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Zynga Acquires GoPets?
According to a Facebook post by GoPets CEO Eric Bethke, Zynga, the largest social games company to date, has acquired GoPets, a virtual pet 3-D game world where you can play and dress up your pets with customizable clothing.
You download GoPets to play and socialize on your desktop, so this could be an indication that Zynga wants to expand from social networks like Facebook onto your actual PC itself -- or, maybe I am just reading into this too much....
According to the post, he's been there "for a couple of months." This news has been reported also by Virtual World News.
Win a free copy of Campfire Legends: The Hookman!
Now's your chance to win a free copy of Campfire Legends: The Hookman, which has been described as one of the scariest hidden object games of all time by Gamezebo readers! We'll be running the contest from now until tomorrow (Saturday, Oct. 31, Central Time). Head over to the forum to learn how to enter.
13 Spooky Casual Games for Halloween
What Halloween-themed games are you playing this weekend? Gamezebo put together a roundup of 13 of our favorites to help you get into the spirit. Some are light-hearted romps with pumpkins and dancing zombies, while others are downright scary. So turn the lights down, pull out the bowl of candy, and let's get spooked!
Faunasphere rolls out new content for Thanksgiving
The team at Faunasphere, Big Fish Games' browser-based causal MMO, gave Gamezebo an early peak at some brand new Thanksgiving-themed content that's scheduled to roll out next week. Keep reading for a look at the new content, and to read our mini-interview with Faunasphere's Lead Designer Toby Ragaini.
Steals & Deals - Oct. 30, 2009
PlayFirst's weekend Halloween sale has started! Save 50% on more than 30 great games including Diner Dash, Chocolatier and Emerald City Confidential. A trio of horror games are also on sale this weekend at GOG.com -- save 30% on Obscure, Personal Nightmare, and Waxworks. You still have one more day to take advantage of Legacy Games' weekly specials (50% off spooky adventure games like Scratches and Post Mortem) or Shockwave's Spooky Specials before the deals end after Halloween. Realore is celebrating Halloween with special discounts on items in the new Ozzy Club and with a Halloween Lottery. Finally, Sandlot Games treats us with 50% off Trapped: The Abduction and Princess Isabella: A Witch's Curse this weekend only (that's $3.99 each!)
Just In - Torchlight
Torchlight, an action/role-playing game from the makers of FATE, has just launched on WildTangent. Download the game, write a review, or talk about it in our forum.
Just In - Big City Adventure: New York
Big City Adventure: New York has launched! Download the game, write a review, or chat about it in our forum.
Casual News - Oct. 30, 2009
The iPhone version of Codeminion's marble popper SoneLoops! of Jurassica is removed from the Apple App Store due to a copyright complaint; 1UP looks back on five years of the Nintendo DS; and a casual games panel concludes that the days of paying for games up front are numbered. These headlines and more behind the cut.
Amazing Adventures The Caribbean Secret - Just In
SpinTop Games has released its latest hidden object game, Amazing Adventures The Caribbean Secret.
Download a free trial of Amazing Adventures The Caribbean Secret, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum.
Broken Hearts: A Soldier's Duty, Developer Diary
Casual Games and even games in general are not known for engaging its audience with with heart felt emotion. Gold Sun Games newest title hopes to put an end to that with the first Romance casual game Broken Hearts: A Soldier's Duty. Help our madly in love heroine Maria Lopez restore her memories in this heart breaking romantic tale of love, romance, deception, and tragedy.
My name is James Bernard (Lead Designer and Producer at Gold Sun Games) and I am very pleased to present to you a sneak peak of our upcoming game in the form of this Developer's Diary. I'd like to take this opportunity to give an inside look at the development and creative process starting from the very first day of the original concept.
