FarmVille Sneak Peek: Gift Box update coming soon?

In an update that just might be as fantastic as the recent upgrade to building material usage in FarmVille, it looks as though a "Gift Box 2.0" of sorts (Or would we be on 3 or 4.0 by now? Anyway...) will be launching in the game soon.

While the standard buttons appears to all be here - the Re-Gift, Sell, and Use buttons - the best part about this Gift Box redesign looks to be the inclusion of sub-categories, or tabs, that we'll be able to click on to sort our items, perhaps by theme, or by animal, building, and decoration type, just like we do in the game's marketplace.

While this could just be coincidental, it's also worth pointing out the quantities of these placeholder items (yes, all of which are apparently watering cans). If they are all available in quantities of 122, then that gives us the thought that perhaps an expanded Gift Box capacity will be coming with it. Either way, if you're an item saver, that tends to always hover around the 500 item cap (like I do), the new sorting ability will definitely be better than nothing.

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What do you think of the upcoming changes to the FarmVille Gift Box? Would you collect more items from your friends' news feed posts if the Gox Box limit was increased or removed entirely? How else would it affect your gameplay?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Moat Bridge, King's Castle, Brown English Spot Rabbit

A new trio of unreleased item images have appeared for FarmVille today, with two of these items filling in the blanks seen in the massive set of moat items we brought you a sneak peek of just this week. Now, with this Moat Bridge, and the King's Castle, we'll clearly be able to build an entire medieval expanse on our land, and will be able to rest easy knowing that our imaginary citizens can walk to and from the castle safely, without falling into the deadly waters below (ok, so I guess no one says the waters have to be deadly, but it makes it more dramatic that way).

The third item is a brown recoloring of the English Spot Rabbit. We're assuming he will be called the Brown English Spot Rabbit, although there's no telling whether or not he will be released for the same cheap price as his predecessor, of it this will be yet another Farm Cash animal users will have to splurge on.

Either way, we'll make sure to bring you all of the news about these new items as they officially launch in the game, so keep checking back.

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Storage menu update coming soon

While the Gift Box update that's coming to FarmVille is enough to satisfy most users (including myself) for quite some time, there is another, even more archaic system currently in place in the game that few would argue against changing. That system is the Storage menu, which lets you scroll through page after page (after page...) of decorative items and buildings, without holding your place, so you have to scroll through all of those pages again to find a subsequent item.

Needless to say, this all makes redecorating your farm for a holiday or "just because" a lot of hard work, and very time consuming. Apparently, though, just as an update is coming to the game's Gift Box, so too is a massive overhaul coming to the Storage menu. It's about time, I say! Just check out the image above, and you'll see everything we expect to launch. It looks as though there will be a way to look at both items stored on your Home Farm and your second farm via tabs at the very top, you'll be able to search for a particular item, and perhaps most importantly, you'll be able to sort your items by category, whether that item is a building, decoration and so on.


While it's likely that the Tree and Animal tabs in this placeholder image are just that - placeholders that will be changed in the final product - I personally think it would be great if we could store such items for future use. After all, this would allow you to store any trees related to a specific holiday, so that when you pull them back out, they're all the more special as you see them again as if for the first time.

Also, it's possible that an expansion to your total Storage capacity may also launch, as there is a button here dedicated to expanding your storage amount. Hopefully, Zynga has finally learned that unlimited storage is best, even if we have to work at it. It would make users purchase more items (even with Farm Cash) in the long run, if they knew they would have a place to safely store them, and not having an infinite inventory limit is simply an outdated, and unneeded limitation at this point, but maybe that opinion is just my own - what do you think?

[Image Credit: FarmVille Feed]

Either way, we'll make sure to keep an eye on this exciting update as it gets closer to launch. Let us know what you think of these new Storage menu options in the comments. Would you purchase more decorations if there wasn't an item limit?

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Trading Post--sell crops for Coins, XP and more

Before you go off name-calling, this unreleased FarmVille Trading Post is definitely not the Farmer's Market. Though, they are similar. FarmVille Feed has found that this upcoming building will not act like normal buildings. It doesn't appear to be rotatable much less a structure that we will have to build.

It seems to be more of a feature than a building, allowing farmers to sell their harvested crops directly to other farmers for Coins, XP and even Mastery bonuses. Our guess is that this will create an economy of sorts for crops that will spur farmers to sell their goods for the inherent extra bonuses Well, in theory, at least. At any rate, enjoy the extra image behind the break.
FarmVille Trading Post promo

FarmVille Sneak Peek: Father's Day Trees pay homage to the go-to gift

You gotta' love Zynga for its sense of humor sometimes. Father's Day approaches, and FarmVille will soon get a brand new tree to commemorate the fine holiday that honors poppa dukes everywhere. This new Father's Day Tree is essentially a tree of ties, the ultimate gift every self-respecting son and daughter can rely on. However, what's even better is the ties on the tree begin plainly-colored department store items, but as the tree matures they gain stripes and styles you'd find in your chic downtown tailor shop. FarmVille Feed estimates that the new trees will, as usual, appear in Mystery Seedlings before hitting the market for somewhere between 5 and 10 Farm Cash. And once we see these go-to gift trees crop up in our Orchards, you'll be the first to know.