Restaurant City serves soccer fans with new World Cup foosball decor

Restaurant City World Cup 2010 foosball decor
Restaurant City is bypassing their current Lounge Bar theme, and following up on their World Cup 2010 country flags release by bringing a bit of footy flavor to the foodie scene. Eleven new decor items, of which seven are Astroturf floor tiles, are ready to turn your restaurant into a giant foosball table. Each lined tile costs 75 Coins, while a regular green patch of pitch goes for just 40. The Red and Blue Foosball Statues are a hefty 2,700 Coins each, along with a Football Goal post going for 12,000 Coins -- and it's all only available 'til July 13th!
Restaurant City World Cup 2010 decor
Restaurant City Soccer GiftsTwo other limited time offers include the Football Stove and the Foosball Table, which promises to cook "faster than a Brazillian striker on a breakaway", or practically speaking, 15% faster. Foosball Table earns 5 Gourmet Points (the game's equivalent of XP) and 1,700 Coins every 4 hours, and never breaks from use. But these two items require Playfish Cash to purchase -- the stove is going for 20 PFC, while the game table costs 35 PFC. (To give you an idea of cost, $5 USD equals 25 PFC.)

Finally, no game would be complete without a soccer ball and a referee. Restaurant City is offering both as gifts-only items (with the referee portion being uniforms that can be worn by your waiters), so you can get 'em for free from friends.

FarmVille Irish Animals: Connemara Pony and Irish Hare

Tonight's FarmVille update brought with it two (technically three) new animals in the Connemara Pony and Irish Hare. Our prediction about the cost of the Connemara Pony has been proven correct, as it is now available for 24 Farm Cash. Remember, by purchasing one of these Ponies and placing it in your Horse Stable with a Stallion (ether wandering or permanent) you'll have a chance of breeding the Connemara Pony Foal that can be shared with friends. Even for a gray Pony, it's foal would still have to be cute, right?

Meanwhile, the Irish Hare is still a bit expensive, at 12 Farm Cash each. Will we ever see a day when new limited edition animals no longer solely cost Farm Cash? I doubt it, but we'll make sure to scream to the four corners (in excitement of course) if that day ever comes.

What do you think of these new Ireland-themed animals? Will you add the Connemara Pony to your collection in the game, or are you more interested in earning the foal from friends?

FarmVille Thanksgiving Items: Sheep Balloon, Pilgrim Chicken and more

While we've seen Autumn-themed items released in FarmVille over the past couple of weeks, a true Thanksgiving limited edition item theme has launched in the game just days before Thanksgiving proper arrives in the US. You can now purchase some new trees, decorations and of course animals, aside from those you can win in this week's Thanksgiving-themed Mystery Game. Here's a complete look at these items, which will all be available in the game's store for the next two weeks.

Trees

Cornucopia Tree - 8 Farm Cash
Giant Cornucopia Tree - 14 Farm Cash

If anything, this one could definitely be described as both a fall/autumn tree and a Thanksgiving tree, so feel free to leave it out in your Lighthouse Cove farm, for instance, if you've latched onto the fall theme in that farm. As for the giant version, just remember that you won't need to waste that much Farm Cash on one, as you'll likely wind up with plenty, for free, from Mystery Seedlings.

Animals

Canadian Horse - 26 Farm Cash
Labrador Duck - 18 Farm Cash
Giant Labrador Duck - 18 Farm Cash
Pilgrim Chicken - 20 Farm Cash

Here, we see yet another giant version of an animal released, apparently in an attempt to cash in on animal collectors' Farm Cash. These two ducks can be mastered separately, so if mastery signs matter to you, be willing to shell out double the Farm Cash for the pair.

Buildings

Fall Log Cabin - 15 Farm Cash

Decorations

Pilgrim Gnome - 12 Farm Cash
Sheep Balloon - 100,000 coins
Wreath Fence - 5,000 coins

If you're a fan of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, or just like balloons, you'll want to check out this Sheep Balloon, as it's a massive floating version of a plain white and black sheep - how cute!

I wouldn't expect many more Thanksgiving-themed items to be released in the game, but if more do come out, we'll make sure to let you know.

Check out the rest of our Thanksgiving themed coverage right here.

What do you think of this week's Thanksgiving item release?