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

    CityVille Promo     Eskimo Gnome
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 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?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Turn Bushels into new items via Craftshops

It's not often that Zynga itself releases a sneak peek for us to take a look at, but this morning, we found a new FarmVille loading screen showing off a new feature that will be coming to the game (presumably in the very, very near future). A new "Craftshops" building will be added to the game, and it looks like we'll be able to use our excess Bushels to create new decorations, consumables like Fertilize Alls, and more.

If we really go in-depth with this image, it also looks like Sheep will have a role in creating items as well. Could this mean we "sacrifice" dud sheep from the Sheep Breeding feature to create Love Potions? Or, could we just be using Wool from the Sheep to create new items? While that's unknown at this point, it does look like the Craftshops will be a replacement feature for the loss of Pig Slop and Truffle Hunting as a use for our excess Bushels.

This all makes me wonder, though. If Pig Slop and Truffle Hunting was so unsuccessful that Zynga felt they needed to remove it from the game, will the Craftshops suffer the same fate? Only time will tell, but as usual, we'll bring you all of the details about Craftshops when they release in the coming days.

What do you think of the idea of a Craftshop on your Farm? Will you use excess Bushels to create Love Potions or formerly retired decorative items?