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Zynga’s first public quarterly financial report saw the casual publisher incur heavy losses, but an increased user base.

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Solve a puzzle and jump on board the Mass Effect 3 demo ahead of its official release on Valentine’s Day.

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PopCap’s next game is a Facebook-only affair, according to IndustryGamers. Solitaire Blitz joins the casual developer’s other social network efforts, Bejeweled Blitz and Zuma Blitz, in March. A social version of Solitaire seems like an oxymoron, but PopCap has promised to work its magic on the classic single-player card game. Expect a small-scale beta soon, and see a trailer through the break.

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Microsoft and EA have launched a Facebook app called Mission Command, which rewards diligent fans with a variety of prizes and opportunities.

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In the course of filing a $5 billion IPO, Facebook has revealed just how important Zynga is to the social network’s success.

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We’re just dying to know what Rock Band and Dance Central developer Harmonix will do next, and now perhaps we do.

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Rovio has announced Angry Birds is heading to Facebook in time for Valentine’s Day, and to celebrate, the firm will be hosting a launch event in Jakarta, Indonesia. The game will contain full-screen capabilities, leaderboards, higher quality animations, new power-ups you can earn or purchase for $0.99 such as earthquakes and bigger, better birds. The firm told Penn Olson that 40% of users were more interested in buying the power-ups, compared to 3 to 4% in other games. Thanks, Gamasutra.

ZipZapPlay’s Facebook game Baking Life is to close, giving players no option to transfer purchases and progress to another game in PopCap’s casual stable.

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Gaikai chief executive David Perry announced during the Cloud Gaming Europe conference today that the service will soon launch on Facebook. Perry also demoed World of Warcraft running via the social network.

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Disney has announced a new Facebook game in the works at Playdom – Marvel: Avengers Alliance. Players recruit and train Marvel heroes and villains to build up a fighting force, and can even take custom characters to PvP matches. Individual characters can also be powered up with something called ISO-8, which probably costs money. Destructoid has a trailer and a pile of screens, so hit the link to check ‘em out.

After a turbulent start, sharp drops, and subsequent levelling, Zynga stock has taken another tumble. Investors were apparently not impressed with early 2012 releases, letting shares drop in value by 3% to close at $8.91. Gamasutra reports trading was even worse during the day, coming perilously close to an all-time low. The social games publisher just released Scramble with Friends, its first mobile and second overall release since going public late last year with a record IPO.

Playdom’s Gardens of Time has topped the most-played game on Facebook this year, winning out over social game giant Zynga and EA’s foray into the Facebook business with The Sims Social.

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Kotaku cites an anonymous source as verification of a widespread rumour that Zynga will finally make its initial public offering this Friday. The source reports employees will attend meetings before the end of the week, to be briefed on how the IPO will affect their positions. The social games publisher recently lowered its valuation from $10 billion to $7 billion, but expects paid subscribers to rise in the wake of going public. Zynga currently holds the top five chart positions on Facebook’s daily users tracking.

Exent’s Rick Marazzani has predicted a hard year ahead for social gaming companies.

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Spicy Horse has announced BigHead Bash, a side-scrolling arena shooter for Facebook. A beta version of the game is currently available, and all you need to do to gain entry into it, is “Like” the game on its official Facebook page. The full version of the game, which will contain various character customization, will be made available in February. A video is posted below. Thanks, Eurogamer.

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Legendary Ultima designer Richard Garriott has finally unveiled Portalarium’s latest project, which he once described as an “Ultima-style game for the social space“.

It’s a Facebook game about going to garage sales.

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Apparently, Modern Warfare 3 was the eighth most popular topic on Facebook this year. It was the only game in the top 10, and the death of Steve Jobs hit at number five. The rest of the chart dealt with politics, sports, the wedding between a posh British lady and a Prince, and Charlie Sheen’s crazy ass. You can view the chart through here, but note that December’s popularity hasn’t been gauged just yet. The more you know, etcetera.

Zynga’s Cityville is one year old this week, and with 49.7 million monthly users, has been the most popular Facebook game for exactly that length of time.

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The rumours have been confirmed: EA has officially announced its acquisition of social RPG developer, KlickNation. The developer has been renamed BioWare Sacramento and will join BioWare’s existing social gaming team to form BioWare Social. The team will focus on development of RPGs for social networks and be headed up by former KlickNation CEO Mark Otero.

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A new deal between LucasArts and Zynga brings a canonical Indiana Jones story to Facebook.

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