Filed under: Other GamesJust a short time after launching the Sims Social on Facebook, EA / Playfish are already catching some flack from many users about their fan page promotion, which offered free gifts to all users that Liked the fan page on Facebo…

Filed under: Other GamesLook, The Sims are people, too (sort of), and deserve a cup ‘o joe every once in awhile. EA has come out of the gate swinging with The Sims Social, backing it up already with an in-game promotion by Dunkin’ Donuts. The American …

Filed under: NewsThe cat has been officially removed from the bag … by Zynga. The FarmVille creator confirmed to us that Jeff Karp (pictured), former executive VP of EA’s casual games label, EA Play, has been hired as Chief Marketing and Revenue Offi…

Filed under: NewsWhile EA and Playfish London have officially set The Sims Social live at this year’s Gamescom (with a show award, to boot), we’re going with “lives,” because the game technically already lived. Alas, despite a shoddy launch and some un…

Filed under: Empires & Allies

While Zynga’s Empires & Allies has always allowed us to name our Empires upon starting the game, we’ve received plenty of questions from players that wanted to change the name of their Empires, but weren’t sure ho…

Filed under: NewsIt looks like the town of Littlehaven is having a power outage. Since around 2 a.m. Aug. 10, The Sims Social, EA’s brand new ambitious attempt to bring its mega hit casual franchise to Facebook, has been out of commission.

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Filed under: NewsAnd, no, this would certainly not be the first. Develop reports that Jeff Karp, an executive heavily involved with EA’s social games efforts, is leaving for number one competitor Zynga. More specifically, Karp was executive VP of EA Pl…

Filed under: Other Games

If there’s one blockbuster game from that’s practically begging for a Facebook release, it’s The Sims. The life simulation game series has been one of the best-selling PC games since its arrival in 2000 and it has particularly…

Filed under: NewsWith Zynga, anything is possible. Come on, it made a mini game called PrivacyVille. Kotaku reports that Mark Turmell (pictured), creator of the legendary NBA Jam series of arcade-style basketball games that were recently revisited on t…

Filed under: Restaurant City

At the beginning of July, EA and Playfish quietly announced the existence of a Restaurant City iPhone game, now called Restaurant City: Gourmet Edition. While we plan on having a Q&A with the developer closer to the ga…