When you mix two good things together, you never quite know how things will turn out. Sometimes you get chocolate peanut butter cups. Other times you get anchovies and ice cream. The oddly-named Puzzlejuice attempts to do something similar with games. It's part Tetris, part SpellTower-style word game, and the result is as stressful as it is addictive.
Gardens of Time, the most popular hidden object game on Facebook, now lets players pay a monthly subscription fee for access to exclusive premium content.
We haven't seen a new entry in the Governor of Poker series since 2010, but Youda Games is bringing the franchise back very soon. Only this time, it's on Facebook.
Just in case the newly launched mobile versions of match-3 hit Triple Town weren't enough to keep you busy, it looks like a major update is on the way to the game that will bring new gameplay modes and expanded social features.
It's Friday, and you know what that means: it's time to look back on the week in gaming. And what a week it was. Games helped save lives, launched on new platforms, and even flirted with the idea of gambling. Here's what happened in casual games this week.
Earlier this week Popcap announced that Facebook game Baking Life would be coming to an abrupt end, officially shutting down on January 31. As you can imagine, players are not happy.
Much like Monopoly Millionaires, Risk: Factions is an attempt to take a well-known board game and make it fit on Facebook. But unlike Monopoly Millionaires -- which turned the game into a more single-player experience -- Risk: Factions retains its multi-player focus, letting you engage asynchronous battles for world domination with friends. For the most part it works quite well, offering accessible and (once you get the hang of it) fun gameplay. But it's also a bit too bogged down in typical social game requirements that limit progress.