On Wednesday Playdom, the social networking company responsible for Facebook hits like Mobsters and Sorority Life, announced that it had raised $43 million in its first round of outside financing. The very next day the company demonstrated how the money was already being put to use by announcing that it had purchased two game companies: Facebook developer Green Patch, and Trippert Labs, an iPhone and social game developer.

"We are focused on growing Playdom into a world-class gaming company. A number of compelling games are in development for 2010, and we're bullish about our future and the potential to bring people together through social gaming," said John Pleasants, CEO of Playdom, in a prepared statement.

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Welcome to Gamezebo's walkthrough for The Return of Monte Cristo.

Tutorial information

- Find all of the clues listed below to conintue your investigation.

- If you don't know how a particular item looks, click on the item's name.

- The item's shape will appear in the silhouette sphere in the bottom right of the screen.

- Items in blue are interactive items. You must use other items to find them.

Walkthrough information

Most of the hidden objects you need to find, are random. In the first chapter, you will see all items listed, but in the latter chapters, only the items that never change are circled.

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Welcome to our walkthrough and strategy guide for Hidden Magic. 

We have been told that 2 mages moved to the edge of the forest and were living happily in a small house until one night while one of the mages is away the other one is kidnapped by dark and sinister forces.

According to the dictionary a mage is one who practices magic and is a magician or sorcerer and was once called magi.

Hidden Magic is a role playing hidden object game.  You can choose to play either the male or female mage in your search through the forest to find your beloved at the dark castle.

You will follow a map though the forest where you will find magical places as well as sinister forces you must battle along the way.

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Welcome to Gamezebo's walkthrough for 1912 Titanic Mystery.

Navigation

The various parts of 1912 Titanic Mystery are not very well labelled. In order to find the area you need, type the Ctrl key + F, then type the keyword of what you're looking for, i.e. "Turkish Bath". There are 19 sections total.

General Tips

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Zynga, the leading social games company and creators of popular games that you've probably have played (such as FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and Café World) is officially having the worst week ever.

It did not start out that way. In fact, October was probably the best month ever for Zynga, or any video game company since the launch of the Atari console system!

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If you just can't get enough of Fishdom's match-3 / aquarium building gameplay, Playrix Entertainment has released yet another instalment of the puzzle game just in time for the winter season. It's called Fishdom: Frosty Splash, and like the name immplies you'll get to create festive-looking fish tanks with more than 100 winter-themed decorations. Download the game, write a review, or chat about it in our forum.

Realore sent us some screenshots and information for Jane's Realty 2, the upcoming sequel to Jane's Realty. Like the first game, Jane's Realty 2 appears to be a building sim in the style of Be Rich, where you not only get to build up a town from the outside, but decorate the interiors of the houses with furniture and other items. Check out some screenshots, or chat about the game in our forum

GameHouse has given us a preview of the time management game Delicious - Emily's Holiday Season, the fifth game in the Delicious series. In it, Emily is celebrating Christmas in the little town of Snuggford, where two guys are competing for her attentions. Who should she choose? Find out when the game launches on Nov. 18. In the meantime, check out some screenshots and chat about the game in our forum