FarmVille Unreleased Lemon Balm Market Stall & Lemon Balm Bushel

FarmVille Lemon Balm Market and Bushel
Thank you to FarmVille Freak Farhan for finding these unreleased FarmVille Lemon Balm Market Stall & Lemon Balm Bushel.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Fan Sheep updated and possibly released tonight

A few days ago the FarmVille Fan Sheep finally reached its goal of 2 million fans on Facebook. Even though the FarmVille Sheep lost the Battle of the Barnyard to the FarmVille Cow, Zynga is still celebrating with the release of a special FarmVille Sheep.

The Fan Sheep should be available in the FarmVille Market very soon- perhaps tonight! Get a sneak peek of the FarmVille Fan Sheep to the right.

Continue reading to see it move!

FarmVille: Is there life after level 100?

If you're a FarmVille power player, life at the top can be lonely (and rather boring). You've already bought all of the multi-milllion coin estates and completed every achievement. To appease overachieving farmers, Zynga recently rolled out a 5M coin mansion only available to level 70 and above, but it was more of a gesture than a real solution to the problem.

It looks like there might be a light at the end of the tunnel, however. This pop-up notification (see above) from one uber farmer says that you can't earn cash after level 100, but says "there's sure to be rainbows after the rain." That leads us to believe the FV team is hard at work behind the scenes, creating new achievements and items for power players. With FarmVille losing millions by the week (the game which once boasted 80 million monthly players is now down to 62 million), keeping devoted sharecroppers in business should be first priority.

FarmVille new items: Summertime and the livin is easy

Tonight, a small FarmVille update included a set of new summertime themed items! In this set is one animal, two houses, and five decoration pieces. It's the hot August months, so it's the perfect time too cool down with some summery fun in FarmVille. Here is what you can expect to find in the FarmVille Market:

Flamingo - 16 Farm Cash
Bouncy Castle - 32 Farm Cash
Dinosaur Slide - 30 Farm Cash
Fireflies - 4 Farm Cash
Octopus Pool - 80,000 coins
Summer Campsite - 50,000 coins
Backyard Fort - 30 Farm Cash
Ice Cream Shop - 220,000

These items are only available for 9 days, and we suspect this won't be the entire summer theme release. Zynga loves to release their themes slowly to maximize the fun (and the spending, we presume).

Which summery FarmVille items are going to buy?

FarmVille Halloween Costumes arrive: Are they a trick or a treat?

FarmVille Halloween costumes have arrived, and for the next 16 days, you will be able to purchase a costume (for either coins or Farm Cash) and dress up your farmer in a variety of outfits -- my personal faves have to be Super FV Woman and the Ugly Duckling, as modeled by my virtual farmer in the image above.

There's good news and bad news about these costumes. A handful of them are available for coins, but the really cool ones will require you to spend some real-life cash to have the privilege of putting 'em on your farmer. However, I you just want to see if those pricier costumes are worth buying, you can try them on your farmer.
There are two ways to find these brand new costumes:

farmville halloween costumes

1. Click on your farmer, which will open the customization window. You should see a new 'Clothing' button on the top right. Mouse over it and you'll see a pop-down menu, which will have 'Costumes' as an option. Select costumes and you will be able to scroll through your selection.

farmville halloween costumes

2. There is also a new 'Clothes' option in the FarmVIlle Market. Click it to open up the menu of items, which can be purchased right there. If you want your farmer to try on the costumes, you will be bounced to the customization window once again.

FarmVille creator Zynga buys mobile developer, forms Zynga with Friends

Zynga returns to round two of the ongoing mobile title bout swinging. Zynga With Friends, the company's brand new, mobile-focused studio, is thanks to Zynga's most recent acquisition of Texas-based NewToy. Developer of iOS hits such as Words With Friends and We Rule, NewToy will now be Zynga's premiere mobile developer, unifying the company's mobile efforts into one single platform. NewToy's studio will become the location of Zynga With Friends Studio, which is convenient considering the company just opened Zynga Dallas recently.

words with friends is now part of zynga with friends"Our goal is to have is to have Zynga games available to anyone, anywhere on any device," says Zynga SVP of Mobile David Ko. "At Zynga, we're committed to provide the best-of-breed mobile game experiences."

Founded in 2008 by brothers Paul and David Bettner, NewToy has reached over 12 million mobile gamers through games like Words With Friends and Zynga hopes to bring that success to its presence in your phones. Paul, the company's CEO and co-founder will take the helm of Zynga With Friends as vice president and general manager and his brother David will become the studio's director.

"Throughout our acquisition talks we utilized a secret code name for the operation--that codename was 'jet pack,'" Zynga With Friends VP and general manager Paul Bettner says. "We chose jetpack because, to us, that's what this acquisition represented--the potential to strap jet packs to our backs and move even faster toward our shared goals."

However, it's unsure at this point what this means for the company's games that have already landed on mobile such as FarmVille's iPhone game and Mafia Wars: Atlantic City on mobile web browsers. Zynga declined to comment on how NewToy will handle making its new bosses' games--both old and new--available for all mobile devices at once.

FarmVille: Fertilize All available as a Free Gift for a limited time

For some time now, we've been able to experience just how great the FarmVille Fertilize All can be on our farms. What better way to boost your experience total in the game, than to earn extra experience for each and every crop on your land? Such is the function of the Fertilize All, as it rewards an extra experience point for all fertilized crops.

While you can normally earn free Fertilize Alls when harvesting from your Beehive, or receiving them as bonuses posted by your friends on their walls, for a very limited time you'll be able to send these fantastic items to friends for free, from the game's Free Gifts page.

If this is like any other "Limited Time" situation that has occurred over the past few months, this item likely won't be available to send for long - possibly not even a full day or more. That being the case, if you'd like to stock up on these helpful items, make sure to ask your friends to send you as many as possible, while the item is still available on the free gifts page.

What other freebies would you like to see added to the game's Free Gifts page? Do you like to use Fertilize Alls each time you harvest?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Ice Cat, Ice Donkey and Ice Pig, oh my!

    Ice Elephant     Ice Goat     Ice Horse
Now, we know that the Winter Wonderland theme in FarmVille has been pretty extreme with Ski Slopes and giant Rock Waterfalls, but to literally freeze the animals? That's just wrong, Zynga! Alright, so they're not really frozen animals--they are just sculptures. (But that would be pretty cool, eh?) FarmVille Freak has found another collection of unreleased Ice Sculptures in the game that we can only guess will find their way to the farm.

Ice Owl     Ice Pig     Ice Cat
The icy animal sculptures include an Ice Cat, Ice Donkey, Ice Elephant, Ice Goat, Ice Horse, Ice Owl and Ice Pig. Since the game already has introduced a few ice sculptures just recently, these are more than likely to make it into the game. But, again, no guarantees. Stay tuned for when it might get even chillier in FarmVille.

FarmVille offers daily rewards for entering game via Facebook bookmark

FarmVille-maker Zynga really wants to make sure you bookmark this game -- first through the semi-controversial 'Reunite Them' promo that recently started appearing at the top of the game and now, by offering daily rewards for anyone who enters the game using a Facebook bookmark (located on the left hand side of your Facebook page). The rewards are currently all existing items (some more desirable than others) and include the following:

    Arborists
    Farmhands
    Clumsy reindeer
    Brick
    Bee
    Penguin
    Shovels
    Fuel
    Fertilize All
    Llama

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Greenhouse building project on the way?

In this FarmVIlle Sneak Peek, we've come across four images of a "buildable" Greenhouse that looks like it will be released in the game in the near future. If you're having a bit of deja vu at this point, bear with us, as we're experiencing it too. Not to be confused with the Botanical Garden released in the game way back in April of 2010 (or the iPhone exclusive Green House cube released this week), this is an entirely new building, decorated with plant life in mind.

The construction of the Greenhouse looks to take place over four parts, with all four stages being represented at the top of this post. Each stage, as you would expect, makes the Greenhouse grow in not only size, but also in complexity, as it transforms from a mere rectangular shape into a sort of cross, with all sorts of flowers, fruits and vegetables growing inside.

Details concerning the function of this Greenhouse are still non-existant, so unfortunately images are all we have to go on. Either way, the Botanical Garden served no purpose other than being decorative when it was released, so we're hoping that Zynga has learned its lesson with this similar item - after all, many farmers will simply choose not to build a structure (that is, not waste building ingredients) when they know all their work will simply go to an item that takes up space with no return.

We'll be sure to let you know when and if this Greenhouse officially debuts in the game, but keep in mind there is no guarantee that we'll see the item in the game.

What do you think of these Greenhouse images? If the Greenhouse is purely decorative, will you still work on building it, or will you save your farm land for something functional instead?

FarmVille: Say goodbye to most Valentine's Day items tonight

If you're the kind that has made an art form out of procrastinating, here's your last call for the vast majority of limited edition Valentine's Day decorations in FarmVille. For weeks now, we've brought you the news concerning a whole slew of themed items being released in the game's store, about half of which have been counting down to an expiration date of this evening.

As there are so many items available in this theme, it's nice to see Zynga keeping some of the more recently released items available for a few days more (less than a week in most cases), but if you've been even a bit interested in purchasing the following items, you have less than three hours to pull out your virtual pocketbook and start some last-minute shopping.

Cinnamon Heart / Giant Cinnamon Heart Tree
Heart Candy / Giant Heart Candy Tree
Pink Persian Cat
Elder Duck
Hooded Merganser
Heart Pig
Valentine Mini Pony
Heart Rabbit

Find the rest of the expiring items behind the break.

In addition to the above animals and trees, the following decorative items are also being removed from FarmVille's marketplace this evening:

Romantic Cottage
Romantic Gazebo
Love Shack
Love Gondola
Romantic Picnic
Valentine Gnome
Romantic Coach
Valentine Snowman
Valentine Teddy
Venus Gnome

On top of these items, decorations like the Rose Bush, and animals like the Valentine Cow are now down to their final day in the store as well. With so many items expiring, make sure to at least take one final glance at them in the market to decide if you'll regret not purchasing them this year. Sure, some of these items may be released come Valentine's Day 2012, but do you really want to risk that your favorite item won't make a comeback?

FarmVille English Countryside buildings leak to FarmVille iOS Market

FarmVille English Countryside Buildings
The deluge of FarmVille English Countryside information continues with more item details leaking through FarmVille for iPhone. Players can log into their FarmVille game right now on their iPhone and see nearly every building the English Countryside will have to offer at launch, but it's all on lockdown. Nonetheless, this gives us a better idea of how much these items will cost, and it varies greatly from just a thousand coins for the Orchard to the 60 thousand-coin English Farm. Whether these prices are indicative of their cost in the actual expansion in unknown, but at least these give us a good idea of what to expect. Check behind the break for the rest of the leaked buildings.
FarmVille English Countryside Buildings 2

[Via FarmVille Freak]

Check out the rest of our English Countryside coverage right here.

Have you seen these items in your FarmVille game for iOS? When do you think the expansion will release given all of this leaked information?

FarmVille-maker Zynga buys Floodgate Entertainment for Boston studio

Let the flood, floodgate, dam and other liquid-related puns ensue. Zynga has made its 10th acquisition in just 10 months with Floodgate Entertainment, TechCrunch reports. The deal, whose terms were not disclosed, will bring the Floodgate team into Zynga Boston, which was created when Zynga bought Boston-based Conduit Labs. Floodgate founder Paul Neurath will join his new overlords as Creative Director for Zynga Boston.

Floodgate is already well-versed in the mobile games space with releases like a mobile adaptation of Civilization and Flowerz, a Windows Phone 7 game, under its belt. Not to mention the company developed some of the PC adaptations for the Madden and Nascar franchises. If you hadn't noticed, Zynga is buying more and more developers with mobile game experience. So, you can pretty much guess where the company's focus is for 2011. Since Zynga most recently bought New York-based Area/Code, its presence on the East Coast only gets stronger.

[Image Credit: Business Week]

How do you think this acquisition will effect Zynga's strategy for 2011? Will we see more mobile games from the company this year as a result of the company's recent purchases?

FarmVille English Countryside Animals, Broken Combine leak to iOS

At this point, we're going to guess this was Zynga's intention. The last wave of leaked English Countryside information has leaked to FarmVille for iPhone. Just a few animals and the Broken Combine can be found in the Market within the iOS version of FarmVille. While their prices have been revealed, they appear to be simply placeholders as I doubt that these variety of Sheep are even for sale. (They sound more like the product of breeding.) Regardless of whether this leak means anything when the expansion finally launches, any more information than we already have is more than welcome. Enjoy some more images after the break,
FarmVille Animals 2

Broken Combine
[Source and Last Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]

Check out the rest of our English Countryside coverage right here.

Have you seen these items in your FarmVille mobile Market? Do you think this content leak was a mistake or intentionally released by Zynga?

FarmVille Double Mastery returns this weekend; fire up the combines

Did you make plans for this weekend?(We all know Rebecca Black did.) Well, you might want to reconsider them, because Zynga has reinstated Double Mastery on all FarmVille crops and trees for this weekend. The promotion runs through March 20 at 11:59 EST, so you have two days to get as many crops over and done with as possible. FarmVille Feed adds that if you use your bushels, you could make this a Triple Mastery Weekend for even speedier results.

Now, several pieces of information leaked today and last night regarding the English Countryside expansion, which we know will have plenty more exclusive crops and trees to focus our time on. That said, this Double Mastery weekend could be the final hurrah before Zynga decides to let Duke's Airship crash on farms worldwide. Nothing says "closure" like furiously clicking on farmland for days.

[Via Zynga]

Have you already started to capitalize on Double Mastery Weekend? Which crops or trees are your primary target for this weekend?

April Fools: FarmVille Intergalactic Farm launching soon

In case you hadn't notice after being on the Internet for five seconds today, it's April Fools Day, and FarmVille is not exempt. Zynga released this almost scary loading screen this morning that teases and a third farm ... in space. We're all having trouble enough settling between two farms, let alone a third in almost-zero gravity. Luckily, this ain't happening, folks--it's a joke, get it? Check the calendar... (are they just dry?)

[Source and Image Credit: FarmVille Freak]

Would you ever want a third farm in space? What April Fools joke have you played today in FarmVille?

FarmVille yucks it up with April Fools animals and decorations

A bunch of new items have arrived in FarmVille today along with a fancy loading screen gag. This lot of April Fools Day items aren't so much jokes as they are just ... weird. Anyway, they're available in the Market for you to enjoy the second greatest holiday of the year, April Fools. (Christmas trumps all, sorry folks.) Most of the items expectantly go for Farm Cash, but a few cost coins for the more economic crowd. The coolest in this lot? Um, the Robot Dino Ninja, as if you needed to ask.

[Source and Image Credit: FarmVIlle Blog]

Have you picked up any of these items yet? If so, which would you grab first?

FarmVille Royal Wedding Sneak Peek: Balloon Arch, Cake, Swing, and more

So, we already told you that Zynga will be celebrating the Royal Wedding of Price William and Kate Middleton in FarmVille's English Countryside, but now we have more images to prove that this won't just be a passing glance at royalty - it will apparently be an entire theme. As you can see above, we have images of royal decorations, including the Wedding Swing, a Wedding Horse Carriage, a Wedding Cake, a Wedding Balloon Arch, and a Wedding Archway.

Sure, this is only a set of five items, but as we know, Zynga tends to do things big, so it's likely that we'll see more items released in this theme before all is said and done with the Royal Wedding in the real world. No word yet as to whether or not this will just be an item theme, leaving you to create a Royal Wedding of your own imagination, or whether or not this will be a grand feature with actual activities to complete, but we wouldn't be surprised if there were. We'll let you know either way.

What do you think of this royally inspired item theme? Will you create a Royal Wedding atmosphere on your own farm?

FarmVille Animal Sneak Peek: White Wolf Cub, White Stork, Royal Guard Duck & More

Five new animals will (apparently) be launching FarmVille as early as tomorrow evening, with this batch of animals looking to be split between those that will be part of the upcoming Mystery Game, and those that will continue in the English Countryside limited edition item theme. As is stands, we have a White Wolf Cub and a White Stork. Along with the White Shire Horse we brought you a sneak peek of earlier in the week, this gives us a pretty good indication that this week's Mystery Game will have a "white" theme, and will likely cost anywhere from 16 to 20 Farm Cash to play (or even more if Zynga is having a particularly "greedy" week... err, did I say that?).

The other animals are the Royal Guard Duck and the Royal Pied Horse and Foal. While it's pretty self-explanatory that these animals will be part of the English Countryside item theme, it's unknown right now if these animals have any direct connection with the Royal Wedding event set to launch in the game as well. We'll make sure to keep an eye on the game's store and free gifts page, and will let you know if any of these animals make an early appearance.

What do you think of a "white" Mystery Game? Would you prefer to see more color themes launch in the game?

Earn 2 free FarmVille Farm Cash from Kellogg's Promotion

Many of you FarmVille players likely start your days off with a bowl of Kellogg's cereal, and Zynga is looking to offer you a few free Farm Cash for being fans of not only FarmVille but Kellogg's itself with a new promotion circulating players' farms. As usual, you can find this promotion underneath the FarmVIlle gameplay area, but be fast! These promotions likely come and go quicker than you can blink! Ok, so maybe you can blink a few times before they disappear, but you get the idea.

This promotion is called "Share Your Breakfast," and it has you simply entering in the two letter abbreviation for your state and then choosing from a list of normal breakfast items that you may have had for breakfast this morning (or the particular morning that you're completing this promotion). It's that simple - just submit that information and voila! Your 2 free Farm Cash will automatically update to your in-game total, but if it doesn't, a quick refresh of the game should force them to appear.

Via this promotion, Kellogg's is looking to share breakfasts with children who may otherwise not have any, so not only will you receive something for completing it (free Farm Cash), but children in need will as well - it's a win-win!

Have you found the Kellogg's Share Your Breakfast promotion in your game?