Join Chocolatier: Sweet Society on Facebook

PlayFirst is bringing its delectable sweet shoppe management game to Facebook with Chocolatier: Sweet Society. This marks Playfirst’s first journey into the every expanding world of social gaming. Set in 1882 (the same time as the original Chocolatier), the new social version of Chocolatier features both a shoppe and a factory to manage, creation of “lickable art” displays, unlockable secret recipes, and player uniting social features. “Our goal with Chocolatier: Sweet Society was to take a franchise millions of players love and bring it to Facebook in a way that is authentic and compelling to both the brand and the social platform,” said Mari Baker, CEO of PlayFirst. “In limited release, we’ve already reached over a quarter million players and we’re confident this game will please the sweet tooth of Facebook gamers everywhere.” “The chocolate theme of Chocolatier: Sweet Society should resonate well with consumers,” says Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid

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Battle Your Facebook Friends for Supremacy

Nvinium Games Inc has released the first trailer for the latest chapter in the Strategy First’s Space Empires saga, Space Empires: Battle for Supremacy. Battle for Supremacy introduces a new audience to the popular series, sending social gamers forth on a journey for peace and discovery in the midst of interstellar war on Facebook beginning July 27th. “We’re all big fans of the Space Empires franchise, which has provided rich game play and beautiful visuals that we’ve fully utilized when creating this game,” said Matt Abrams, CEO, Nvinium Games. “This is the perfect project for us to begin delivering on our goal of integrating well-known IPs with our social game development experience and success in building online communities to create games that players will enjoy.” Space Empires: Battle for Supremacy Features: Unique real time combat system Large galaxies with over 100 solar systems and countless planets to explore Advanced technology

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MySpace Still Trying to Be Relevant, Cleaning Up Games Experience

If you haven’t deleted your MySpace account yet, they’re making some big changes to their games section and making it easier for both users and developers to utilize. The MySpace Developers Platform will now offer analytics tools, as well. MySpace is attempting to replicate what made the music portion of the site so successful, since a third of users engage in games on the site daily and over 28 million users use the applications available on the site. MySpace also hosted a “Game Development on Social Platforms” workshop today at GDC. To speed up the process of getting more people to return to the site, they’re releasing a MySpace Games app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Just to make it easier to get your daily fix. If you stopped using MySpace, will this get you to return? If you never stopped, will it become your number one social networking

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What’s Up With Activision? (Facebook Contest)

Some crazy stuff has been going on with Activision lately. News of staff cuts at Neversoft and the drama surrounding Infinity Ward have been the talk of the intertubes. Sounds like something has Bobby Kotick’s knickers in a twist. Well, we still have oodles of love for Neversoft and Infinity Ward, and to show our support we have one copy of Modern Warfare 2 and another of Guitar Hero 5 (both PS3 versions) we want to give away. How can you enter? Be a registered fan of our Facebook group & leave a comment on the Contest Note telling us what you would do if you could replace Mr. Kotick and be the Queen (or King) of Activision. The giveaway will be open until Sunday March 7. We’ll be picking the winners at random on March 8th and will contact them via Facebook. It’s one entry per person and due

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A Chat With Tweet Defense Producer – Promethium’s Chris Paladino

There is a new zombie threat on the horizon headed to an iPhone near you. Tweet Defense is a unique tower defense game that utilizes (but doesn’t require) your Twitter account to boost gameplay. We had an opportunity to toss a few questions over to the team at Promethium that put it all together and learned more about how the game works with Twitter, zombie obsessions, and where the company is headed. Enjoy! GA: Firstly, tell us a little bit about Promethium. CP: Promethium is a marketing company formed by ex-Microsofters Tony Hynes, Nelson Rodriguez and Chris Paladino. We also were lucky enough to steal Jay Van Beveren from his job bringing the company to 4. We have lots of experience building communities around brands; finding those passionate fans and giving them the information they need to thrive. We’ve been fortunate to be able to work with some of the

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Have you heard the Buzz? Google Buzz that is!

Oh Google.  Are we feeling left out of the social networking buzz? Wish you could be a little bit more like Twitter and Facebook? Well, your day has come! If you haven’t heard yet, Google Inc. has developed a new feature which will let users of Gmail, view status updates and media from their online counterparts.  Labeled as “Google Buzz”, a tab will appear in the Gmail application where users can add media, links, photo, status updates, and of course, the @ messages for others to view. One of the pros of the Buzz is the fact that you don’t have to go through the whole adding process which was a time consuming on Twitter and Facebook. Instead, if you are linked to others via Gmail,  then BAM! you are already friends.  Of course, the true question is if Google Buzz can hold its own with such social giants as Twitter and

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Day 4: Heavy Rain “Four Days Challenge” Investigation

Previous: Day 1 “Four Days Challenge” Investigation Previous: Day 2 & 3 “Four Days Challenge” Investigation 9:00 PM 02.01.10 Day 4 Hello again, journal. Pretty sure I’m still not qualified to be a detective. Before I present you with your daily dose of psychobabble, I should probably mention I was right. It was “Aaah For Love.” PicXaminer.com sent me the results of my picture a few days ago. I can’t even look at it. It sends shivers down my spine and up again. Mr. or Ms. “@PerfectFolds” has been unusually quiet as of late. These past four days have been nothing but head games. All of his incomprehensible ramblings bring me another miniscule step closer to him/her. To “think like a killer” isn’t all that hard, is it? I mean, all humanity has are puny limitations. Oh no, “don’t do this, don’t do that,” but what if we just didn’t

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Won’t You Take Me to – Bubble Town?

Today, I-play has launched Bubble Town: Party Planet on one of the most popular community gaming platforms – Facebook, complete with new features and abilities that maximize Bubble Town specifically for Facebook users. These include achievement boards, friend and global leaderboards, and “a brand-new virtual economy” built right in to the game where the players can use “BubbleBucks” to enhance their experience with power ps, gifts, and even extra levels. “Bubble Town is the game that started it all for social gaming on Facebook,” says Oberon Chief Strategy Officer, Ofer Leidner. “Since then, we have seen phenomenal success with the franchise across all platforms. With the integration of the BubbleBucks virtual economy and other new innovative features on Facebook, fans will now be able to make in-game purchases and compete with friends like never before.” Get ready to shoot some borbs, rack up some points and compete against your friends!

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On the red carpet at Women’s Conference

This year at the Women’s Conference we weren’t just watching panels, we were on the red carpet. We interviewed some amazing men and women and now I finally have time to share it with you. Enjoy! Early in the morning we started with Sir. Richard Branson. Here is what he had to say: How did your Perfect Pitch event go and was there any business that really wowed you? Yes, there was one incredible inventor of fingers. My mother has actually lost three or four fingers and he’s managed to come up with fingers that really work. Ninety percent of all limb loses are fingers so that was the one I voted for. But there were other wonderful ones. It was a tremendous event. The tech world doesn’t have many women in it. What advice do you have to change that?I’m not very techie myself, but I suspect that if

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Head Up Your Own Expedition With National Geographic

As the National Geographic Channel gears up for expedition week, the National Geographic website has launched companion interactive experiences to go along with the themes of the week’s featured specials, such as virtual head shrinking where users can upload pictures and shrink anyone’s head they choose – and share them on Facebook! The Expedition 2.0 game developed by Arkadium.com, in which players can explore their adventurist side and set out on exciting journeys surrounding three different scenarios. Though Expedition Week on the National Geographic channel doesn’t start until November 16th, head shrinking, Expedition 2.0, as well as other puzzles and social interactive experiences are available now at natgeotv.com. Tap into your inner explorer

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