Zynga updates Zynga Messaging Center in Cafe World (again)

It seems as though Zynga simply can't decide on the perfect format for their Zynga Messaging Center, as Cafe World's has been updated yet again, this time allowing for even more of a streamlined gift acceptance process than seen since the launch of the ZMC to begin with, a few months ago.

Now, if (for instance) you receive four of the daily servings gift from your friends, you'll be able to accept all four of those gifts in a single click, rather than having to click on each gift request separately. The entire menu has also been updated visually, allowing you to see each game you have installed on your profile across the bar at the bottom of the menu, along with a numerical representation of how many gifts you have yet to accept for each game. Unfortunately, clicking these images just loads that particular game, rather than loading a gifts acceptance page for that game as well.

It seems as though Catering Mission help requests, basic assembly requests (and the like) still need to be accepted individually, presumably due to the fact that each of those requests are affecting another person's account, rather than you own, and things could get lost when accepting in bulk, all in one click.

At any rate, this makes the accepting of Cafe World gift requests even quicker than it was before, and we can't wait to see if and when Zynga will finally implement this feature (in a final, stable, working version) in other games, specifically those like FarmVille or FrontierVille, which are incredibly heavy on gift requests. "Accept all Nails in one click?" One can only hope.

Cafe World Queen Deep Freeze: Everything you need to know

If you didn't already have enough projects to work on in Cafe World, you can now add one more to the list, in the form of Queen Deep Freeze. Queen Deep Freeze is an item that will add an extra 24 hours to your spoil timer, meaning that you food will stay fresh for an extra 24 hours after it finishes cooking, before it will finally spoil.

Meet us behind the break for full details about this new item. As you might have guessed, you can construct the Queen Deep Freeze statue either by collecting parts from friends, or by purchasing the completing statue from the store for Cafe Cash - 90 Cafe Cash to be exact.

If you choose to go the free, albeit time-consuming route, you'll need to collect 45 parts in all - 10 Ice Tiaras, 10 Snow Gowns, 15 Jars of Lights, and 10 Ice Shoes. Collecting these items is a bit different from past building projects, in that you'll post a news item to your wall (and subsequently your friends' news feeds), asking your friends for a particular ingredient, and you'll have to wait for friends to click on this page to send you an ingredient. This is unlike the past format, where you could send friends individual gift requests, which greatly speeds up the process.

At any rate, this new format is still better than other wall posts, in that it allows your friend to send you that ingredient regardless of their own free gifts page, as none of these items appear there. Your friend will simply be able to click on your wall post and will send you that part automatically. What's more is that they will receive a part in return, even if the part happens to be for a Lightning Stove or some other project that they are currently building - the point being that you won't walk away empty-handed, and the reward is definitely better than just a few coins.

If at any time you wish to stop waiting for your friends to help you, you can purchase individual parts for the item at a cost of 2 Cafe Cash each for the Tiaras, Gowns, and Shoes, and 3 Cafe Cash each for the Jars of Lights.

Once the Queen is completed, you'll receive your first week of added spoilage protection free of charge, and so long as the statue stays Gold in color, your food will receive the extra bonus. It's unclear yet how much additional coverage will cost after the first week, as we're still in the process of building the statue ourselves, but we wouldn't be surprised if it cost Cafe Cash to refresh.

[Top Image Credit: Zynga]

Zynga and American Express team up for virtual Membership Rewards

    AMEX Lightning Stove     Ridable Roadster
American Express wants to be in your virtual wallet and it's joined forces with the king of social gaming to make it happen. FarmVille creator Zynga announced today that it has made an industry first in teaming up with American Express to provide virtual goods through the credit card provider's Membership Rewards Program. Card members can now use their Membership Reward Points toward buying goods in Zynga's Facebook games as well as toward physical and virtual Zynga Game Cards.

"Our partnership with American Express marks the first time that virtual goods are available for purchase with rewards points and reinforces our commitment to offer consumers meaningful experiences that enhance their game play,”" says Vishal Makhijani, Zynga's SVP of Business Operations.

Take a look at some of the items you can buy with points after the break.
Purple Cow     Robot Boy     Outdoor Fountain
The games included in the deal are FarmVille, FrontierVille, PetVille, YoVille, Treasure Isle and Café World with items available for FarmVille, Cafe World and YoVille immediately. All you need to do type "Zynga" into the keyword search box on the Membership Rewards website to find all of the exclusive items available through points, some of which include:

FarmVille:
-Manx Cat (435 points)
-Purple Cow (540 points)

Cafe World:
-Outdoor Fountain (1,080 points)
-AMEX Lightning Stove (1,945 points)

YoVille:
-Ridable Import Roadster (755 points)
-Animated Robot Boy and Girl (325 points each)

While there isn't exactly a wide selection right now, 20 more items are on the way Dec. 6 including FrontierVille (including those golden items, so no Gold Rush just yet) and Treasure Isle items, according to Zynga and American Express. Finally, a way to justify buying virtual goods without actually spending money has arrived. Just don't go overboard, OK?

Cafe World Cheats and Tips: Mr. Snowball gifting links

Hello Cafe-folks, It's Mr. Cheats here with the down-low on the things you shouldn't know.

Today's gifting links cheats, found by The Facegamer, are for the Cafe World Mr. Snowball Event. To complete the snowman, Mr. Snowball, you'll need five Silk Hats, Carrots, Snow Buttons, and Large Snow Balls. Fortunately, with these Cafe World Cheats & Tips: Mr. Snowball gifting links and some help from your friends, you'll have a completed Mr Snowball in no time.

The first batch of links is your standard Cafe World Cheats & Tips: Mr. Snowball gifting links. Click on the picture you want to send, then select the friends you want to send it to. When you're done send this page to your friends so they can return the favor and send you some Mr. Snowball parts.

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Click on an image to send the part as a gift to your friends.

The second batch of Cafe World Cheats & Tips: Mr. Snowball gifting links is a little different. Simply click one of the images below to automatically accept the part as a gift. You'll need these for the second part of the Mr. Snowball Cafe World event. Get started with the Cafe World Cheats & Tips: Mr. Snowball gifting links below:

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Click on an image to accept the part.

For cheats and more, check out The Facegamer.

Free Facebook Credits Spring Giveaway

Update: This contest has ended and the winners have been contacted on Facebook by Alexander Armero. Check back in with Games.com The Blog for more news, guides, and free contests in the future!

Though no one wants to admit it, secretly we all know that spring only means pollen allergies and lots of rain. To me, rainy humid days sound like the perfect excuse to shack-up and get down with my favorite Facebook games. I officially give you permission to do the same!

free facebook creditsBut if that's not enough of an excuse to stay indoors, Games.com is celebrating the changing seasons by giving away free Facebook Credits to our fans. We're giving away $60 in Facebook Credits gift cards that can be used in all of your favorite games like FarmVille, CityVille, and FrontierVille.

Tired of not having those exclusive items that all your friends seem to have? Don't want to spend the money? Then don't miss this chance to get your own free Facebook Credits gift card to use in whatever game you like! So whether you just finished celebrating Passover, are looking forward to Easter, or are just glad the winter is over, you can enter to win free Facebook Credits here at Games.com.

Find out how to enter to win free Facebook Credits below.

Enter for Free Facebook Credits:
Step 1: Go to the Games.com Facebook fanpage: (http://www.facebook.com/gamescom).

Step 2: 'Like' the fanpage so you can see the latest Facebook game news, guides, and cheats.

Step 3: Enter the giveaway by heading to the fanpage and leave a comment telling us the following:

What do you like most about Facebook games? And what do you hate most about Facebook games? Speak your mind, now is your chance to rant!

(My favorite thing about Facebook games is being able to play with my friends and see their farms/cities/etc. My least favorite thing is having energy constraints in games. I just want to play!)


Next week, we'll randomly select four winners. Alexander Armero (me) will message them on Facebook and send them their free Facebook Credits gift card code. Sound easy enough?

Get started by heading to the Games.com fanpage to enter for free Facebook credits!