FarmVille Unreleased Swiss Chard Seed & Swiss Chard Mastery Sign

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Thank you to FarmVille Freak Shiori for finding these unreleased FarmVille Swiss Chard Seed & Swiss Chard Mastery Sign!

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FarmVille Unreleased Hops Crop & Gladiolus Crop Items

FarmVille Unreleased Hops Crop and Gladiolus Crop
Thank you to FarmVille Freak Rainexel for finding these unreleased FarmVille Unreleased Hops Crop, Market Stall, Mastery Sign, and Bushel as well as the Gladiolus Crop, Market Stall, Mastery Sign and Bushel.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Unreleased White, Orange, Green, & Purple Cauliflowers with Mastery Signs

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Rainexel for finding these unreleased FarmVille White, Green, Orange, and Purple Cauliflower Crops with Mastery Signs!
FarmVille Cauliflowers and Mastery Signs
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FarmVille Unreleased Dino Slide, Electric Generator & Backyard Tree House

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Rainexel for finding these unreleased FarmVille Dino Slide, Electric Generator, and Backyard Tree House!
FarmVille Dino Slide, Electric Generator, and Backyard Tree House!
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FarmVille Unreleased Electric Lilies Crop, Mastery Sign, Market Stall & Bushel

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Teresa for finding these unreleased FarmVille Electric Lilies Crop, Mastery Sign, Market Stall, and Bushel!
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FarmVille Train & Railroad Coming to a Farm Near You

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FarmVille is currently under a Wild West invasion and may soon be further invaded with a Railroad. We saw the loading screen teaser featuring the Train and the other unreleased items featured on FarmVille Freak. Now we have a Market teaser with prices included. Can we expect to see these items tonight?
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Note: Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market and are subject to change without notice upon release.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Giftable Farmhands: Send extra help to friends for a limited time

Everyone could use a little help on their farm! Farmhands are great for a one click harvest for your entire FarmVille livestock, but lately they've been hard to come by and otherwise cost 5 farm cash. So what's a better way to collect from all your animals at once? A FREE Farmhands.
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Take advantage of Limited time giftable Farmhands, where you you can send all your FarmVille neighbors free Farmhands. To access this free giftable Farmhands, simply go to the FarmVille Gifting Page where it is currently being featured.


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This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille rolls out new limited edition flower crop -- Lupine

In addition to Pinto Beans, FarmVille has rolled out another limited edition Wild West crop -- a flower called Lupine, which will be available in the in-game Market until October 7. The great thing about this limited edition crop -- it can be Mastered.

Lupine
Cost: 75 Coins
Grow time: 12 Hours
Harvest yield: 155 coins, 1 XP
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Fun facts about Lupine: It's a real flower, and there are 200+ varieties. This hardy bloom thrives in infertile soil (think Wild West barren land). I'm originally from the Lone Star State, so my favorite variety is, naturally, the Lupinus texensis, better known as the Texas Bluebonnet.
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FarmVille Pumpkin Carving Contest winners announced - were you one of the lucky winners?

With the Halloween season now two days behind us, Zynga has finally come to a decision in their FarmVille Pumpkin Carving Contest. For those who didn't enter, the contest challenged players to carve their best FarmVille-themed real-world pumpkin, with the prizes being 500 Farm Cash and 500,000 coins.

The results are in, with ten winners each taking home the top prize, and the contest's winners being displayed both on the FarmVille official fan page on Facebook, and on the game's official forums. The picture above is just one of the entries, from very talented user "aqia."

To take a look at the other winning entries (the pumpkins are simply awesome to look at), make sure to head over to the game's forums.

Did FarmVille get a nastygram from DC Comics? SuperFarmer costumes are no more

Players who purchased the new SuperFVMan and SuperFVWoman costumes in FarmVille were greeted today by a disappointing surprise. These costumes were taken away from avatars, and in return, a refund was provided of the purchase price.

The most obvious reason for these costumes being removed (while all other costumes are still available for purchase) is that Zynga received a knock on their door from DC Comics, who own the rights to Superman. Whether it was a phone call slap on the wrist or an actual Cease and Desist letter, we're not sure. In fact, it could have been unrelated to DC Comics at all. However, something fishy is definitely going on. It's unlike Zynga to take away items from players, remove them from the game entirely, and give out refunds.

Players on the forums were quickly concerned about the missing costumes, as some players have not yet received compensation for their purchase that disappeared. Voltai, FarmVille's Community Specialist, had the following to say (in a post that has since disappeared from the forums):

    Hey, Farmers Unfortunately, the SuperFVMan & SuperFVWomen costumes are no longer available. If you purchased one of these costumes, they have been removed from your inventory and your account will be refunded accordingly. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience.

    Note: It can take up to 24 hours for the reimbursement process to reach your farm. Thank you for your patience!

FarmVille Snow Collection now available for a limited time

If you were wondering why Zynga kept advertising that the Autumn Collection would soon be leaving FarmVille (there are only two hours left to complete that collection, if you have yet to do so), we have the answer tonight as Zynga has released a limited time Snow Collection in the game.

This Snow Collection asks you to collect six items, ranging in rarity from Common to Rare, and requiring different quantities of each item, depending on the rarity. Here's a list of what you'll need to find, and in what amounts.

Icicle - Common - 10 Needed
Snowball - Common - 10 Needed
Snowflake - Common - 10 Needed
Coal Lump - Uncommon - 7 Needed
Wool Scarf - Uncommon - 7 Needed
Mitten - Rare - 3 Needed

As usual, you'll be able to collect these items automatically, but randomly, while planting seeds on your farm. You can also hope that your FarmVille friends come upon a "stash" of these ingredients while planting on their own farms, which they can then share via wall posts that you can click on to earn a free item.

The reward for collecting all six items is a cute, and animated, Cow Snow Globe. Remember, this collection won't be available to complete forever, so start planting some seeds now to make sure you collect all of the available items before it's too late.

FarmVille Thanksgiving Crafting Recipes available for a limited time

Attention all FarmVille crafters! There is a new recipe waiting for you to master inside your Crafting Building. As there are three different buildings within which to craft (those being the Spa, Bakery or Winery), so too are there three different recipes to master, however all of them work in the same way. To be especially clear, each user will only have access to one of these recipes, unless said user has spent the extra coins to purchase more than one Crafting Building.

For the Spa, as one example, you'll be creating Harvest Candles using both White Pumpkin and Lilac Bushels. In this case, a Spa owner would need 5 White Pumpkin bushels and 3 Lilac bushels to make the dish a single time.

For the Bakery, you'll be making Casserole with White Pumpkin and Carrot bushels, and in the Winery, you'll make Pumpkin Cider with White Pumpkin and Cranberry bushels.

While you can create Candles, Casseroles and Cider just for the amusement of doing so, keep in mind that these three recipes are available to master. However, being that they will only be available for a limited time, the challenge is high to actually do so, so start asking those friends for bushels now to have the best chance at one of these exclusive mastery signs.

FarmVille Add Comment FarmVille Sneak Peek: Balloon Crop items everywhere

    Balloon Bushel     Balloon Market Stall     Balloon Mastery Sign
Things are about to very... bubbly in FarmVille. Our good friends at FarmVille Freak have found a most interesting set of unreleased items, the Balloon Crop collection. Soon enough, players will be able to plant, sell and master Balloons. And since April Fools is months away, you can rest assured that this is no joke.

Apparently, these Balloons will grow from the ground attached to plant-like stems and will be able to be collected in bushels, which could mean some Co-Op Jobs are in store involving the crop as well. We'd guesstimate that this crop will be part of ringing in the New Year since no celebration is complete without balloons, but don't quote us on that one. Stay tuned around Dec. 31 for when this crop might finally go live, but don't come crying to us if it doesn't happen then--just look at the pretty balloons and feel happy again.

When do you think the Balloon Crop will be released? Do you think it will be part of an event or simply just a limited edition crop?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Gold and Silver Swiss Army Combine Tractor

Getting bored of your plain, old flaming Combine Tractor in FarmVille? Well, FarmVIlle Freak has struck the gold mine (literally) in finding this Gold and Silver Swiss Army Combine Tractor. We currently haven't in the slightest as to where, when nor how this shiny new vehicle will be released, but guess work never hurt anyone, did it?

Let's see, if the most recent Mystery Game features Golden items, this not-so-little gem could be included in the next Mystery Game. Also, FrontierVille recently released some Golden items in its promotions with American Express and Citi Group, so that's also a possibility if Zynga is looking to expand upon that theme. Until then, it looks like we'll be stuck with that teeny, tiny enticing image of the classiest-looking combine around.

When do you think this vehicle will be released? Would you pick it up regardless of the circumstances?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: CityVille Promo, Fireworks, Ornaments and more

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This holiday is unexpectedly going to be jam-packed in FarmVille, if the FarmVille Freak team's recent findings are any indication. With a slew of items most likely on their way before 2010 is through, our inventories are about to become quite crowded with holiday-themed items like more Gnomes, Ornaments and snowy items than you can shake a yule log at.

First things first, it looks like the CityVille promotions are about to become much more intense with this ambiguously-named CityVille Promo item. Most likely, it will play out like cross-promotional events in the past, granting the item--featuring a Cow and Chicken team of contractors--to FarmVille veterans for leveling up in CityVille.

Find more details (and candid speculation) on this long list of items after the break.
Turtle Doves     2010 FarmVille Ornament     Pinecone Mailbox
A new duo of Gnomes will make their way into FarmVille in time for the snowfall in adorable Eskimo and Reindeer varieties. And to wish us all a Merry Christmas, a new 2010 FarmVille Christmas Tree Ornament could be waiting for us beneath the Holiday Tree this Dec. 25.

And in the odd realm of Holiday-themed items, a pair of Turtle Doves will be fluttering into FarmVille shortly along with a Pinecone Mailbox. Since these are both decidedly Christmas-themed, expect them them to arrive sometime this week before the big day.

Snowpile Horse     Fountain Fireworks     Winter Snowshoes     Waterfall Fireworks
Rounding out the list are a Snowpile Horse and Winter Snowshoes, which look exactly how they sound--a Horse stuck in a pile of snow and a pair of Snowshoes. Lastly, Fireworks await us to celebrate the New Year! Coming in Fountain and Waterfall varieties, 2011 is coming in with a bang in FarmVille. Stay tuned for when these items released and right here for more details on any changes.

Find the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.

FarmVille Winter Wonderland Decorations: Ice Skating Ring, Penguin Fishing, Iced Duck & More!

In tonight's FarmVille update, we see the launch of five new decorative items in the new Winter Wonderland theme of limited edition items. The five items are those that we've seen in the past, through a FarmVille Sneak Peek that we brought you last month.

Four of the items are premium, for those that don't mind spending a little Farm Cash, but there is one item (and a cute one at that) that is available for coins. The four premium items are the Hot Springs, Ice Skate Ring, Penguin Fishing, and the Iced Cow. The Hot Springs and Ice Skate Ring are large, natural looking elements, while the Penguin Fishing is an oddly named item (in our opinion). Yes, it has a penguin that dives into a frozen pond to retrieve a fish, but couldn't it have been called "Fishing Penguin" instead? Either way, the Penguin Fishing item costs 18 Farm Cash. The Hot Springs and Ice Skate Ring cost 30 Farm Cash and 26 Farm Cash, respectively, while the Iced Cow is a relative bargain (at least by comparison) at 4 Farm Cash.

The lone coin item fits in with the Iced Cow, as it is an iced version of another in-game animal. The Iced Duck will set you back just 10,000 coins - now that's a real bargain in the game, at least where limited edition decorative items are concerned.

These five items will be available in the game for the next 13 days (as of this writing). It's still unknown as to whether or not Zynga will release more items in this theme, or if this is a one-off release, but we'll be sure to let you know if and when more new items arrive.

Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.

What do you think of the Winter Wonderland theme in FarmVille so far? Do you want Zynga to continue releasing items for the theme, or are you tired of seeing winter-themed items in the game?

CityVille beats FarmVille's best numbers, shatters and sets records

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It looks like Zynga and the CityVille team have received a New Year's gift now, too. (In fact, CityVille doesn't seem to need an occasion anymore.) TechCrunch reports that CityVille has become the biggest social game to ever grace Facebook, breaking FarmVille's record-setting peak of nearly 83.8 million monthly players in March 2010 with 84.2 million monthly players. Zynga's most recent social-gaming juggernaut has been shattering records since it launched early in Dec. 2010, but this is a first for both CityVille and the Facebook game genre altogether.

We've all said that the growth has to plateau at some point, but continues surging upward, blowing away our expectations and doubts without much more than a few stutters, according to a chart provided by Inside Social Games (ISG). It's ISG that also predicts CityVille to reach 125 million players at some point in 2011. Well, if the game keeps soaring at this rate of almost two million new monthly players daily, it's only a matter of time before CityVille at least reaches 100 million. Either way, CityVille is already the most popular social game to date in the genre's infantile lifespan. That is until Zynga launches something else, of course.

World Food Program thanks Zynga, FarmVille farmers for Haiti relief

A school in Haiti is well on its way to being rebuilt thanks to your contributions in FarmVille. And the evidence is right there in that video above. A World Food Program employee named Stephanie thanks you, the FarmVille farmers, for your contributions to the WFP and the Haitians who suffered the devastating earthquake last year. A year since Zynga's donation events started and over $1.5 million later, one of the schools destroyed in the disaster has now been rebuilt and class is back in session.

Furthermore, that money has also provided the Haitian children within the rebuilt school food for lunch, the primary goal of the WFP. The classrooms are temporary, but we'd hope that with $1.5 million that a full restoration is underway. Regardless, this speaks volumes to the incredible potential that social games have to contribute to the world around them. In fact, developers are even creating games built solely around that purpose. At least as far as social impact is concerned, Facebook games are definitely headed in the right direction.

[Via FarmVille Freak]

Did you complete the Haitian relief events in FarmVille last year? How do these results make you feel about your contributions and, more importantly, gameplay?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Green Rose Crafting items

If you were wondering why the Green Roses in FarmVille haven't been producing bushels since they were released at the beginning of the month, it could be because Zynga has been hard at work creating ways for you to use those bushels, should they eventually be released. There look to be three new crafting items that you'll be able to create using Green Rose Bushels, all of which are masterable. The three items are a Green Rose Cake, Green Rose Water, and Potpourri.

While these items could very well be added to the standard crafting buildings that we have now, it looks as though these options will be available in an English Countryside version of crafting buildings, as the bushel comes in a darker brown bucket, which has been found on other unreleased English crops.

With the release of a second farm, it only makes sense to allow us to have a second crafting building to use bushels from our new exclusive crops, and we'll be sure to let you know if that is indeed what Zynga is up to as soon as we know more.

What do you think of the idea of having a second crafting building on your English farm? Do you still use the crafting building you already have?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Wishing Well coming to English Countryside?

The folks at FV Nation are at it again, discovering what they believe to be either an updated version of the current Wishing Well in FarmVille that will add English collections, or a new Wishing Well altogether, that will be released in the upcoming English Countryside expansion.

It looks more likely that this will be an entirely new Wishing Well for our second farms, and the Wishing Well will have at least 2 levels, according to the screenshot above. We've found some interesting new unreleased items, that don't look to fit into any particular theme, and we believe these might either be some of the items you'll need to collect, or some of the rewards you'll receive for each collection.

These items, seen above, are the Grapes Fruit Crate, the Strawberry Milk Crate, a Springtime Flower Basket, and a Tulip Bucket. Interestingly, this new version of the Wishing Well looks to serve a purpose even after the collections have been completed, as this example screen asks if you'd like to replay the collections over again for a chance at more of the same prizes. That would, of course, make this version of the Wishing Well automatically more useful than the current Wishing Well, which goes unused once the collections have been completed.

Whether this is an entirely new (second) Wishing Well, or just an update to the well we already have, we'll make sure to let you know once we know more.

[Image Credit: FV Nation]

What do you think of this supposed "second" Wishing Well?