Facebook Credits to be Sold at Walmart and Best Buy

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:31:00 +0000

Mashable: There’s a new stocking stuffer for the social gamer on your holiday shopping list: Facebook Credits.

Already available at Target stores, the social networking site is set to offer the credits -– which can be used for in-game purchases in games like FarmVille –- at Walmart and Best Buy too. Walmart will offer $5, $10 and $25 versions of the gift cards, while Best Buy will sell them in denominations of $10, $25 and $50.

Kid Racks Up $1400 Debt in FarmVille

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:25:00 +0000

Oh dear — looks like it’s time to add FarmVille to the list of internet addiction scares after a 12-year-old UK boy has amassed £905 in FarmVille debt. About £288 of that came from the boy’s own savings, while £625 was billed to his horrified mother’s credit card.

The debt — which is equivalent to about $1400 USD — was racked up in all of about two weeks’ worth of gameplay. In the popular casual Facebook game, players can spend real money to accrue virtual currency and items. It’s a business that’s booming enough to garner the game’s developer Zynga an estimated valuation as high as $5 billion.

Facebook Credits on Omid Farhang

Facebook Credits to be Sold at Walmart and Best Buy

Kid Racks Up $1400 Debt in FarmVille