Glitch “unlaunches,” heads back into beta
It may have only come out of beta recently, but the developers at Tiny Speck have announced that the quirky browser game Glitch will be "unlaunching" to focus on some major improvements to the experience.
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FarmVille expands in time for the holidays with Winter Wonderland
You may still be enjoying your new Lighthouse Cove farm, but soon Zynga will be unveiling yet another expansion for FarmVille, and this time it's holiday-themed. Starting December 5 the new Winter Wonderland farm will be available, but we've had the chance to check it out. Read on for our impressions.
FrontierVille gets into the holiday spirit with Holiday Hollow update
A Christmas-themed expansion is coming to FrontierVille in the form of an all-new area called Holiday Hollow.
Feevo Blaze Review
The original Feevo managed to differentiate itself somewhat from the glut of match-3 games by not exactly being a match-3 game. Instead you had to match four or more pieces. But the recent Feevo Blaze falls much more snuggly into the niche created by Bejeweled Blitz. It's a match-3 game and you have one minute to rack up as many points as possible. It's certainly fun, with great visuals and explosive gameplay, but it also doesn't do much we haven't seen many, many times before.
Why Top Eleven is a great example of cross-platform gaming
Cross-platform gaming is primed to be the next big thing. And the concept of playing the same game no matter what device you're on is certainly a intriguing possibility. Problem is, we're not quite there yet. Often when a Facebook game gets ported to mobile, or vice versa, the two games don't speak to one another. You can slay zombies on both Facebook and iOS with Zombie Lane, for instance, but you can't slay the same zombies, as progress isn't shared between the two versions.Nordeus' soccer management game Top Eleven, on the other hand, is a solid example of how to do cross-platform gaming right. The new mobile version of the game doesn't have everything the Facebook version does, but instead it offers up a supplementary experience that greatly enhances playing the game.
Galaxy Life Review
There are a lot of strategy games on Facebook. Some take place in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, others feature warring factions from alien planets, and some imagine a near future overrun by conflict. They all have different themes, but they are all serious. Galaxy Life isn't quite like that. While it has very similar strategy gameplay, it wraps it all up in a very cute sci-fi aesthetic with adorable little aliens that feel ripped from a Dreamworks film. It doesn't advance the genre in any way, but it does make it more cuddly.
Gamezebo giveaway: FarmVille holiday plushies
Remember those holiday-themed FarmVille plush toys we posted about last week? Well we have a few here at Gamezebo HQ. 10, in fact. And we want to give them to you. Keep on reading to see how you can win a cuddly little cow or duck of your own.
New social studio U4iA looking to surpass Call of Duty
It may have only been announced last week, but new social games studio U4iA already has some pretty lofty ambitions: to overtake Call of Duty as the pre-eminent shooter on the market.
