It may seem like a small amount to some, but that is what one California women thinks is enough to repay all of the unauthorized charges her child, and others, have made thanks to Facebook’s family-friendly, free-to-play games. More »

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A new free-to-play game for Facebook and iOS among other platforms has just been announced by Ubisoft. That is in the form of the game Ghost Recon: Commander. Details are still simplistic at this early stage. More »

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According to Joystiq, SimCity will be available for purchase next year on digital distribution platforms outside of Origin. Sadly, this information is the up-side of the story. More »

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With as big as The Hunger Games is now, and only a week after its release to theaters, it’s no surprise that there would be games coming out for it. There were two tie-in games announced for the movie, one for iOS and one for Facebook. More »

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The 2011 financial report of Zynga is rather boring to look over, but a few tidbits captured attention. One particular statistic was Zynga owning the top five most played games on Facebook! More »

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Just in case you haven’t had enough of it, Angry Birds has finally been released on Facebook. What makes this version more interesting is the addition of social and competitive elements, new power-ups and FB-exclusive levels to the traditional AB gameplay. More »

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54 year old, Bettysue Higgins embezzled $166,000 from her former company Maine Trial Lawyers. Between January 2009 through September 10, 2010, Higgins had a total of 78 checks directly deposited to her account. Apparently the money she embezzled was used to pay for her social networking games, Zynga Mafia Wars and Zynga Yoville. Now Higgins has to face a six years sentence in jail. Addictions can lead people to doing things they shouldn’t. Is it worth it to steal real money for virtual money and face imprisonment? More »

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You have to admit, Farmville is a very addicting game, indeed, because of the interaction you can press and click and wa-la, something happens! However, you gotta check out this mom who plays farmville, not just in one laptop, but FOUR laptops! More »

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The man behind famous games like FarmVille, Mafia Wars and CityVille is currently demanding all their long time employees to return their stock options, which was given to them last year. According to the CEO of Zynga Mark Pincus and some of the cadre of executed, they approached some of the employees and gave them two choices. Either they would return it or get fired. More »

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Zynga games, such as Mafia Wars and Farmville, have already made a name in the largest social site, Facebook. This time, Zynga will once again boast another game that will get you thinking hard as it will expand your vocabulary - Words with Friends. More »

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“When you’re good, you’re good.” Well, that is the case for Google, who took the chance at its I/O Conference to announce that users who use Google Chrome can play ‘Angry Birds’ for free. The company also said that a year ago, this would not have been feasible for the browser, but it has come a long way since. More »

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Ah, the joys of virtual currency. Virtual currency is used in pretty much any online social game where if you want to have better features, you pay a little more for a free game. And with Facebook mandating that Facebook credits be the mandatory currency, you may not want to spend any more money playing your favorite games. But not to worry - there’s an easy way to get that currency! More »

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And to think Mafia Wars and Farmville is the best thing on facebook. You’re wrong! Gameloft announced that they will release a new N.O.V.A. game called N.O.V.A. Elite for Facebook. More »

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Mafia Wars has just been removed from MySpace, directing players to a Facebook-connected version of the game at MafiaWars.com. It was MySpace’s second most popular game as recently as last month as well. More »

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Starting July 1, all platform app game developers on Facebook will be using Facebook Credits. However, social game developer Playfish has decided to abandon ship on its own Playfish Cash early before the deadline. More »

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Research firm Parks Associates claim that $15 billion will be the worth of the rapidly developing social gaming market. In a new report called Social Gaming: Market Update, they stake that claim. And the firm wrote “Gaming on social networks has quickly become the most visible category of online games.” More »

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At first, in Worm Madness the game is kind of like, what is going on? So it’s a little rocky in the beginning. You basically play as a worm trying to eat some bugs. The worm burrows underground but the bugs are on the ground, so you have to emerge from the crevasses of the earth to attain your prey. (Yes, you basically jump out of the ground and launch yourself in a slow-mo parabolic trajectory.) More »

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Flower Reaction is another game involving both strategy and luck. The goal of the game is to “explode” the number of flowers shown in the score bar at the top of the frame. This is achieved by starting off with one click of an exploding flower, and as the other flowers bounce around the screen, they also explode when they come in contact with a flower that has already exploded. Sounds like quite a lot of “explosions” right? More »

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Think Robot Unicorn but darker. Just as fun, but way darker. The Flood Runner is essentially the same concept but doesn’t have any additional features like attacking. Still as intense and crazy, the Flood Runner will get you restarting and replaying for more then just a few minutes. More »

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From Ziggytek:

MinoMonsters, a social game where players collect and battle pet monsters, basically like Pokemon, has recently been launched. It was co-founded by 18-year-old entrepreneur Josh Buckley and 17-year-old engineer Tyler Diaz, who are the youngest pair of founders in Y Combinator. They reportedly hired Apple’s youngest engineer as well. More »