FarmVille July 6 Mystery Box: Find out what's inside *Spoilers*

FarmVille released a new Mystery Box tonight, and it is offering some old limited edition favorites that many players have been hoping for. Like all Mystery Boxes, this one costs 16 FV Cash and is only available for 7 days. You can buy it for yourself or for a friend if you wish. It has a random chance of giving you one of the available items, so it is all in the luck of the draw.

If you wish to see what's inside the Mystery Box this time, read on for the spoilers and pictures! Confirmed items in the Mystery Box include:

Teal Victorian
Alpaca
Pleasant Crow
Cabana
Brown Pony
Waterfall

Here are a few pictures of these items.
FarmVille cabana

FarmVille alpaca

FarmVille waterfall



Did you get what you wanted out of this Mystery Box? What items were you hoping for?

FarmVille Unreleased English Barn, Cottage, Ice Cream Shop, Mausoleum, New Mill, Swiss Windmill, Tasting Room, Wine Cellar, Wine Country Barn & YoVille Shed

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Farmer for finding these unreleased FarmVille English Barn, English Cottage, Ice Cream Shop, Mausoleum, New Mill, Swiss Windmill, Tasting Room, Wine Cellar, Wine Country Barn & YoVille Shed Buildings!
Note: Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Unreleased: Stylish new fences in ivy, wood, wire, stone and iron

FarmVille Unreleased Barbed Wire Fence, Climbing Ivy Wall, English Fence, English Gate, Grape Arch, Rope Fence, Stone Fence, Weathered Fence, Wedding Fence & Wrought Iron Fence
Thank you to FarmVille Freak Farmer for finding these unreleased Barbed Wire Fence, Climbing Ivy Wall, English Fence, English Gate, Grape Arch, Rope Fence, Stone Fence, Weathered Fence, Wedding Fence & Wrought Iron Fence!
FarmVille Climbing Ivy Wall and Barbed Wire Fence
Note: Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market.

FarmVille Unreleased Stone Path, Path, Sparrows, Meadow Grass, Lush Green & Grape Trellis

Thank you to FarmVille Freak Farmer for finding these unreleased FarmVille Stone Path, Path, Sparrows, Meadow Grass, Lush Green, & Grape Trellis!
FarmVille Unreleased Stone Path, Path, Sparrows, Meadow Grass, Lush Green & Grape Trellis
Note: Unreleased items have no official release date or guarantee that they will make it to the FarmVille Market.

This article originally appeared on FarmVille Freak.

FarmVille Tuscany Themed Items Return for 24 hours

FarmVille Tuscany Castello
Today, Thursday August 12th, some FarmVille Tuscany LE items have returned as part fo the 7 days of Summer Sale!
Animals:

Tuscan Cow – 20 $FV

Haflinger Horse – 24 $FV

Buildings:

Observation Dome – 42 $FV
Castello – 65 $FV
Tuscan Villa – 54 $FV
Allegra's Abbey – 42 $FV
Dante's Ristorante – 38 $FV
Galleria – 38 $FV
Cafe Caprice -32 $FV
Alberto's Shop – 42 $FV
Angelo's Books – 38 $FV
Tuscan Barn – 30 $FV
Tuscan Tool Shed – 24 $FV

Tuscan Decorations:

Tuscan Trellis – 18 $FV
Tomato Cart – !2,000 coins
Castello Fence – 5,000 coins
Tuscan Table Set – 12,000 coins
Bellissimo Square – 12 $FV
Tuscan Knoll – 4 $FV
Floral Pot – 6,800 coins
Lamp Post – 5,500 coins
Stone Archway – 7 $FV
Terra Topiary – 3,000 coins
Vine Trellis – 2,500 coins
Elegant Planter – 2,000 coins
Tuscan Pool – 22 $FV
Blue Umbrella – 2,400 coins
Green Umbrella – 2,400 coins
Yellow Umbrella – 2,400 coins
Lawn Chair – 1,200 coins
Oak Tree – 4 $FV
Tuscan Bench – 1,800 coins
Tuscan Fence – 1,000 coins

Will you be purchasing the 'rerun' Tuscan items?

FarmVille: Today's your free chance to play the 7 Days of Summer Mystery Game

FarmVille Mystery Game free dart
Today all players will get a free dart at the FarmVille Mystery Game! When clicking on the Mystery game you should receive a pop-up allowing one free try!

Official FarmVille Forum Community Manager Grimwell states:

    FarmVille has a special gift for our players! Upon logging in, all players will receive 1 free Dart for the Mystery Game! Use your Dart to pop a balloon and win a Mystery Prize! Head to the Market and play our latest Mystery Game to receive your free Dart!

Source: Official FarmVille Forum

Tuscan theme items, as well as one new addition to FarmVille, are now in the FarmVille Mystery Game!

Keep in mind, each try will cost 16FV$

:: Spoilers Below::

Tuscan Items:

Rare – Rosetta Hall
Rare – Bee Catcher x 2
Uncommon – Bellissimo Falls
Uncommon – Fattoria
Common – Florella Fountain

New Item:

Common – Roe Deer

Have you played the new Mystery Game today? How many tries did it take you to receive the prize you were looking for?

Microsoft Bing's Farmville ad campaign up for award

As if attracting over 400,000 new Facebook fans for their client wasn't reward enough, the minds behind this Spring's inventive Farvmville-based ad campaign for Microsoft's Bing search engine are up for a major marketing award.

Ad agency Deep Focus and social marketing agency SVnetwork are up for the OMMA (the Online Media, Marketing and Advertising) Award for Best Social Campaign thanks to their work on what's officially dubbed the "Bing Farmville Engagement." As you may remember, that 'Engagement' offered free Farmville Farm Cash to anyone willing to become a Facebook "fan" of Bing, attracting much needed attention to Microsoft's new search effort.

The promotion helped Bing spring past Google in the "Facebook fans" race, but it also aided the search engine in some more important metrics. Seven in ten people who took part in the offer ended up using Bing in the next month, according to an SVnetwork press release, and those users were "twice as likely to search with Bing than users who discovered Bing through other channels," according to the campaign's OMMA nomination page.

In what might be the first ever official recognition of Farm Art as a marketing tool, the nomination also recognized Deep Focus for "using the farm as a canvas" in creating the in-game version of the Bing logo, pictured above.

The campaign has already been named one of the "Best Ever Social Media Campaigns" by Forbes magazine, although given the age of social media marketing as an industry, perhaps that's not saying too much.

FarmVille Halloween Sneak Peak: Dracula Duck, Dragon, Pegasus, and Griffin

FarmVille Halloween: Dracula Duck, Dragon, Pegasus, and Griffin
Classic mythological creatures are in the works for FarmVille this Halloween, and these include a Pegasus, Dragon, Griffin, and one ridiculously charming little oddball -- the Dracula Duck.

All these creatures come fully animated (which you can watch by viewing the bottom of this post). The pegasus proudly flaps its wings; the griffin is the bouncy, easily excitable sort; the dragon shows off with a little bit of fire-breathing; and the duck does an evil laugh, followed by the twinkle of a sparkling fang.
   
   
[Via FarmVille Latest]

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

FarmVille Sneak Peek: White Ram, Snow Goose, Arctic Rabbit, Muskox

It's time once again for a FarmVille Sneak Peek, where we bring you leaked images of unreleased items that might be coming to FarmVille in the near future. This time around, we've come across a set of unreleased animals, all of which seem to have a connection to the upcoming winter holiday.

The animals are (from left to right), the White Ram, Snow Goose, Arctic Rabbit and Muskox. It's unclear yet as to whether or not these animals will be available for Farm Cash or coins (we're assuming the former for all of them), or how much they'll be worth when harvested.

As usual, there is no guarantee that any of these items will officially launch in the game, so keep that in mind.

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Mini Black Stallion & Mini Black Stallion Foal

This weekend has been a good one for the released of leaked images from FarmVille, allowing us to bring you another FarmVille Sneak Peek, which contains images of items that may or may not be coming to FarmVille in the near future.

This time around, we've spotted images of a Mini Black Stallion, perfect for those users that are tired of waiting for the Wandering Stallion to appear and help them breed foals in the Horse Stable. We're assuming this Stallion will be sold in the store for Farm Cash, but of course that hasn't been confirmed as of this writing.

The Black Stallion Foal, then, is what we're assuming would be produced when a Mini Black Stallion is placed inside the Horse Stable.

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

FarmVille New Years Sneak Peek: Sign, Band, Confetti Tree, Disco Sheep, Horse & More

If you thought the Party Barn / New Year's Ball Drop event would be the one and only set of New Years items that we'd see released in FarmVille, think again, as we have come across a slew of new New Year's Eve themed items that are currently unreleased, but we're expecting to be added to the game in the very near future (perhaps in an update this weekend, if things go as scheduled in the world of FarmVille updates).

The items are as pictured, from left to right at the top of this post: New Year Horse, New Year Foal, Confetti Tree, Disco Ball Tree, Disco Sheep, Cider Fountain, New Year's Eve Sign, New Year's Eve Band, Glitter Palm Fireworks, Dahlia Fireworks.

The names of these items are subject to change at any time, and remember that there is no guarantee as to whether or not we'll actually see these items officially released in the game, so keep in that mind (however, we would be surprised if they all didn't show up in one form or another).

Also, we've read on the official FarmVille forums that some users are receiving Discoball Trees already from Mystery Seedlings. We are working to confirm, and will let you know if they are indeed already available in the game. Keep checking back with us for more.

Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.

What do you think of the New Year's Eve Party in FarmVille so far?

FarmVille Winter Sneak Peek: Hot Springs, Penguin Fishing Hole, Ice Cow & More

It looks as though Zynga will be looking to continue celebrating Winter in FarmVille through the entire winter season (that is, even after the holidays as passed), as we've come across some new unreleased images of four new items that we believe will be coming to the game in the near future.

The four items, listed from left to right in the image above are: Monkey Hot Springs, Penguin Fishing Hole, Ice Cow, and Ice Duck.

Remember, the final names of these items are still up in the air (these may just serve as placeholders), and there is no actual guarantee as to whether these items will officially be released in the game, so keep that in mind. Additionally, we're not sure how these items will make an appearance. Will they be part of an upcoming Mystery Game? Will they be free gifts, premium items in the store, or Mystery Gift prizes? Only time will tell, but we'll be sure to give you all of the details once we have them.

Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.

In what other ways would you like to see Zynga celebrate winter after the holidays have passed in FarmVille?

FarmVille Animal Sneak Peek: Brown Gypsy Horse, Brown Gypsy Foal, Baby Penguin

If you're an animal collector in FarmVille, I've got some great new unreleased item images to share with you! These animals are, from left to right in the image above: Brown Gypsy Horse, Brown Gypsy Foal, and Baby Penguin.

Not to be confused with the black and white, regular Gypsy Horse released at the end of November as part of the Winter Holiday theme of items, this Brown Gypsy Horse will be an entirely different animal, able to be placed inside the Horse Stable and bred with a Stallion to produce the adorable Brown Gypsy Foal also seen above. We're guessing that if the Brown Gypsy Horse doesn't make an appearance in a Mystery Game soon, that it will be available in the store for Farm Cash.

Meanwhile, the Baby Penguin is equally interesting, if not even more so. Since Penguins have been available in the game since even last year, this begs the question - Could Zynga be looking to create a Penguin "home" of some kind, through which these Baby Penguins would be bred? Or will it simply be released as a regular animal release in the store? Only time will tell, but personally, I'm hoping for another animal storage building (especially if it means I get to have all of those cute, fluffy Baby Penguins running around on my farm!).

Remember, there is no guarantee that these items will be officially released within the game, so keep that in mind. Keep checking back with us though, as we'll make sure to give you guys all of the information about these new animals if and when they are released.

Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.

FarmVille: The Case of the Missing Holiday Ducks

A new mystery has appeared in the land of FarmVille, concerning an item that was assumed to be released with last night's FarmVille update, but either wasn't, or jumped out of the store just as soon as it entered. The item is the Holiday Ducks decoration (a set of ducks standing underneath mistletoe that apparently kiss). As this entire ordeal has spawned user outrage and confusion, we thought we'd take a minute to shed some light on the current state of affairs concerning when and if this item will ever be coming back to the store.

As of last night's update, the Holiday Ducks are nowhere to be found in the game, which is especially odd, considering that a recently added FarmVille loading screen, and the in-game marketplace (pictured) both contain images of the item. So, at least we know that the Holiday Ducks are real.

Multiple threads have appeared on the official FarmVille forums concerning these missing animals, with some users reporting that the Ducks were available in the store for a very brief period yesterday evening, before mysteriously vanishing without a trace. Furthermore, Zynga even announced that the Holiday Ducks were available in the store for 15 Farm Cash. We've read user reports of finding the ducks for 15 or 20 Farm Cash, but we have no visual proof of their existence - they disappeared that quickly.

This becomes even more of an issue when we take a look at the time limit for the other Winter Holiday items that are currently available in the store. Even those items that were released last night will only be available for 9 days, and every day that the ducks remain MIA is apparently another day that users won't have to purchase them, if and when they reappear.

Where did they go? Honestly, we don't know at this point. As of this writing, they are nowhere to be found in the game's store, and they aren't on the free gifts page. We've contacted Zynga for comment, and will be sure to let you know if and when this situation changes. We're assuming that this the disappearance of the ducks was due to an in-game glitch of some kind, but we'll continue to keep digging for information in case something else is going on.

Check out the rest of our Holiday 2010 coverage right here.

In the meantime, let us know if you've spotted these Holiday Ducks for yourself in the comments. Do you have the Ducks in your own store right now?

It's Official: CityVille dethrones FarmVille as Zynga's top Facebook game

Alright, so it didn't exactly happen yesterday, but CityVille has soared high above FarmVille's 56.8 million players with a massive (for these days) 61.7 million monthly players. It did what many thought was the impossible in just 22 days, according to Inside Social, and it took good old FarmVille four months to reach that size back in the day. While we've already explored what might have contributed to the game's blindingly fast rise to Zynga supremacy, it's impossible to tell how long this will last.

It will take at least another month for CityVille's numbers to stabilize--or at least slow down, for Pete's sake. These numbers are purely an accumulation of the amount of players who have logged into the game at least once in the past three weeks. Whether the game can hold the interest of its nearly 62 million players for a lengthy period of time has yet to be seen. However, if the game keeps growing at this rate, it could easily meet FarmVille's former glory of 84 million monthly players by 2011. Until then, Mark Pincus and the CityVille team can enjoy their early Christmas gift Scrooge McDuck style.

Can CityVille meet and surpass FarmVille's all-time high of 84 million players? How long do you think CityVille will last as Zynga's top game?

FrontierVille Care Packages return, Special Deliveries for frontier folk

FrontierVille Care Packages
It was only a matter of time before FrontierVille got a hold of one of the most loved and hated features in Zynga games once again. They're called Care Packages and most of you will recognize them from when they were first introduced to FrontierVille almost two months ago. But for the uninformed, they're essentially FarmVille's Special Deliveries with a new name. These "smart" gifts, when received and opened, will contain one item that you need for either a Goal you're currently on or a building that's under construction.

Unlike Special Deliveries in FarmVille or Cafe World, Zynga claims Care Packages will only be around for a limited time in FrontierVille. Unfortunately, I've yet to see them appear in my Free Gifts page, which probably means they're slowly being rolled out to players. Regardless of whether you like them, expect a deluge of Care Packages in your Gift Box shortly.

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Ski Resort, Fjord Horse, Blue Duck and more

    Fjord Foal     Prz Horse     Fjord Horse
And just when we all thought FarmVille's Winter Wonderland Theme had ended with the most recent edition of FarmVille Showcase yesterday, FarmVille Freak has found a bunch more that's yet to grace the farm. There are plenty of animals including fan requests like the Fjord Horse and the interesting Komodo. (What's an Indonesian reptile doing on a farm anyway?) But what's most interesting is the Ski Resort, which was not featured in yesterday's showcase. While the Ski Shop was merely a decorative building, I still have hope that this one in particular will hold some sort of function. Keep your fingers crossed.

Andean Bear     Komodo     Blue Duck     Dall Sheep
Rounding out the list of items that may be released are the adult Prz Horse, the Andean Bear (this must be the bear cub we noticed in the video posted yesterday), a Dall Sheep and a Blue Duck. Could that last addition be a reference to a classic 90s movie, perhaps? Stay tuned for when these items possibly release next week.

FarmVille Valentines Countdown: Everything you need to know

A Valentine's Day Countdown has started tonight in FarmVille, bringing one new special gift each day for lucky players who log in. We have the full guide so if you're not sure how to get all of these items or if you want to know what the prizes are, read ahead! Every day for the next 12 days there will be one special item that you can receive from your friends.

To access the Valentine's Day countdown, log into FarmVille and the game screen should automatically popup. If it doesn't, click on the heart with arrow icon along the right side of your screen. You will then see that day's particular gift, and a button that allows you to "Ask/Share" in order to get that gift. You'll notice that there are 12 days total, but days that haven't been released yet will have a pink question mark instead of the revealed gift. If you are too late, you'll have the option to buy the previous day's gift with Farm Cash.

FarmVille Valentines Countdown
Clicking on the green Ask/Share button will bring up a prompt to post on your wall asking for the gift. If a friend clicks on the post in time, not only will you receive that day's gift but your friend will also get one too. This means you have the option of receiving multiple gifts if you click on more than one friend's wall post.
FarmVille Valentines Countdown
If you manage to collect all 12 of the items, you will unlock a special grand prize. You can also pay 51 Farm Cash to automatically complete the collection and get the special prize - but that isn't much fun, is it? If you do that, one of each item that you don't already have will be delivered to your gift box along with the bonus prize.

The Prizes (Spoiler Warning)
Day 1: FarmVille I Love You Stand
Day 2: FarmVille I Love You Sign
Day 3: FarmVille XOXO Sign
Day 4: FarmVille Purple Hay Bale
Day 5: FarmVille Heart Bear
Day 6: FarmVille Caramel Bear
Day 7: FarmVille Fuchsia Greenery
Day 8: FarmVille Pink Greenery
Day 9: FarmVille Provencal Pot
Day 10: FarmVille Fancy Topiary
Day 11: FarmVille Flax Plant
Day 12: FarmVille Dogwood Tree

Bonus Prize: FarmVille Purple Valentine's Cow

FarmVille Purple Valentines Cow

Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day 2011 coverage right here.

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Unreleased Willow Hearts Tree

Tonight's big FarmVille update has brought of slew of new unreleased items that we have the exclusive information on to share with you. As you can see, the image on the right is the Willow Hearts Tree, an obvious Valentine's Day addition to the game.

While animated, this tree 'sheds' hearts which slowly float to the ground. Otherwise, it is similar in art style to the Willow Tree that has already been in the game. FarmVille appears to be taking the purple color very seriously throughout this holiday. Despite being purple, we do not believe the Willow Hearts Tree is a reward in the 12-day Valentine's Countdown.

As usual, we do not know for sure if this tree will make it into the game for sure, but we have a pretty good idea that it will. The Willow Hearts tree could be a new reward from the Mystery Seedlings, or it might be something else entirely. Time will tell!

Check out the rest of our Valentine's Day 2011 coverage right here.

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Unreleased Grey Prz Horse and Foal

A new pair of precious prancing ponies have turned up under our watchful eye tonight, and we have the scoop on the new FarmVille Grey Prz Horse and Foal. These two adorable slightly spotted horses have wandered into our game clients a bit early, so we wanted to share them with you.

The Prz horse is actually short for the Przwalzki's Horse, a wild breed of horse from Asia. Interestingly enough, the Prz horse actually doesn't come in the grey color or with spots. It always dun (or light brown with black mane and tail) and often has zebra stripes on its legs. Last month, we actually saw a true looking Przwalski's Horse in the game so now we are wondering if this one is mislabeled. It could be that FarmVille doesn't care too much to be true to the breed, but generally Zynga is pretty good about making sure things line up correctly and don't seem inaccurate.

As usual, this doesn't mean that the Grey Prz Horse and Foal will be making it to the game for certain.