Social City: Save the Windows Phone promo link for 2 free City Bucks daily

If you remember the Windows Phone 7 promotion in Social City, you'll recall that players are suppose to get a free City Buck for every time they viewed a Windows Phone commercial, and are allowed up to "2 video views per day." This ensured 2 free daily City Bucks, but the video was only advertised on Page C (the Financial News section) of the Social City in-game newsletter. And then, shortly after, the advertisement disappeared, and with it, we assumed the freebie deal was gone too.

But that freebie offer is back today! And following the return of the offer is a hot tip from a game-savvy and generous player, Nunofrc, who left a comment saying that in other to get to the daily, free City Bucks offer, all you need is to save and run the link to the videos -- here's that link.

Click on the link when you're already playing Social City, this will launch a Windows Phone commercial in the form of a YouTube video. After the video has played all the way through, you'll get a message from the game that your free City Buck has arrived. Repeat this, and you've got 2 free City Bucks!

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Zynga: FarmVille Unicorns will soon offer Unicorn foals

One of the most hotly anticipated items in FarmVille over the last few weeks was the Unicorn. Luckily, we were finally given the Unicorn as part of the Mystery Game last week, but even then, users weren't fully satisfied. What was missing from the equation? The simple ability for Unicorns to produce foals.

Luckily for all of you, our inside source at Zynga has confirmed to us that in the future, Unicorns will be able to breed foals. Now, don't get too excited just yet, as this feature might take a few weeks to come to the game. Why, you ask? According to our source, it has to do with the fact that December will simply have so much stuff going on in FarmVille, that they won't be able to fit it into the normal development schedule. Rest assured though, it will happen in the future.

If you missed out on the White Unicorn that was inside last week's Mystery Game, feel free to try this week's version, as it contains a chance to win a Candy Cane Unicorn from the Winter Holiday theme.

With the Mystery Game containing the White Unicorn now being expired from the market, does this news make you regret not trying to get one? Let us know in the comments.

New FarmVille Winter Animal: Gypsy Horse

There had been talk for some time about the release of a Gypsy Horse in FarmVille, but after seeing leaked images of the horse, we weren't sure when exactly (if ever) the animal would actually be coming to the game.

In a rare non-Tuesday/Thursday update, however, Zynga has officially launched the Gypsy Horse in the game, as part of the current Winter Holiday limited edition item theme. For those that are simply amused by the name, know that the Gypsy Horse is an actual variety of horse - meaning that real-world horse lovers will probably be more than willing to purchase one of these beautiful animals for the game's asking price of 26 Farm Cash.

What's more, we have it on good authority that the Gypsy Horse will be able to produce a Gypsy Foal, if placed inside the Horse Stable and given the chance to breed.

The Gypsy Horse will be available for the next 26 days.

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

Will you purchase a Gypsy Horse to add more variety to your horse collection in FarmVille? Why or why not? Let us know in the comments.

New FarmVille Mystery Game for the week of November 28

In a rare move, Zynga has updated the FarmVille Mystery Game before the regular Tuesday night time limit. Fear not, however, if you didn't have a chance to pick up one of the White Unicorns available in the previous Mystery Game, as this week offers something that you might like even better.

The contents of this week's Mystery Game are all about the new Winter Holiday season, and contain some items that we talked to you about as sneak peeks. The contents of the Mystery Game have been confirmed as the following:

Candy Unicorn
Winter Reindeer
Winter Ferris Wheel
Winter Sleigh
Winter Fountain
Arctic Hare

All of these items seem to be exclusive to the Mystery Game, which costs a whopping 24 Farm Cash to play this week, up from the 16 Farm Cash price you might have been expecting. Still, with the chance at another Unicorn, and the news that Unicorns will soon be breedable, it might be worth the expense. You'll have the next 6 days to decide that for yourself, before this round expires from the store.

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

What do you guys think? Will you spend the 24 Farm Cash for a chance at a Unicorn, or one of these exclusive Winter Holiday decorations / animals? Let us know in the comments.

FarmVille 28 x 28 Farm Estate Land Expansion is now available

Last week, we brought you a sneak peek of an image advertising an unreleased 28x28 land expansion in FarmVille. Who would have thought that less than a week later the expansion would actually be live in the game, but that's what has indeed happened.

Farmers who have simply run out of room on their 26x26 Grand Plantations can now upgrade to the 28x28n Farm Estate. Unfortunately, as of this writing, the ability to purchase this expansion with coins is unavailable, but if you don't want to wait (or save up the coins for what's sure to be a massive price tag - after all, the Grand Plantation cost 2 million coins), you can purchase the Farm Estate expansion right now for 120 Farm Cash, a full 40 Farm Cash more than the last expansion.

To be clear, the coin option for the Farm Estate is simply unavailable right now. This isn't a case of needing to be a certain level, or needing to add a certain amount of neighbors - Zynga has simply not activated the coin option yet (when you hover over it, you see a "Coming Soon" bubble). We'll be sure to let you know when they do.

While everyone is free to wait until the coin-option is available to expand their farms, will you go ahead and pay the Farm Cash to expand your farm without waiting? If you are going to wait, how many coins do you think this expansion will cost? Better yet, how much are you willing to pay? Share your thoughts on this new expansion in the comments.