, and customize their looks. Expand the building, add appliances and personal and decorative touches to your restaurant that are sure [...]
How to Start a Games Development Studio – Part 2: the Business Side (Facebook)
My last blog article looked at the creative side and if you’ve not read it yet, I’d suggest starting there. Now let’s look at the business side of starting a games studio. Again note; neither is an exhaustive list of all the issues nor a fool-proof guide to making games. Making games requires lots of [...]
Shadow Fight Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Accuse me of hyperbole if you wish, but I haven’t been so surprised by a fighting game since I first played Street Fighter II on the SNES back in 1992. That’s not because Nekki’s Shadow Fight is particularly revolutionary (and, to be sure, most of its charm springs from its successful mimicry of [...]
Empires & Allies conquers FarmVille with over 40 million monthly users (Facebook)
Well that didn’t take long. According to numbers from AppData, in just its first month Zynga’s latest game, Empires & Allies, has already surpassed FarmVille as the second most popular game on Facebook. Read More…
Pool Master 2 Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Pool Master 2 is another one of Social Point’s Facebook games that feel more like a downloadable title, this time taking on the time-honored genre of PC pool games. Pool Master 2 turns pool into an attempt to get the highest score possible in two minutes of play. A player gains points for [...]
Pool Master 2 Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Pool Master 2 is another one of Social Point’s Facebook games that feel more like a downloadable title, this time taking on the time-honored genre of PC pool games. Pool Master 2 turns pool into an attempt to get the highest score possible in two minutes of play. A player gains points for [...]
Is Zynga planning on taking on The Sims? (Facebook)
As EA and Playfish gear up for the much-anticipated release of The Sims Social on Facebook, rumors are swirling that Zynga is already working on a competitive game, which may be called FamilyVille. Read More…
Super Crayon Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Super Crayon doesn’t feel much like a Facebook game when you initially play it. The action-puzzle gameplay and bright minimalist graphics feel more like the sort of thing that a mobile developer would come up with for iOS or Android. The goal of the game is not to score attack or do anything [...]
MapleStory Adventures Preview (Facebook)
Long before the rise of gaming on Facebook, MapleStory proved that players would flock to a game they could play for free and support with optional purchases if they felt like it. MapleStory Adventures brings the original MapleStory’s look and feel to Facebook with redesigned gameplay and an emphasis on social, rather than MMO, features. [...]
Planet Domo Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Often the brands that find traction on the Internet aren’t necessarily the biggest or most explicable. For instance, take Domo, a silent stop-motion animated character who serves as the mascot of the Japanese broadcast network NHK. You would expect that no one outside of Japan would care about such a character, but Domo [...]
Mix N Match Game Preview (Facebook)
With the current state of celebrity gossip, we know way more about actors, musicians, and athletes than we probably should. But Sir Mix-A-Lot doesn’t seem to think we know quite enough about him, and so has teamed up with Giant Thinkwell on a new Facebook game called Mix N Match. The premise is simple: guess [...]
Platinum Life: Country Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Major consumer brands like CMT have rushed to Facebook as the social game industry has exploded, though brands have yet to dominate the industry the way they’ve historically dominated the console game industry. A typical branded console game is usually a well-worn game formula with the license slathered over it, but branded Facebook [...]
Platinum Life: Country Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Major consumer brands like CMT have rushed to Facebook as the social game industry has exploded, though brands have yet to dominate the industry the way they’ve historically dominated the console game industry. A typical branded console game is usually a well-worn game formula with the license slathered over it, but branded Facebook [...]
Monster Fusion Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Monster Fusion is the latest in a growing number of games that attempt to bring the obsessive-compulsive appeal of Nintendo’s Pokemon franchise to Facebook. Monster Fusion is much more successful at this goal than most of its competitors, since it had the good sense not to emulate Pokemon too closely. Monster Fusion redesigns [...]
Monster Fusion Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Monster Fusion is the latest in a growing number of games that attempt to bring the obsessive-compulsive appeal of Nintendo’s Pokemon franchise to Facebook. Monster Fusion is much more successful at this goal than most of its competitors, since it had the good sense not to emulate Pokemon too closely. Monster Fusion redesigns [...]
HotShot Review (Facebook)
Gamezebo Rating: Peggle is now on Facebook, although chances are that you haven’t seen it advertised during your daily bouts with Bejeweled Blitz and Zuma Blitz. Here, it’s known as HotShot to its rapidly growing legions of fans, and it was created by a small studio that has nothing to do with PopCap or its [...]