FrontierVille Cheats & Tips: How to Get Married

FrontierVille Letter From Spouse: hard work
One of the coolest and most novel features in FrontierVille is that you can get married and have kids. This isn't something you start off with immediately though. The game sets 5 major "goals" that cover at least a dozen different achievements -- everything from planting crops, buying animals, building a store, to collecting items for assembling wedding clothes.

All this, you must do alone, but you'll have the occasional letter to keep you company as you build a home for two. When your spouse arrives, you'll get to choose his or her gender and appearance, and yes, this means s/he can even be the same sex! Once your spouse is settled down, s/he becomes a second player, whom you can click on to help achieve more goals together. (TIP: Contrary to an early report, the spouse won't have his or her own energy meter, but will share yours. In terms of benefits, there are certain goals which are spouse-only. Plus, toggling between your spouse and yourself helps you reach more of the homestead, which can create higher, unbroken work combos.)

We've outlined all those achievements for you in one go. Read on to see what tasks need to be performed, what items you'll need, and the kinds of rewards you can expect.

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FrontierVille Get Married IconGet Married Step 1: Make Progress
Earns 60 XP and 100 Coins for Friends

1) Plant 12 crops
2) Spend 2000 Coins
3) Buy Three Chickens at the Market

Hint: Harvest ready crops for food and coins, then use coins to plant new crops.
FrontierVille Get Married Step 1: Make Progress
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Get Married Step 2: Build Up
Earns 400 Coins, 50 XP, and Ribbons for Friends

1) Clear Eight Grass
2) Build a General Store (TIP: To build a General Store, you'll need 5 Neighbors or be willing to use up 14 Horseshoes!)

Hint: If you're not high enough level to build a Store, work the homestead to gain experience and go up in level.
FrontierVille Get Married Step 2: Build Up
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Get Married Step 3: Prosperity
Earns 80 XP, and Experience Points for Friends

1) Gather 150 Food
2) Spend 3000 Coins
3) Buy One Cow

Hint: Harvest rice crops for food and coins. Use the coins to plant more crops.
FrontierVille Get Married Step 3: Prosperity
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Get Married Step 4: Fancy Duds
Earns 50 XP and Cloth for Friends

1) Have Four Sets of Clothes (TIP: Visit your Neighbors for Cloth. Complete a Cabin. Click on your Cabin and select "Go Inside" to access your "Crafting Workbench", then "Create". You need 6 Cloth and 500 Coins per set of Clothes.)

2) Have Four Ribbons

Hint: Craft clothes inside your cabin. Ribbons come as gifts.
FrontierVille Get Married Step 4: Fancy Duds
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Get Married Step 5: Pop the Question
Earns 75 XP, a Spouse!, increase Max Energy, and Presents for Friends

1) Have Two Fancy Outfits
2) Get One Bouquet

Hint: Clear wildflowers to collect different colors. Turn in the collection for a bouquet! Craft fancy clothes inside the General Store.
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Check out the rest of our FrontierVille Cheats & Tips right here.

Party's over! FarmVille Tuscan Wedding ends on June 29

Look like the party's over for the big Tuscan wedding that you've been hosting on your farm. Zynga says that this FarmVille event will come to a close on June 29, so you better beg and plead with friends to send you eggs, goats milk, olives and truffles so you can trade them in for favors, which can, in turn, be redeemed for a Leaning Tower or a Bella Fountain. I'm personally going trade in my favors for a flock of Spaghetti Sheep -- they're so absolutely adorable.


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FarmVille: Tonight's update promises to "make your farms run smoother"

We're not sure what tonight's FarmVille update will entail, except for one thing -- performance enhancements -- which the game needs desperately. The past few days, the game's been running more ragged than ever, so I hope this means that everything will run like buttah the rest of this week. Or at least more like buttah than it has been. Keep your fingers crossed.

Mafia Wars Global Cup event ends tomorrow

If you haven't finished the Mafia Wars Global Cup collection yet -- it's do or die time. While the World Cup continues, this limited edition event will only be around for another day. Yup, this time tomorrow night, your chance at scoring some balls will be gone forever. I'm taking about soccer balls, of course.

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Just in case you need a refresher, the point of the Global Cup event is to complete the Global Cup Collection, which is made up of seven soccer balls, each bearing the colors of a different country. You can locate the balls by performing the special Global Cup jobs (three in all, each take different amounts of time to complete), regular jobs, fighting and one as a free gift from friends.


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See the image below to learn what you need to do to get each ball. Once you complete the collection, you will be rewarded with a weapon called 'Injury Time' with 38 Attack and 52 Defense. Those defense stats aren't so bad, so it would behoove you to -- as they say -- get on the ball.

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FarmVille Blue & Red Mystery Box: Find out what's inside *Spoilers*

FarmVille released a brand new blue & red limited edition Mystery Box in the Market this evening (June 22), which is available for 16 Farm Cash for the next 7 days. Want to get an idea of what's inside before you spend a wad of virtual cash? Of course you do! See the full list below:

SPOILER ALERT!
* Outdoor Kitchen 300 XP
* Farm Goose 150 XP
* Mini Amphitheater 300 XP
* White Spotted Owl 225 XP
* Outdoor Bar 300Xp
* Garden Pavilion ??

The Amphitheater seems really huge, so you'll most likely have to clear some room to put this massive building on your farm. Though, it's pretty funny how there's two ducks performing onstage. Seems like the White Spotted Owl is the big winner from this go-round (it totally reminds me of Hedwig from Harry Potter) and maybe the Garden Pavilion (it's cute and doesn't take up too much space).

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Image courtesy Ricoh Viking

If you additional pictures, please send them to editors@games.com, and we'll feature them here!

What do you think -- is this new mystery box worth the Farm Cash?

Green Giant's Farmville cash promotion a success

When Zynga partnered up with real-world produce maker Green Giant to give away Farmville cash, no one was really sure if virtual items would really drive real-world product sales. Well, any doubts have been removed now that the program seems set to finish as a bona fide success.

Mashable reports that over 100,000 in Farm Cash was given away as part of the six week pilot program, which started in select Target stores but soon expanded to over 4,000 stores nationwide. It was virtual money well spent, according to Green Giant. "It's really helped us put Green Giant Fresh back in front of the consumers in the social media world," Green Giant Fresh Michalin Modena told The Packer. "It's been a great opportunity to modernize our communication channels to consumers."

The free Farmville cash codes will appear on 25 different Green Giant Fresh produce products through Aug. 1, though they can be redeemed until the middle of September. Wait, Aug. 1? That's only a few days away! Excuse me, I have to make a quick trip to the store...

New FarmVille Puppy: St. Bernard

FarmVille St. Bernard
Continuing with Swiss theme, FarmVille has released a new puppy this evening- the St. Bernard. You can pick the St. Bernard's barrel color- brown, blue, or pink. The new puppy will cost 65 FV$ and come with 2 weeks worth of kibble.

    The St. Bernard Dog is a very large breed of dog, a working dog from the Swiss Alps, originally bred for rescue. The breed has become famous through tales of alpine rescues, as well as for its large size. (source: wikipedia)

FarmVille St. Bernard Choose your puppy!
Will you be adding the St. Bernard to your farm?

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Overflowing Beehives Yield Fertilize All Option

FarmVille Overflowing Beehive
FarmVille Fertilize All in GiftboxMany farmers, such as FarmVille Freak William, are experiencing a new FarmVille notice that offers a special perk for Overflowing Beehives.

Farmers with Overflowing Beehives may receive the pop-up below that offers a "Fertilize All" reward. Using the Fertilize All reward will fertilize your entire FarmVille farm's crops.

The Fertilize All can be used immediately or stored in your Gift Box for later use.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

YoVille Camp Yo hiking items now in furniture store

YoVille Goes Hiking! Get yourself some sleeping bags, sittable kayaks, backpacks, tents as well as the beehive, ant hill, beautiful wild flowers and pine trees!

Over 50 new items are here to make your camp just perfect!

Check the pictures and prices after the link!
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YoVille: More camping clothes and accessories in the clothing store

More camping clothing and accessories were added to the YoVille clothing store! This latest release includes counselor outfits, new hats, whistles, binoculars etc. And of course, no camping without mosquito bites.

Outfits in coins, hats and accessories in YoCash. Check the complete list after the link.
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YoVille: Four new cars have arrived

Four New Cars make their way into Yoville!

An Orange Monster Truck for 35 Yocash, Yellow Italian Roadster for 49 Yocash, 57 Hot Red Car for 39 Yocash or Red Electric Car for 35 Yocash or with 10 Co-signers you can get if for 20,000 coins.
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Read an early guide to the new YoVille cars by clicking here.

This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

YoVille: New items in the free Mystery Chests

New items have been added to the red, blue and green YoVille mystery chests! Known items so far are the Red, Brown, Tan and Black Cow Hides and a decorative Glazed Pot. Collect and share the keys on your facebook-feed, and send the chests to your friends through the free gift page.

Have you found other items as well? Let us know in the comments.

Check the pictures of these items after the link.
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This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

Digital Chocolate lays out its Mafia Wars trademark case against Zynga

Games.com -- The Blog has obtained a complete copy of the lawsuit that Trip Hawkins' Digital Chocolate served against Zynga earlier this week over the company's use of the Mafia Wars trademark. In it, Digital Chocolate methodically lays out its argument that, "through duplicity and bad faith, [Zynga] effectively hijacked the MAFIA WARS mark" that Digital Chocolate had a prior right to.

According to the court documents (the first 18 pages of which can be found here), Digital Chocolate's use of the name Mafia Wars began in June of 2004, when the company got the game in its acquisition of Finnish company Sumea Interactive. Sumea's Mafia Wars eventually spawned sequels under Digital Chocolate, including Scarlotti's Mafia Wars 2 in 2005 (here's an IGN preview from that game's release), Mafia Wars Yakuza Wars in 2005 and Mafia Wars New York in 2009 (astute observers may see similarities to Zynga's later Mafia Wars Bangkok and Mafia Wars New York in those titles). Though Digital Chocolate's Mafia Wars was never as big as Zynga's, the company claims that two million people worldwide downloaded games in the series (including "hundreds of thousands" in the U.S.)

Gallery: Digital Chocolate's Lawsuit Against Zynga Over Mafia Wars Name
While Zynga may have been unaware of Digital Chocolate's game when it launched its version of Mafia Wars in 2008, Digital Chocolate made sure to let them know about the conflict in a January 2009 letter, court documents state. In May of 2009, Digital Chocolate says they received a response to their letter in which Zynga, while claiming that their game didn't infringe on Digital Chocolate's, nonetheless "disclaims any trademark rights in the term 'Mafia Wars' in connection to the game."

But that state of affairs didn't last long, according to the court documents, as Zynga filed for a Mafia Wars trademark in the U.S. in July of 2009. The company later extended the trademark application to other countries and to use in a variety of branded products from memo pads to tank tops. These filings became especially ironic when Zynga filed a suit againt rival Playdom over the Mafia Wars name. At that time, Zynga stated their "belief no other person, firm, corporation or association has the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form thereof or in such near resemblance thereto as to be likely..."

In the lawsuit, Digital Chocolate is seeking that Zynga "disgorge any and all revenues and profits that Defendant has derived from its wrongful actions;" as well as "treble damages, resonable attorney's fees and expenses; and costs," rights to the Mafiwawars.com domain name and "corrective advertising for double the amount spent" by Zynga.

While Digital Chocolate's case seems strong (assuming the facts are as they've been laid out here -- Zynga has offered only a prepared statement in response to the allegations), there are a few potential legal sticking points that might prevent them from winning untold millions from Zynga. For one, Digital Chocolate seems to have never formally registered a trademark for Mafia Wars in the United States, weakening their prior claim on the name. For another, Digital Chocolate would have to prove that Zynga's use of the Mafia Wars name produced "market confusion" over which game was which. This means they have to show that some consumers assumed Zynga's mega-hit Facebook game has some relationship with Digital Chocolate's largely unheard-of downloadable title.

Cafe World 50% Lightening Stove slashes cooking time in half

As part of a series of Cafe World Anniversary celebrations, Zynga's restaurant simulation game on Facebook is offering up another limited edition bonus item. The 50% Lightening Stove promises to cut cooking time in half on all of your stoves.
To get started building your own, you'll need to find the stove in the store (under the stove tab, see circled item in image above) and drag it into your cafe. You've automatically been given a extra spot for this extra stove, so you don't have to worry if you have enough space.

Once the stove is placed in your cafe, click on, and you'll be given a list of building materials you'll need to secure to complete your stove. You'll need 60 items in all, and that breaks down to the following:

    10 Golden Book
    10 Golden Coil
    10 Golden Switch
    20 Golden Tubes

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Like the other buildable items in Cafe World, you can ask friends to send these items to you, or you buy them using Cafe Cash.
Each item costs 2 Cafe Cash, except for the Golden Tube, which are 3 Cafe Cash each. If you just want to buy the entire thing, you can do so for 120 Cafe Cash, which is roughly the equivalent of $20.

FarmVille Sponsored Link: Netflix for 100 FV$

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As another FarmVille sponsored link, Netflix is offering 100 free farm cash for signing up for a trial offer.

It may take up to two hours after signing up for your free trial.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Will you take advantage of this Netflix sponsored link?

FarmVille Orange Daisies, Market Stall, & Bushel coming soon

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Thank you to FarmVille player Ariel for finding these unreleased FarmVille Orange Daisies, Orange Daisies Market Stall, & Orange Daisies Bushel items.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Germany Buildings: Mountain Tavern & Moss Cabin

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The Limited Edition Germany theme continues with more updates tonight including the two buildings we featured earlier today as unreleased items.

The Mountain Tavern and Moss Cabin can be found in the FarmVille Market during the next 7 days only.

FarmVille LE Germany Theme Buildings (Released September 23, 2010):

    Mountain Tavern – 34 FV$
    Moss Cabin – 300,000 Coins


This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

Will you purchase these buildings for your farm?

Zynga's request to dismiss scam suit denied by federal judge

Zynga Lawsuit
It looks like Zynga won't get off the hook that easy. The omnipotent social gaming company requested a dismissal of a recent class action lawsuit claiming that Zynga intentionally allowed and profitted from alleged scams offering its players virtual currency, Gamasutra reports. The plaintiff, Rebecca Swift, filed the suit in Oakland, Calif. court under the accusation that Zynga, through online advertising firm Adknowledge, charged her account for $200 worth of products and services without her consent after she signed up for free YoCash in YoVille.

Swift claims that the company was not "a neutral website that merely allows third parties to post advertisements" and is a "direct participant in the fraudulent transactions," Gamasutra reports. Better yet, "the design, layout, and format of the special offers," according to the court document, is on Zynga's shoulders as they appear within the company's games and not just on the web page.

She went on to claim that Zynga intentionally designs its games to draw players in to the act of either buying virtual currency or resorting to these allegedly fraudulent offers by making their games more enjoyable through spending the cash, according to Gamasutra. Ultimately, U.S. District Judge Sandra Armstrong denied both Zynga's and Adknowledge's requests to dismiss the case under the impression that Swift had "sufficiently alleged the particular circumstances of defendants' fraudulent scheme."

This is far from the first time the company has been the target of a class action lawsuit. Due to Facebook's recent privacy breach caused by third party applications like Zynga's games, the company is also facing a suit for sharing private player data such as Facebook User IDs to third-party advertisers. In other words, Zynga is going to have its hands full when the Swift v. Zynga case resumes over a "telephonic case management conference" in February 2011.

FarmVille Holiday Limited Edition Showcase 2 [video]

For those farmers looking for a visual sneak peek of new items that are confirmed to be coming to FarmVille in the near future, Zynga has released the "Holiday Limited Edition Theme Showcase 2" video. It's only 10 seconds long, but it shows some pretty neat goodies!

Some of these items have already been released in the game - like the Glacier Falls and the Snowy Forest, seen at the far left and right of the video (you can check out our full coverage of these items by clicking here). Other items, though, are all new, like what appears to be a beautiful snow-covered mansion. Could this be a fabulous mountain retreat? A Ski Resort? A home away from home for some of Hollywood's most famous? As of right now, we're not exactly sure, but the building is awesome to look at nonetheless.

Other items seen in the video include an animated Snow Globe with what appears to be a mother and baby Polar Bear inside, a goat with a scarf and ear-muffs to protect itself from the cold of the winter, and two items that are apparently making a return from last year - those being the Silver and Gold ornaments seen in the middle of everything. These two items were available as presents from last year's Holiday Tree event, so it will be interesting as to whether or not these will once again only be receivable from this year's tree, or if they will be released in the store as well (hopefully they are, and hopefully NOT for Farm Cash).

When the rest of these items are released in the game, no matter where they happen to show up, we'll be sure to let you know.

FrontierVille Playtime! Timed Mission: Everything you need to know

If you're not too bogged down in Winter missions in FrontierVille, you'll want to take a few seconds to complete the new Timed Mission that was released today in the game. This newest mission is called simply "Playtime!" and it will reward you with a handful of new goodies if you can complete it within two days of accepting it.

The Playtime! Mission will have you building playground equipment for your children, and must be accepted before December 31, but after reading this set of requirements, we doubt that you'll want to wait that long to jump in and (probably easily) finish the quests. Playtime! can be completed after finishing three parts:

Have or Craft 20 Planks
Get Ten Bags of Playground Sand
Collect Ten Scrap Metal Pieces


First and foremost, the Planks can be crafted inside of the wagon. Many high level players will likely already have these 20 Planks as extras on-hand, but if you don't, you can create a single Plank for 7 pieces of Wood and 250 coins.

As for the Playground Sand and Scrap Metal Pieces, you'll need to ask friends to earn these items. The Playground Sand is earned through individual gift requests via friends, as clicking on the "Ask Friends" button takes you to a reverse of the game's free gifts page, where you can send an individual request to all of the friends that you think would help.

Finally, the Scrap Metal pieces are earned through a generic wall post, that can be claimed by a limited number of people before running out, and requiring that you have to ask again. These are the more difficult of the two items to earn, as there is a possibility that your friends could ignore the request entirely or simply overlook it. With two days to complete the entire mission, you'll want to keep a sharp eye on how many Scrap Metal pieces you have at any one time, and always request for more if the game allows you.

The rewards for finishing the Playtime! quest are a Monkey Bars decoration, 1 Dinner energy item, and 500 XP. Considering the ease with which most players will finish this mission, the 500 XP seems like more than enough to make the quest worthwhile. Furthermore, you can sell the Monkey Bars for 600 coins, if you don't want them, or already have a set, so that should help pay you back for a few of the Planks that you may or may not have had to create to finish the mission.