FarmVille English Countryside Sneak Peek: Meet Olivia the Pub Keeper

Another FarmVille English Countryside character has been revealed, and it looks like she can party with the best of them. Olivia, the Pub Keeper, has shown herself to the masses and is ready for you to help her make her pub the best in England. Zynga revealed Olivia to the FarmVille world with this: "I'm Olivia the Pub Keeper. I have all kinds of new recipes to craft, only available in the English Countryside! Just need a smart farmer to help me make this pub into the hottest spot in England!" It appears that the Pub will be a new crafting building in EC in which players create beers and wines. The amount of information and the speed at which it's being released has reached a fever pitch, so we can't be far from a release now.

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Check out the rest of our English Countryside coverage right here.

What do you think of this brand new character and potential crafting building? How do you feel about Zynga's heavy focus on characters in this expansion?

FarmVille English Countryside trailer released (with Queen's permission)

Alright, so we doubt this new English Countryside trailer had to be green-lighted by the Queen of England herself, but it's here nonetheless. Zynga released a brand new trailer to FarmVille fans recently, touting the list of perks and new features you'll find in this expansion. The trailer takes on a TV commercial style, and with a giant poster in Times Square, it wouldn't be surprising to see it on the old boob tube soon. Unfortunately, the trailer doesn't provide new details, but it sure does fuel the hype.

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Check out the rest of our English Countryside coverage right here.

What do you think of the new trailer? What excites you the most about English Countryside?

LOLapps' Ravenwood Fair goes for gold today with Ravenstone Mine

If you're looking for a little darkness to your social games that doesn't involve vampires, LOLapps finally launches its Ravenwood Fair expansion, Ravenstone Mine, today. VentureBeat reports that the game, led by Doom co-creator John Romero will add an underworld to game, which enjoys 11.8 million monthly players since its release in Nov. 2010. The game follows Zynga's FarmVille English Countryside in the trend of keeping relevant with a major content release.

And it's a logical step: Just like major content updates have revived MMOs like World of WarCraft for years, so why can't it do the same for social games? It's a gamble that Romero (who just opened his own studio, Loot Drop) and LOLapps are obviously willing to take. And what a gamble it is. Players will dive deep into the mines beneath the Ravenwood Fair to explore, mine new resources, uncover ruins and other mysteries.

[Video Credit: LOLapps]

Are you excited to go on another adventure in Ravenwood Fair? How successful do you think this expansion will be in breathing new life into LOLapps' lead franchise?