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Companies have gotten really creative about driving traffic to their social media outlets this year, using viral videos, giveaways, charitable donations and other techniques. So here’s a list of ten companies whose Facebook campaigns had tremendous success in 2010. Check out this year’s list of ten companies that really excelled on the social network. Feel free to tell us which ones were your favorites in the comments section.
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For the final GamePro holiday contest of the season, we're going to give a game that gives back, as we've got copies of EA Sports Active 2 up for grabs on PS3 and Wii, with a random Xbox 360 game on the line too.
Our final holiday contest is one that may aid a few of you in your New Year's resolution. Each weekday at noon, we'll reveal a new contest, closing the previous one. The lineup and links to each contest are shown below:
Tron Weekend: Win Tron: Evolution on the PS3, Xbox 360, or Wii, along with a Tron-inspired controller from PDP. [NOW CLOSED]
Mickey Monday: Win a collector's edition version of Disney Epic Mickey. A runner-up will get the well-received mystery game Disney Guilty Party. [NOW CLOSED]
Halo Tuesday: Five lucky winners will score Halo: Reach figurines signed by none other than famed artist and action figure mogul Todd McFarlane. [NOW CLOSED]
Bejeweled Wednesday: Win one of two copies of Bejeweled 3, alongside a handful of bonus items from PopCap, including a Bejeweled mousepad, a set of Bejeweled stamps, and a PopCap calendar. [NOW CLOSED]
Thrilling Thursday: One winner will snag a trio of horrifyingly rare swag dedicated to 2010's scariest games--Splatterhouse and Dead Rising 2.
Fitness Weekend: Wii and PS3 owners will have the opportunity to score an EA Sports Active 2 bundle that includes the necessary sensors, a resistance band, and the game itself. Xbox 360 owners have the opportunity to eschew exercising and will be vying for a random game from the GamePro library.
Our final contest gives the opportunity for fitness-focused gamers to score EA Sports Active 2 on the two systems that don't require you purchase a $150 accessory to play it. We have Active 2 bundles for the PS3 and Wii that include the game and all necessary sensors and fitness items. Xbox 360 owners needn't fret, as they will be vying for a random Xbox 360 game. In order to reply in the comment section below, write a message on Twitter, and post within the Facebook contest message with the following text, with your game choice (@EASPORTS Active 2 for PS3, @EASPORTS Active 2 for PS3, or a random Xbox 360 game) and reason in place of the blank:
"I want to win ______ in @GamePro's Holiday Giveaway because _____"
You can enter once per site per day until noon PST Monday for a total of nine entries. Please feel free to mix up your nine entries-- you can try for one prize nine times, each prize three times, or whatever variation fits you best. This contest will conclude on Monday, January 3 noon PST, when the winners for all of the contests will be revealed.
Source: Daily News from GamePro.com
Zynga to Offer New Payment Options in India — Social developer Zynga is looking to employ new payment options for its social games in India during the first half of 2011, according to mydigitalfc.com. Possible options include game cards, internet banking, and premium SMS. Zynga is quiet on further details.
Wild Needle Raising $3 Million in Funding — A new startup by the name of Wild Needle is set to enter the social mobile gaming space in the near future. The company is raising $3 million in funding, according to TechCrunch, but a separate SEC filing says that $2.5 million has already been secured.
A CityVille Breakdown — With Zynga’s CityVille having passed FarmVille as the top game on Facebook, Tadhg Kelly on What Games Are has created a lengthy, but interesting breakdown of just how this success came to be, discussing features like visibility, retention, and monetization.
Virtual Goods in 2010 — A guest post on TechCrunch from Rixty CEO Ted Sorom highlights some virtual goods highlights from the past year, including our own projection of $2.1 billion for the US market in 2011 and many more stats.
Virtual Goods Denied After Divorce — In an interesting divorce piece from the China Daily (originally reported in the Beijing Morning Post), a Chinese judge has denied a woman’s claim to half of all the virtual assets acquired during her marriage. The couple had apparently merged their online game accounts under the husband’s name, and when the pair split — each blaming the other for being too lazy to keep the house clean — the wife was denied the claim. The court stated that the law only applied to virtual items that had been given value with real currency.
Source: Inside Social Games
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