Electronic Arts has launched its highly successful Madden NFL Superstars game, that let players create a fantasy football team and compete with others, on Facebook.
Players upon joining the game receive 10,000 coins, which is just enough to purchase the lowest value team. From there, the main objective of the game is to build up a championship team and guide them to the Super Bowl.
Instead of the traditional work of a manager like dealing with drafts, auctions, and trades, the game implements game cards, which the players can purchase using either the earnable game coins or the game credits that can be bought with real cash. A pack of football cards contains 5 players, and the game-store contains 5 different player packs. Limited edition player card gives different bonus boost to the teams ability.
Players need to play and win games, progress through increasingly difficult seasons, and finally make it to the Super Bowl. Players can also make their team practice to keep them fit and increase the teams ability. Apart from that, players can upgrade and buy amenities for their home stadium. Fans are gained through leveling up and through gifts from friends.
As for the social mechanism, the game feature achievements, leaderboards, sending and receiving gifts, and lastly a scrimmage feature that allows players to compete agains one another without using up Game Ticket. Game Ticket is an-energy like mechanism of other social games, which are regenerated over time and are used up while playing matches in the game.
One more thing! The game also has “game changer” cards that typically helps the players team score a quick touchdown. Matches are fully automated and the outcome is determined by the team you possess. Points accumulated from practice accounts for one-third of the teams ability.
Madden NFL Superstars will be well received by football fans and some other groups but it doesn’t have the offerings like FarmVille or Mafia Wars that carter to wider social audience.
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If you have enjoyed computer games years before Facebook became popular, then you will be familiar with slashing bushes and monsters for gold and experience….Zelda! Yes a perfect example. It was so fun 
DJArts Games brings the concept to Facebook game and gave the title as Bush Whacker.
The game is a mixture of adventure, exploration, collection and lots of bush whacking. The simplicity of the game sets it apart and yeah gets a bit boring too at times. But, it’s still fun.
The tutorial at the beginning is enough to get one started with the game. Player have to click on a bush or cute creepy insects to whack it with their sword. Apart from experience, player get gold and 
random item that can be gems, mana or power pots, energy, or pieces of puzzle.
Through each area, players have to solve a puzzle, whose pieces can be obtained by Whacking the enemies (bushes and insects). Once a puzzle is solve, the bizzare critter of the puzzle comes alive and players have to capture it. Usually it takes up to three swings to capture it. The critter are ferried to a small petting zoo in the backyard of the players virtual home in the small town of Haven. From here the player will have to embark on one more collection job – to furnish their homes.
Quest are available in plenty. Apart from completing tasks, specific objects, and levels are needed in order to explore different areas. Players also need to get specific things for odd jobs like fishing and climbing mountains.
To make the game more interesting, players can also use spells and upgrade them. Invest in items to improve their character and their virtual home.
To make the more social, the game implement the energy mechanics and players can send and receive energy to whack more bushes. Players also need the help of friends to explore certain areas. Moreover, leaderboard and the ability to visit the virtual homes of one another brings in a healthy competition too.
Bush Whacker is a fun and tidy little game, but can become monotonous at times. As far as longevity of the game goes; it is too early to say, though the game has already amassed around 60,000 monthly users. If you are looking for some fun to spend your time, then this game is absolutely worth checking out.
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My City Life developers launched yet another city-building game on Facebook titled as City of Magic. The game was launched today and it already amassed 68,000 players.
City of Magic is a magic themed city-building game. Players can become the lord of their own dark city in this game. The game is governed by certain stats, just like in My City Life, which the player have to take into account when they are building their city.
The game also promises to brings spells to learn and quests to complete with the dark caves. The city has different stats like wizards, dark Magic, fame, travel, magic, evil Presence, mana, and wisdom, which the player have to balance in order to progress through the game.
Now, do wizards and witches need money?? Well, they do and players can get them in the form of taxes from different buildings and structures.
Expansion of city, involvement of friends, daily free coins and gifts, bonuses from published stories, visiting and helping friends are all included in the game and works like any other social game on Facebook.
Two things that makes this game interesting apart form just collecting money and building up the city is the need to balance the city stats and collectibles. There are certain items that cannot be bought, but are available in free gift which can be sent and received. After collecting enough amounts of the required items, players can trade them for some really cool items in the game. Getting a collectible is hard and will take a long time unless one has a good amount of loyal friends who would send them every day.
The game doesn’t offer many items and the graphics are average. Game play is little bit hard – building and arranging building involves some time. But, with the involvement of city stats, collectibles and spells and quests that will be launched soon makes it a game worth trying.
If you have enough of city, farm, and country life, have a taste of Magic life at City of Magic.
The latest game maker to make a move towards the ever-increasing popularity of social media and social gaming is Frogster.
Frogster America has announced that it is currently developing a new Facebook game. “Runes of Magic – The Challenge”, set in the Runes of Magic Universe expands to Facebook. Facebook players will be able to use “The Challenge” in order to unlock extra rewards in the full client version.
The game which is set in the rich fantasy universe of Frogster’s popular free-to-play MMO game Runes of Magic and is scheduled to launch on Facebook in Q2 of this year.
“Runes of Magic is the first free-to-play MMO game ever to expand into the social networks sphere with rich, full, social gaming experience that will appeal to fantasy fans of all ages – independently of whether they play the full client game or not”, comments Lars Koschin, CEO of Frogster America, Inc. “With the success of Runes of Magic among core MMO players, it was a natural decision to build upon the franchise by taking it to a genre with mass market appeal and the powerful viral approach of the rapidly evolving social networks. The result is ‘Runes of Magic – The Challenge’ for Facebook.”
Frogster will also implement a “Facebook Connect” application shortly, for players of Runes of Magic which will allow them to find co-players of the virtual world on Facebook and to see own Facebook contacts, who are not yet players, on the official website of Runes of Magic (www.runesofmagic.com)and invite them into the full version.
Lately, city-building games are a rage among the Facebook game developer. Games such as My Town, Nano Towns, My City Life are some of the games that were released in the recent past, and all of them are city-building game. Such game allows the player to build their own and take care of their own city so that it becomes one of the most prosperous and best looking city.
Playdom, the game developers behind popular titles like Tiki Farm, Mobsters 2, and Sorority Life, brings to you this brand new city-building game titled as Social City.
There is some complexity involve in this game. There are population limits and the city’s residents happiness which the player have to manage. Moreover, player have to continue assigning jobs to factories in order to bring in good income for the city to prosper easily, apart from getting exp and income from other buildings like houses and business structures. Roads are free and self-constructing. One does not have to choose between different types of roads. Just click where you want to build the road and the game AI decides whether it should be one-way, two-way or whatever.
One thing that truly sets this game apart is the level of graphic quality the developers have put into the game. The graphics are crisp and nice looking. It is the best graphics i have seen in any city-building game on Facebook. In fact, one can actually see little guys walking, working and playing basketball while the clouds slowly drifts by
Facebook Game: Social City
Of course there needs to be some improvement in the game – more specifically, the game doesn’t allow rotation of objects. More features on updates will be more than welcome. Apart from that and the little complexity mentioned above, building the city is fun. When one selects the building icon, grids appear on the city, which makes it a lot easier to align buildings.
This is a neat little game. Social City is a great contender for the top spot among all city-building games on Facebook.
Hamburg-based Gamigo AG, one of the leading publishers of MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) in Europe entered the world of social media games with the release of Jade Tales.
Jade Tales, is a fantasy RPG (Role Playing Game) developed by Crafty, which can be played on Facebook. The game already has an active community of followers.
Patrick Streppel, member of the executive board, said “With more than 6.7 million users in Germany alone, Facebook is of course also extremely important for the gaming industry. Naturally, it is only logical for gamigo, as one of the most successful gaming brands in Europe, to enter the realm of social media networks. The first step has been made successfully with Jade Tales; more games will follow in the near future.
Jade Tales takes the players to a hidden world in which the village of the Amazons must be protected from Viking invaders and other Amazonians. Players can earn gold and experience by completing daily quests. Players can log in to the game easily via their Facebook account and connect with friends to watch their progress. And as with any other social games, send gifts or challenge them to a duel. Players will also be able to team up with friends to go into battle against evil.
Gamigo AG, a subsidiary of Axel Springer AG, has been a major player in the world of online games since it was founded in 2000. Some of their popular products are Fiesta Online,Pirate Galaxy, Regnum online, Neosteam etc.
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Suzuki, one of the largest automobile company, kicked off its campaign for the 2010 Kizashi model yesterday.
The real news for you is that, the company is also launching its first-ever Facebook game. Good news for all the die-hard fans of arcade time-attack games on Facebook. Here is yet another game for you. Another game to play with a nostalgic feeling.
Dubbed as “Wicked Winter,” the game will be available soon on Suzuki’s Facebook fan page and consumer website. The object of the animated game is to dodge snowball-throwing snowmen, lightning bolts, and pot holes as they make their way “home” in a Kizashi. Players will be able to compete with their Facebook “friends” for highscores.
Facebook’s Suzuki’s fan page has around 10,000 fans and the new Kizashi model and the yet-to-be released game will surely push the number of fans if that is what they are looking for.
I believe the game is sure worth trying out. Good for the Facebook gamers to play and get hooked up to another game and Suzuki – getting a good fan base and enough publicity for it Kizashi campaign.
“I am number one!” It’s a great feeling to beat other competitors and emerge as the highest overall player in a Facebook game’s leaderboard.
A new game that is worth bragging about and at the same time gives a new twist to a traditional party game has been released by On5. The game is called Charadium, deriving its name from the ever-famous party favorite, Charades. This social game has been developed as an iPhone and iPod touch application and lets you play with other players in a fun and interactive way!
Players can connect with each other through WiFi or 3G. There are three games to choose from: the full game of 15 rounds, the quick game where you get to join someone’s full game by filling in a free slot, and the “play with friends” where, well, you get to play your pals.
Just like the traditional Charades, one person draws an image (on the touch screen). The rest of the players will be given a minute to think and type in their guesses on their iPhone keyboards, earning points until someone gets the correct answer. To win a round, you must type the correct answer first.
Charadium is integrated with the Plus+ social play network for iPhone and iPod touch where you can display your score in leaderboards and compare it to other Charadium players globally! The game results can be also displayed proudly on Facebook.
The app can be purchased for $0.99 at iTunes (Click HERE to buy.) The application had been given a 4-star rating by 68 customers.
So stun your Facebook friends now! Practice your artistic talent and bring out your guessing skills through Charadium!
This Facebook game is just three week old. My City Life has been attracting users on Facebook like bees. It has already broken the 2 million mark becoming the number one fastest growing Facebook game of the past week.
According to appdata, on February 19 at 6:00 Pm GMT, My City Life has 2,398,235 total users with a weekly growth percentage of 38.2%.
A sim-type game, My City Life has the regular spin like any other building games on Facebook; involvement of friends, free gifts, free daily coins, leveling up, expansion and so on.
Apart from the regular building of homes, laying roads, and spending time landscaping our small patch of land, ‘My City Life’ players have to take care of many variables in the game like pollution, crime, workforce, citizens, tourism, fame and so on.
One has to spend time thinking and considering the possible outcome of every action taken in the game. For example, business building gives more game coins (collected in the form of taxes) than houses within a specified time, but setting up business structures will increase crime rate. Too much of anything will result in something negative. So one has to strike a balance between building a city and running it smoothly.
My City Life is not the best looking building game on Facebook, but the interface is easy to use and icons are self-explainable. Addition of statistics in the game makes it more interesting and challenging.
Last but not the least, one needs balanced stats to progress through the game.
So folks, join the herd and show ‘em how a city should be run at My City Life.
Merscom brings you “The Crazies Tower Defense” game on Facebook.
Barely three weeks old, the game has already attracted 72,000 players without virtually any marketing. The game is based on an upcoming horror movie, “The Crazies.”
The basic idea of the game is to defend your tower from waves and waves of invading crazies, by strategically placing defenders carrying snipers, grenadiers etc..
Apart from the usual part of a social game like items (Weapons), upgrades, levels and experience, gifts, achievements and friends, this game offers something else – craziness.
The game is crazy and it’ll make you go crazy. This is one of those social game that keeps you tense until it is over.
There are lot of tower-defense-type games on Facebook already, but this particular game will make you wipe your brow.
You may not feel what i mean for a couple of levels in the beginning so as to allow the newbies to learn the game.. just the calm before the storm Once you starts to level up, believe me, it’s crazy!
Go crazy here…
Players upon joining the game receive 10,000 coins, which is just enough to purchase the lowest value team. From there, the main objective of the game is to build up a championship team and guide them to the Super Bowl.
One more thing! The game also has “game changer” cards that typically helps the players team score a quick touchdown. Matches are fully automated and the outcome is determined by the team you possess. Points accumulated from practice accounts for one-third of the teams ability.
