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Double Cross - FacebookDouble Cross went live on Facebook on September 22nd and it’s quickly becoming the game that people “Like.” A shooting gallery with a western theme, Double Cross is the digital agency’s first game to date, and appropriately, it draws on deep experience in designing client marketing programs for Facebook. The game pulls in a player’s Facebook friends and makes them the centerpiece of the action.

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Phantom EFX, a leading developer and publisher of PC-based casino and card game titles, today announced Reel Deal Slots: Adventure III “World Tour”, the latest installment in its popular and genre-leading Reel Deal franchise. Adventure III “World Tour” will launch for Windows PC in early 2011 and will be available for the suggested retail price of $19.99.

LovefinderSend a fun, goofy, animated Christmas Greeting to all your friends on Facebook. In just a few clicks the receiver can customize and pass it along to their friends.

LoveFinderGames.com is circulating a hilarious animated Holiday Greeting that is sent via Facebook. When the greeting is received, it features a beautiful underwater living room aquarium with a profile picture attached to a gorgeous cartoon goldfish. The doorbell rings and three Facebook friends swim in and sing the age old holiday classic, "We Fish you a Merry Christmas".

PolarheroesGame development company Fantastec has created an online 3D game, PolarHeroes, for children aged 4 to 8. The game begins with terrible news: Christmas is endangered and players embark on an exciting journey in order to save Christmas and become PolarHeroes.

Activision Publishing, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Call of Duty: Black Ops continues to set sell-through records crossing the $1 billion mark in sales worldwide  since its launch in November, according to internal Activision estimates.

In its first five days alone, the game sold more than $650 million worldwide, outpacing theatrical box office, book and video game sales records for five-day worldwide sell through in dollars, according to internal Activision estimates and boxofficemojo.com. The game exceeded Activision's previous five-day worldwide record of $550 million set by last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare® 2.