Oh noes! FrontierVille riddled with stability problems post-launch

FrontierVille is, arguably, one of the most ambitious Zynga games to date and after the Wild West-themed game's launch yesterday, it's been suffering some serious setbacks. For the past 12 hours, we've essentially been locked out of the game -- either it won't load at all or we get stuck on the loading screen.

We've contacted Zynga to get an update on when the pioneering game will be back in action, and in the meantime, we'll just have to kick back in the chuck wagon with a jug of moonshine.

Have you had problems playing FrontierVille since launch?

FarmVille Rotatable Buildings Coming Soon?

FarmVille Tuscany Villa rotated
FarmVille Freak Martijn shared with us some exciting news concerning the ability to rotate buildings in FarmVille. One of the most common complaints about decorations and buildings is that they are "as is" and you cannot rotate them to fit your farm's design.

The good news is that Zynga already announced via an official Podcast that more rotations would be "coming soon". We all know that "coming soon" could mean days, weeks, or months in FarmVille, but FarmVille Freak Martijn may have found some proof of upcoming rotation improvements supporting that it may be very soon indeed.

FarmVille Freak Martijn has been a long-time FarmVille Freak and started his own FaceBook fan page that is dedicated to finding unreleased FarmVille items and features. You can check him out on FaceBook here: FarmVille Code Hunters aka The Men Who Stare at Codes
FarmVille Tuscany Castle and Tiki Giant Hut rotated

    "One of the most anticipated features still to come in Farmville is on it's way! Just recently Lexilicious mentioned in a podcast that we will soon have the ability to rotate our buildings.

    Today we found proof that the artistic development team made some progress towards this feature. Recent additions to the long list of buildings have all been now equipped with a left and a right side view. A Little disappointment here, they're not really rotated, but rather mirrored.

    We've taken the liberty to extract these images from the server files to show you some proof. So far, the first release of Tiki buildings and the last release of Tuscany buildings were found to have a left and right side view. No animated buildings that have this ability have been found yet.

    Look closely to the shadows on most of the buildings to see that these are really all seperate images. (The Tuscany church is the only one that shows no difference at all but there are indeed two images hidden in the gamefiles and the Tikibar still only has one viewing angle)

    There is no telling at this point when this feature will be available in the game. The artistic team has a long way ahead of itself, seeing that there are a lot of buildings already available in the game." – FarmVille Freak Martijn

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

YoVille pool party kitchen appliances are now available!

Head on to the YoVille Furniture Store and brighten up your house with the NEW Pool Party Kitchen Appliances in Summery Raspberry, Orange, White, and Lime. Items include Islands, Counter Tops, Stoves, Cabinets, Refrigerators, and much more. Get your kitchen ready for Fun under the Sun Summer Parties! View the complete assortment with prices after the jump.
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This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

YoVille Room Contests Icon replaces Events Icon!

Platinum Ninja has posted on YoVille.com explaining the new Room Contest Game Feature. With this new feature you will be able to show off your YoVille room designs, compete, and win prizes!

Read her Official Blog after the jump.

Hey Guys,

Wanted to prepare you all for Room Contests that will be coming soon to YoVille! Let's go over how to be a part of this awesome feature before it goes live in game so you can get started on your rooms entries today! Just a heads up the theme of the next Room Contest is going to be "Best Pool Party". With this new feature you will be able to show off your coolest rooms, compete and win prizes, browse and vote for the Best Rooms in YoVille!

New Icon Changes
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yoville room contestBefore we dive into how to enter and browse other entries let's first go over the adjustments that have been made to our in game icons.You'll notice a brand new Room Contests Icon, that will replace the Events Icon, which will take you to the main Room Contest Page. Also, now that the Events Icon has been replaced we have moved the Events Icon to the right side of the page in between the Buddy List Icon and the Chat Icon.

To access the YoVille Contests Page click on theRibbon Room Contest Icon and the following YoVille Contests Page will appear. From here you will be able to see past winners, check out the current and upcoming contests, enter and browse entries. This icon will be your lifeline to YoVille Contests!! So make sure to check it out and investigate it when it is in game.
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*Please note these dates are subject to change and are for screenshot purposes only. We will usually give around a week per contest to collect entries*

How to Submit an Entry

Ready to be YoFamous and show off your rooms or win some prizes?? Of course!! That's what I thought!! Get working on your "Best Pool Party Room" today to get prepared for our first in game YoVille Room Contest.

Now that we have covered how to navigate let's check out how to submit an entry. Once you have designed your room to perfection go to the room that you want to enter then click on the Room Contests Ribbon Icon *You must be in the room that you want to enter while submitting* You will then be prompted with the main YoVille Contests page. Click "Enter" and you will be taken to the Rules and Prizes Page Please review the rules to make sure that your entry does not break any of the rules listed below. Once you have reviewed the rules and are ready to enter click "Submit Room"
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You'll then be shown a preview of your room to have you verify and confirm this is the correct room you want to enter. If so, go ahead and click "Yes"
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Yay!! Your submission was successful!! Make sure to check back daily to check out the success of your entry.

How to Check on Your Entry

After you have entered your room when you click on the Room Contest Ribbon Icon you will be presented with the main YoVille Contests Page.
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Click on the "Check Votes Button" and the following will appear and show you all of your comments, # of votes on your entry, and your next goal!
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How to Vote and Browse Entries

Want to get inspired or rate the best of YoVille? To browse entries click on the Room Contests Icon and you will be taken to the YoVille Contests Page and then click Browse Entries. From here you will be able to scroll through as many entries as you like and even vote for your favorites! Check out what is possible and you be the judge! While browsing you will also be able to vote for your favorites, comment on other entries,and report abuse.
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To vote for an entry simply click "Cast Vote" button on the entry. You will also be able to vote for your friends by keeping an eye out of "Vote for Me" Feeds. After you see a friend asking for more votes you can click "Check it Out" and you will be taken you to your friend's room. Remember that you only have 20 Votes per Day so make sure to make them count!! So use them sparingly and vote for the ones that best match the theme and catch your eye! *Please note that there be an option to gain some bonus votes the longer you play in game. We'll be rewarding you more votes the more time you stick around in YoVille*

Also, to check out the rooms that you have voted for click "Review Your Favorites" Tab while browsing other entries.
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How to Share Entry with Friends

After you submit an entry you can click "Check Your Room". From here you will receive the option and button to "Ask for Votes" which will allow you to post a Feed to your Friends that will direct them to vote for your specific room. Make sure to share to get your friends to come and vote for you!! Posting these feeds will be very helpful in getting more votes and showing off your room!
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Prizes

Now the part everyone has been waiting for! Here is a breakdown of the prizes the top winners will receive: 1st Place will receive 50 YoCash, 2nd Place will receive 40 YoCash and 3rd Place will receive 25 YoCash. Those top 3 players will also receive trophies for being a winner! We will be implementing Ribbons for players that reach certain Vote Goal as well in the near future. For instance if a player reaches X # Of Votes they will receive a X Ribbon. *However the first contest will not include these ribbons as we want to gauge the average votes for contests before releasing this part of the feature in game:)*

Well that's about all folks, make sure to get your rooms ready for entry as this feature will be kicking off very soon! Show off how cool your pool is and get your room in tip top shape.

Good Luck!

- Platinum Ninja

This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.

YoVille: More summer clothes coming soon

An official YoVille update announced that new summer fashion is arriving soon to the Clothing Boutique. The update was accompanied with a couple of pictures that can be viewed after the jump.

The new pictures show that the update has more than clothes and apparently it will include headwear and accessories.

We'll keep you updated!
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This article originally appeared on YoVille Lounge.



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FrontierVille Big Homestand land expansion finally arrives

Your wilderness is about to grow and multiply with the first-ever expansion in FrontierVille. Unlike land expansions in FarmVille, where you simply spend coins to gain more land, virtual pioneers will have to complete a series of five quests and pay 5,000 coins to extend their property lines (and make room for all of those buildings you need to complete your budding pioneer township).

To get started with the new expansion, head to the Market to buy the Expansion Quest (you can find it under the *Specials* tab in the Market). Buy it for 5,000 coins, which will activate the quests you'll need to complete to earn the expansion.

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To give you an idea of what's ahead, see all five missions below and what exactly you'll need to do to complete the missions.

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GOAL: Homestead Expansion Part 1
Time to Start Staking Claims

It's gettin' to be time to expand your land, but there's lots that needs to be done first. For starters, we'll be needin' wood and other supplies. Go out and get them all

1. Have 200 Wood (Fulfilling this mission will consume 200 Wood)
2. Purchase One Lumber Cart
3. Collect One Axe (Fulfilling this mission will consume the Axe too)

Tips :
Gather wood chopping trees.
Lumber Cart can be found in the market.
Axe is part of the Oak Tree collection.

ProTip: If you've previously collected 200 wood and an axe (and if you've been playing a while, it's likely you've already done this), you will only need to buy the lumbert cart in the market for 3,500 coins and 25 wood. Goal finito.

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GOAL: Homestead Expansion Part 2
- Visit Ten Neighbors
- Collect Ten Survey Authorizations (Fulfilling this mission will consume the Authorizations)
- Clear Ten Neighbor Debris

Tips :
- Debris are items such as Grass, thorns, rocks, and wildflowers
- Ask your friends to send Survey Authorizations by clicking the "Ask" button.

ProTip:
You can get Survey Authorizations by posting on your Facebook Wall. Only three friends can reply each time you post a Survey request, but you can also collect them from your friend feed.

GOAL: Homestead Expansion Part 3

- Get 10 Map Coordinates (Fulfilling this mission will consume the Map Coordinates)
- Chop 20 Neighbor Trees
- Craft Four Planks

Tips :
Click on "Ask" button to request Map Coordinates from neighbors
Construct Planks in Covered Wagons.
(The coordinates and planks will be deducted once you've completed this mission.)

GOAL: Homestead Expansion Part 4

- Lay Ten Stone Borders (giftable)
- Lay Six Flowerbeds (giftable)
- Place Four Log Benches

Reward : Unlocked Land Office

GOAL: Homestead Expansion Part 5

- Finish the Land Office (requires 19 whacks - 5 wood each- + 8 of each building material)
- Craft One Cartographers Tool (requires 25 wood and 3 tools)
- Craft One Land Grant (requires 100,000 gold and 15 cloth)


Once you complete the fifth goal, you'll be the proud owner of a new Big Homestead. Treat your pioneer family to a picnic to celebrate.

FarmVille Mystery Gift Prizes Updated - August 12th

The FarmVille free Mystery Gift prizes have been updated with a new set of prizes as of August 12, 2010.

Please note, this is for the free giftable Mystery Gifts (not farm cash Mystery Box or Mystery Game). You may send free Mystery Gifts to your FarmVille neighbors via the FarmVille Gifting Page.

In addition to the previous Mystery Gift prizes, the following are newly confirmed prizes for this Mystery Gift as of today.

    Long Tailed Duck
    White Lawn Chair
    Flower Bucket


What prize did you receive in the August 12th Mystery Gift?

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

armVille Add Comment Zynga's Platinum Purchase Program does high-profile, underground transactions

Zynga conducts underground direct money transfers
While we know Zynga has made some pretty inflammatory comments before in reference to its game design, we've seldom heard the company behind social game giant FarmVille say much of anything about addiction. Maybe this is because they'd rather not be seen as hypocritical when the company was recently discovered running a hushed transaction program known as the Platinum Purchase Program.

The program is only dealt with via e-mail and the minimum purchase price is $500 via wire-transfer only. Buying directly nets purchasers more bonus points to buy items in their games. Since Zynga doesn't mention this secret program on its website or in any Zynga game, these high-profile purchasers are rewarded extra points for referring friends to the program. This spreads the word among the those who are hooked on the program with less chance of this underground program being exposed.
Information on the program is seldom online, except a few blog posts from a writer known as Loot Lady, who mentions the trouble she had finding the program. She also includes an e-mail she sent referring to program with an official response from Zynga customer service. It makes sense: why would Zynga admit to enabling addicts with surprisingly shallow pockets like the unemployed disabled man that the New York Times recently spoke with?

The program lends itself to those who are addicted to their games by allowing them to purchase points in mass quantities without the purchases showing up on their credit history. Knowing the destructively addictive effect that other social games can have on players, we cannot imagine how much revenue Zynga is bringing in behind the scenes (until now).

[Via Gawker]

UPDATE: A reader, Sarah, got in touch with Zynga about the Platinum Program and received the following email back:

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What do you think of this Platinum Purchase Program? Is this a way to encourage non-US players to spend money or is this more sinister -- fueling social game addiction?

FarmVille Truffles: Everything you need to know

FarmVille Pig Truffle Hunting
Zynga recently released a new way of getting Truffles from your pigs in FarmVille: the Pigpen. While we already know how to build our pigpens and send our pigs truffle hunting, the wild world of truffles has been somewhat of a mystery. Specifically, the many varieties of truffles and what you'll be rewarded with for trading them in (hint: rare pigs and coins aplenty). Until now.

Join us behind the cut for a detailed guide on what these weird (and apparently delicious) fungi can have in store for you.
FarmVille Pig Found a Truffle
Since the world of truffles can get pretty confusing, we're going to break it down by the four truffle varieties: brown, black, white and golden. Then, check below for which pig will be able to find each truffle and what that truffle will get you after trading it in. You'll notice a bit of overlap in the rewards versus what pig is required to find each truffle.

This is because once you get that particular pig, the game is trying to tell you to use that pig to find the next variety of truffle. Trust us, it'll make sense to you after reading our detailed list:

FarmVille Brown TruffleBrown Truffles:
Pigs Able to Find Them


    Pig
    Black Pig
    Ossabaw Pig
    Party Pig



Trade-in Rewards


    1/5 Fuel Refill
    Strawberry Pig
    Black Pig
    Ossabaw Pig



FarmVille Black TruffleBlack Truffles:
Pigs Able to Find Them


    Saddleback Pig
    Piglet
    Strawberry Pig *This pig is a reward from finding Brown Truffles, use it to find the next tier of truffles.



Trade-in Rewards


    1 Fuel Refill
    Strawberry Pig
    White Pig
    300 coins



FarmVille White TruffleWhite Truffles:
Pigs Able to Find Them


    Hot Pink Pig
    Hula Pig
    Island Pig
    White Pig *Notice the pattern going on here.



Trade-in Rewards


    5 Fuel Refills
    White Pig
    Pink Potbelly Pig
    1,000 coins



FarmVille Gold TruffleGold Truffles:
Pigs Able to Find Them


    Javelina
    Miniature Pig
    Pot Belly Pig
    Pink Pot Belly Pig



Trade-in Rewards


    10 Fuel Refills
    Pink Pot Belly Pig (Wait, what?*)
    5,000 coins



So, there you have it. That's everything you'll need to find each and every variety of truffle, but more importantly what's in it for you. There's a pattern in the rewards that will guide you into the next tier of truffles without forcing you to pay up for new pigs.

*Unfortunately, the Gold Truffles don't reward a new pig. Though, I guess more Pink Potbellies will eventually be more beneficial in the long run. Imagine all of the fuel and coins you could net with a pigpen filled with Pink Potbellies! So, now with an even better reason to find those truffles, happy hunting!

Check out the rest of our FarmVille Cheats & Tips right here.

FarmVille Pig Truffle Rewards: A sneak peak at these truffle-sniffing squealers

FarmVille Pigpen
Earlier, we let you in on how exactly you could get your hands on the four new truffles in FarmVille and what you could win for trading them in, but we figured you would like a peek at the stars of the show: the pigs. Here's all of the little piggies that you could bring "Weee, all the way home," from the Truffle Hunt:


Black Pig
(Reward from Brown Truffles)


Ossabaw Pig
(Reward from Brown Truffles)

Continue reading for a look at the three rarest pigs you can win from trading in Black, White and Gold Truffles.
FarmVille Strawberry Pig
Strawberry Pig
(Reward from Brown and Black Truffles)


White Pig
(Reward from Black and White Truffles)


Pink Potbelly Pig
(Reward from White and Gold Truffles)
So, there are all of the pigs you'll find during your hunt for those savory shrooms we call truffles. Be sure to get your pigpen filled with Pink Potbellies as soon as possible to reap an almost endless supply of coins and fuel--the real bonuses from Gold Truffles--for your farm.

FarmVille Halloween Sneak Peak: Ghost Gnome, Mummy Gnome, and Vampire Gnome

FarmVille Halloween: Ghost Gnome, Mummy Gnome, and Vampire Gnome
Because you can never have too many gnomes, there's three new gnomes in the works for Halloween in FarmVille. These are Ghost Gnome, Mummy Gnome, and Vampire Gnome.

Most of the time, gnomes just stand around, but not the Ghost Gnome. His non-corporeal nature allows for animated air-hovering action! Go check it out below:


[Via FarmVille Latest]

Find more stories on our 2010 Halloween Guide for FarmVille, Mafia Wars & more.

Mafia Wars' new Account Settings cut email spam and get to the game

In what seems to be a response to the recent changes to Facebook's Application Privacy Settings, Zynga has updated Mafia Wars with a way to change your email settings within the game. Changing these settings will only affect Mafia Wars and no other Zynga game, unfortunately, but chances are this feature will find its way into the gaming titan's other games.

You can now change what Mafia Wars will update you with via email down to every last change. However, the game can only update you through email once daily when you're robbed, attacked (once each for wins and losses) and put on a Hitlist. Unfortunately, the feature is currently bugged and will hopefully be fixed shortly as it was just recently introduced. It looks like signing away your email for bonuses is about to get a tad more appealing.

Mafia Wars Silence Don Romo Job Event: Prelude to Europe's boot

Silence Don Romo
That's "Lo Stivale" for you Italian folks out there. Zynga is fueling the excitement for Italy, Mafia Wars' sixth city, with the "Silence Don Romo" event going through Oct. 16. This unique job event also brings with it a new collection, mastery item and an achievement for mastering the job by this Saturday, "Boss of Bosses."

Check behind the break for more information on this limited time event.
Silence Don Romo job guide
You can attack this job in three ways, each requiring you to collect your bonuses in varying times from five minutes to 24 hours. Only one job option can be taken at a time and have varying chances to drop an item from the Silence Don Romo collection. In other words, completing this event in time for Oct. 16 is going to take some serious planning.

Silence Don Romo Collection

The Silence Don Romo Collection contains seven items that can drop from various places within Mafia Wars in addition to when working on the job of the same name. You'll have to fight, complete jobs both in and outside of the event and send Don Romo's Pridegifts to your friends to complete this collection, which will reward you with a delicious Home-cooked Meal (18 Attack, 68 Defense). How that's going to come in handy in a mob war is beyond me, but it's a cool limited edition item nonetheless.

Lastly, completely mastering the job and the collection will net you an exclusive (well, aside from everyone else who did it) achievement, "Boss of Bosses." Also, mastering this preview event will reward you with Don Romo's Pride, a vehicle with 35 Attack and 72 Defense. All in all, not too shabby for a prelude mission. Hopefully we'll have this many options for completing jobs when Italy finally arrives some time this month.

Mafia Wars Atlantic City is live, a brand new city inside your phone

Atlantic City
For those who have suffered the inexplicable (albeit much flashier) horrors of Zynga's Mafia Wars app for iPhone, the wait for a true Mafia Wars experience on mobile is over. Atlantic City is live and ready to be pillaged for all players above Level 18. All you need to do is type this address, m.mafiawars.com, in your phone's native mobile browser (this hasn't been tested on Opera mobile yet, sorry folks) and log in using Facebook Connect.

Find out what the first real Mafia Wars game for mobile is like after the break.

Mafia Wars Fight
After logging in, you'll be surprised at how similar the experience is to its big brother on the full web Facebook. Not to mention how much faster it is (I was connected via WiFi). You have the choice of either hopping in fights--that is, with all Mafia Wars players--or taking on Atlantic City's unique jobs.

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Jobs operate just like normal ones with one key difference: since this is a casino town, the exclusive currency for Atlantic City is Vegas Chips. Though, for veterans of Sin City, these jobs should be cake with the amount of leftover Chips they should have. While the jobs don't contain the pretty artwork like they do on Facebook, at least completing these contributes to your actual character and not one made up for a poorly executed social app. You can even used your saved Energy packs if you run low.

Mafia Wars Level Up
Leveling up in Atlantic City is just like normal, but again, much faster. So this is what it feels like to be free of Flash, huh? Better yet, you can collect from your properties in all cities (even Italy!), though this city unfortunately doesn't have properties of its own. All in all, Mafia Wars Atlantic City is more than the ultimate companion app; it's nearly an entire city on your phone. With how smoothly the game runs on mobile, we hope this is just the beginning.

Mafia Wars' Super Pignatas return with the same old loot

Just in time for the weekend (though you'll likely be spending much more time here), Super Pignatas have returned to Mafia Wars. Unfortunately, the loot has yet to be updated. So, enjoy the same old items that have been around since these paper mache porkers first hit the scene.

On the upside, at least this gives us another chance at the super powerful Gray Wolf with 127 Attack and 94 Defense. Regardless of how impressive the item is, we wish Zynga would update these items before they're put out again as I'm sure I'm not the only one who's losing interest. It's unsure how long the Super Pignatas will be around for, so act quick if you've yet to score the Gray Wolf. If you've already been so lucky, we hear this new Atlantic City is a hoot.

Treasure Isle: 10,000 Island Cash Giveaway for finishing Halloween quests

Treasure Isle Halloween Sweepstakes
Halloween might be over, but Zynga are really holding on to the holiday by pushing players to complete all of the Treasure Isle spooky mayhem before it's gone. Announced today, any player who finishes all of the Halloween festivities will be automatically entered in to win 10,000 Island Cash. Could you imagine having that much Island Cash? I'm not even sure what I'd spend on it, but you can bet I'd be extremely happy if I won!

So what does it take? Well, it's not easy. First of all, you have to finish all 5 of the Halloween party quests. Next, you have to master all three of the Ghostship Voyages, which we covered here. Finally, you have to grow your Halloween pumpkin until it reaches full size. Whew, that's a lot of work. It's worth it though for a chance at 10,000 Island Cash. Besides, this will be your last chance to experience all of the Halloween festivities, which were actually a lot of fun in Treasure Isle. You only have until 11/10/2010 to complete everything, and 23 hours if you want to get a guaranteed gold prize of 2,500 coins and 100xp.

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Train Station & Santa's Post Office

In anticipation of the upcoming Winter Holiday season, we've come across new leaked images of some unreleased Winter Holiday items in FarmVille, allowing us to bring you a sneak peek of these items, that may or may not be coming to FarmVille in the near future.

This time around, we have images of a holiday-themed Train Station, and a Santa's Post Office building. The Train Station will go fabulously with the also (as-of-now) unreleased Winter Holiday Train that we told you about a few days ago. We're guessing it will be available for Farm Cash, although there's no official confirmation of that as-of-now.

The other building, the Santa's Post Office is a lovely, colorful building with shipping boxes piled up to one side, showing just how much mail the big man receives every year.

As usual, there is no guarantee that these items will actually be launched in the game, so keep that in mind.

FrontierVille Sneak Peek: Sack O' Gifts, Luminaires, Nutcrackers, Lighted Fence & More

It's already time for another FrontierVille Sneak Peek of Winter Holiday items, as this new set of unreleased items simply can't be contained! There are tons of new images left to share with you guys, of these items that may or may not be coming to the game this Winter / Holiday season. For a look at the other items we've found, check out this post.

Listed from left to right in the image above, we believe these new items are called: Sack O' Gifts, Red Nutcracker, Green Nutcracker, Blue Nutcracker, Red Luminaire, Luminaire, Green Luminaire, Mini Gingerbread House, Lighted Sleigh, Lighted Sign, Lighted Fence, Lawn Rudolph, Lawn Reindeer, Lawn Buck, Holiday Bells, Festive Sleigh, Holiday Stocking, Candy Stocking, Candy Cane Fence, Ball Ornament.

With simply so many icons to look at, it should be noted that we don't know, as of yet, which of these items will be available to purchase in the store as regular decorations, or whether any of them will be collection items, mission rewards, or even free gifts. Additionally, there is no guarantee that we'll actually see these items released in the game, so keep that in mind.

FrontierVille Sneak Peek: Winter / Christmas Avatar Costumes

In addition to the loads of decorative, collection, and mission based items we've spotted so far this morning, we've also come across three images of unreleased Winter Holiday costumes in FrontierVille.

Similar to the Halloween costumes, these costumes are for your avatar, and we're assuming they will be available either to purchase from the Tailor Shop, or as rewards for finishing what is sure to be a large line-up of Winter Holiday themed missions.

The three costumes are (from left to right in the image above): Santa Claus Costume, Mrs. Claus Costume, and an Elf Costume.

Again, there is no guarantee that any of these items will officially be released in the game, and any information about their pricing and function is as-of-yet unknown, so keep that in mind.

FrontierVille Gift Missions arrive with quests, loot and good cheer

Three new Gift Missions
So, this is what they meant by repeatable. Zynga just released three new sets of Gift Missions in FrontierVille. All of which we already covered here in previews, these missions each come with a bonus item for each purchase and are available for coins.Check out each package and what you'll get below:

    Home Heating (500 coins): Heating Your Homestead mission and one of five decorations
    Holiday Ready (1,000 coins): Holiday Decoratin' and Holiday Celebratin' missions plus one of four decorations
    Winter's a Comin' (2,000 coins): Winter's Journey, Winter's a Comin' and Creature Comforts missions with one of three special holiday animals


Thankfully, all these mission packs cost mere coins and can be bought over and over. Better yet, they don't seem to have an expiration date like the Timed Missions nor do they look like they're going away anytime soon. My guess is that people are going to be scrounging for coins within the next few weeks. Just don't spend too much as a lot of awesome items are incoming too.