Pet Society scores a goal with its new World Cup Bundle

Head over the the Market store in Pet Society, in the section labeled "Cool Stuff", and you can find a World Cup Specials set of sports goods, such as soccer uniforms, a Soccer Goal, and a Bouncy Soccer Ball for just 2,800 Coins.
Pet Society World Cup Bundle Special
Sold separately, the goal post and ball are both 1,000 Coins each. We're lucky the game hasn't decided to make these items premium. I'm glad to report that the Bouncy Soccer Ball is really super bouncy! Try setting it in your pet's room and it's sure to hop and roll away from you. Unfortunately, you can't use it to play ball with your pet. But Pet Society does have a bouncing ball game which provides you with a free ball! See how I dressed up my pet, Peachy Keen, in Referee's Hat, Black Soccer Cleats, White Soccer Shorts, and Referee's Jersey. Even Hideeni came by to watch us play!
Pet Society Hideeni watches soccer game
And speaking of Hideeni, his mission this time is to visit everyone's homes to give away 15 flags of countries participating in the game. You can expect all this fun to be available until July 12th, which is basically one day after the end of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Pet Society: Buy a Slow Loris to give a little to the World Wildlife Fund

It's no surprise that the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is the flagship charity of Pet Society, but what is unfortunately surprising is how much Playfish is giving to their charity of choice. Buying the adorable new Slow Loris pet accessory--and any other WWF item for that matter--will donate 10 percent of the proceeds to WWF.

While that might sound like a lot, 10 percent of 8 Playfish Cash--if paid for in Facebook Credits--amounts to about 8 cents. That doesn't seem like a lot, does it? (But there is strength in numbers.) Anyway, buying the Slow Loris from the WWF section in the Boutique places the doe-eyed primate on your pet's head making for a (somewhat) lively head accessory. Hey, at least it'll look better on your head than this dress.

However, we recommend that if you really want to make a donation to the WWF to make it direct as not much of your money will be going there through the Slow Loris. If only these animals weren't endangered, I'd be all over that bug-eyed monkey as my next real pet.

PetVille nears 1 million players in four days

PetVille, the new Facebook game from Zynga, quietly launched on December 3. The pet simulation game lets you custom create a pet, their home and then set out to earn as many coins as possible by performing different tasks, such as cleaning your pet and visiting neighbors.

petville zynga reaches 1 million players in four days

Over the weekend, we noticed that Zynga turned on the publicity machine, running ads for the game on Facebook and in its other games, and the number of players climbed from a modest 22K to nearly one million in the past few days, according to AppData.

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The question remains, will this game take over Pet Society's position as top pet game on Facebook? The rival Facebook game has been holding steady at around 21 million players for the past month, so PetVille still has a ways to go before it's in barking distance.