Preview: Tennis Stars Cup on Candystand.com

Tennis Stars Cup has launched! Check out the awesome 3D tennis game and try to win the new trophy!

Sports fans, heads up! Coming later this week to Candystand.com is Tennis Stars Cup, a Shockwave game developed by the guys at Three Melons. The game features three modes (Warm-Up, Tournament and Challenges), gesture-based controls and (like all of the new games on Candystand.com) brand-new Trophies for you to earn, which means you can show off your matchpoint skills to your friends (if you're connected via Facebook - find out how!) and the rest of the Candystand players.

Not convinced? Here's a look at two of the game's modes: Tournament and the 'Hit the Targets' Challenge. You can also check out more screens on our Facebook Fan Page!

Tennis Stars Cup - Tournament Mode


Tennis Stars Cup - Challenge Mode "Hit the Targets"

Show Off Your Candystand Love with Sweet Candystand T-Shirts!

Designer duds are overrated -- no wardrobe is complete without a few sweet Candystand threads!

Today we're opening up our merchandise Candystand Shop to the public so you can show everyone how much you love our free online games! We have dozens of tees and tanks featuring beloved Candystand Critters, hit games Billiards, Electric Box, Vector Tower Defense and Momma's Diner, plus a few mousepads and mugs thrown in for good measure.

Some of you may have seen these shirts when we ran a contest a few months ago on our Facebook fan page (psst, you should join now if you haven't already!), so here's your chance to grab the shirts everyone's been pining after.

So what are you waiting for? Visit the Candystand Merchandise Shop!

Match-Two Game Preview: Cocoa Match

Our brand new game, Cocoa Match, is ready to launch tomorrow morning, but we thought we'd give you a taste before it hits!

Cocoa Match is a match-two game where you'll need to clear each board by matching two runes of the same shape/color or the same number (more points are awarded for number matches). You can also earn medallions on each board by building up a combo streak of matches -- if you run out of matching tiles and need to click the idol to get new ones, you'll lose that streak.

Cocoa Match Gameplay


Three spells will help you along the way - Shuffle, Extra Time and Reveal can provide the edge you need to complete each level, but they require mana to use (you'll earn one of three types of mana in each of the three puzzles - Fire for Jaguar, Air for Owl and Water for Snake). The spells can also be upgraded through the Magic Shop using coins gained during play.

Join our Facebook fan page to see more screens from Cocoa Match!

Did we mention this game has trophies? You can win a gold, silver or bronze trophy (along with a ton of tickets) for submitting your score after each game. Learn how tickets on Candystand work.

The game is set to launch tomorrow morning, so make sure you check Candystand.com when you wake up to play Cocoa Match!

Hidden Object Game Legend of the Golden Mask Launches!

We launched our hidden object game, Legend of the Golden Mask, less than a week ago, and it's already been played over 130,000 times! The game challenges you to find items throughout exotic South America while solving the mystery behind your grandfather's diary. What makes this hidden object game different than others out there? You can play the full game without having to download a thing (we like this a lot).

From Jay Is Games' Review:

While not as long as a full-sized downloadable game, Legend of the Golden Mask is a complete adventure, a perfect way to while away an afternoon, or a coffee break. Ultimately a fun, casual gameplay experience can be had by all.

Unigamsity says: 

All in all, Candystand manages to deliver flash game fans, as well as casual players an incredible product that can be played completely free of charge. And we’re not talking about a demo or a trial, but a full, high quality game. And I am sure that if there were more developers like Candystand, we could be playing all our favorite games for free.

Have you played Legend of the Golden Mask yet? What do you think of the game? 

Candystand is Now Social!

We here at Candystand have been cooking up a major update that just went live today. Simply put, the site now works with Facebook! What that means is that you can now connect your Facebook account with Candystand and seamlessly play and compete with all your Facebook friends. We've added a whole bunch of new features that adds a whole new level of fun and competition to your favorite games. Here is just some of what you can now do on Candystand with Facebook Connect:

• Once you connect your Candystand and Facebook accounts, logging into Candystand will be easier than ever. You will be logged in automatically or it it takes just one click.
• You can now see all your Facebook friends who are also on Candystand.
• Check out friend's profiles and compare the games you play and high scores.
• See what trophies your friends have earned and compare your world rankings.
• Under every game you will immediately see which of your friends are playing that same game and who has the best score.
• Beat your friend's high scores and they'll know about it. YES!!
• Your Candystand Avatar can now use your Facebook profile picture.

OK, here's the big disclaimer: You may experience some minor bugs as we smooth the kinks out for this massive integration. We don't expect any of this to affect your games, or the speed of the site, so don't worry about that. We've been testing this new feature, but now that it's open to our millions of fans, we suspect we'll need a little time to find and resolve any unexpected issues. If you find any weirdness or bugs , please trust that we are on it and it will be fixed as soon as possible. Think of this update as marrying Candystand with Facebook but they never really lived together before. There is an adjustment period and there may be some fighting :)

If anyone finds problems they'd like to share with us please visit our troubleshooting forum on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=5542749089&topic=10324

Thank you to all our fans and enjoy this latest enhancement to the Candystand.com. If you want to try this now, just go to Candystand.com and click on the "Connect with Facebook" button on the top right of the site.

Right on the game page you can see which of your friends are also playing that game. Best of all, you can see who has more points and the highest ranking.

"Oh wow, look at my friends also on Candystand!"