Zynga releases prepaid game cards for Mafia Wars, FarmVille and YoVille

Prepaid game cards from popular social game creator Zynga are now available in retail stores across the US. The growth of social gaming is on the rise with Zynga's title boasting 230 million users. These game cards are available for Mafia Wars, FarmVille and YoVille. Pre-paid game cards help those who do not have access to a credit card to buy virtual gaming goods from stores located close to them. Cards are available at  7-Eleven, Inc., Best Buy, GameStop and Target. 

About Zynga

Zynga has over 235 million monthly active users playing its games. These games include FarmVille, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars, YoVille, Cafe World, FishVille and PetVille, which are available on Facebook, MySpace, MSN Games, Tagged, Yahoo! and the iPhone. Zynga players have raised more than $3 million for social causes by purchasing virtual goods across its games. Zynga is headquartered in Potrero Hill in San Francisco. For more information, visit www.zynga.com and www.zynga.org.

The $10 and $25 cards, which offer an alternative way of buying in-game goods (e.g. virtual furniture, power-ups) to consumers who don't have access to credit cards or bank accounts, will work with Zynga's free-to-play titles on Facebook, as well as on standalone sites such as FarmVille.com, MafiaWars.com and YoVille.com.

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How many items can be held in the gift box in FarmVille

FarmVille announced via their podcast this week that the total number of items that can be held in the gift box has been increased to 50. This feature was added on February 24th along with a whole lot of features added by FarmVille.

Si this is the official number announced by FamVille and you now know how many items can be stored in your gift box.

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Will baby animals ever grow up in FarmVille

This Weeks podcast from FarmVille brought out an interesting uses questions. The user wanted to know if baby animals on FarmVille ever grow up. The answer to that was that baby animals as of now do not grow up but FarmVille plans to introduce a new feature to users who want their baby animals to grow up. The game creators have announced that if users choose they can allow their baby animals to grow up.

This is still in the works and the feature has not been released but soon will. So those users who do not want their baby animals to stay babies forever will now have an option to allow their baby animals to grow up. So farmers can now have the calf's and foals grow into full grown adults. The plan is to introduce this feature this coming spring and more details will be available soon.

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PetVille crosses 6 million fans and is giving away a free clean bomb to everyone

PetVille has experiences phenomenal growth since it's launch on Facebook in December of 2009. In four months time the game already has 6 million fans and growing. PetVille creators are very happy and are giving away a free clean bomb to all members. A Clean Bomb is used to instantly clear your home or your pet with a single click.

Saves you all that cleaning time.

Visit the PetVille page on Facebook

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Mafia Wars to bring back robbing

Mafia Wars is all set to bring back robbing. Now property owners will have to keep a closer eye on their properties. Making sure their assets do not become vulnerable. Users can now get ready to pull some heists and bank all the new robbing collection items. Users will now have a different excitement level to the game with having to cower their backs and making sure their stuff is safe. It will also give you a chance to prove your ability to mastermind robberies and attack vulnerabilities. 

Item's you will need. Mask, Drill, Climbing Equipment and Diamond for cutting.

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