31 January 2008

Vivendi to Continue Creating Casual Mobile Games
Vivendi Games Mobile, a division of Vivendi Games, announced their first-half lineup for 2008 this week.

30 January 2008

Manchester United Goes Mobile Gaming With Jump Games
Jump Games, an Indian mobile game company, has signed a deal with Manchester United Football Club to create six mobile games.

Former Microsoft and Apple Veteran Joins PopCap
PopCap Games announced today that 20 years computing veteran, Martin Gannholm, will become the companies newest employee with the newly created title of vice president of engineering.

2007: Large Growth in Game Sales and Casual Gaming Demographic
The ESA, Entertainment Software Association, announced this month that the numbers for 2007 have been released with software sales up 28 percent.

26 January 2008

Superscape Gives Glu Mobile Purchasing Offer to Shareholders
Superscape has given shareholders the opportunity to vote on the purchase of the company by Glu Mobile for over $36 million.

24 January 2008

Casual Mobile Games Nominated at Global Mobile Awards
The GSM Association has announced the nominees for its Global Mobile Awards.

23 January 2008

I-Play's David Gosen Leaves Oberon Media
Oberon Media's CEO announced the resignation of David Gosen, CEO of I-play, today according to GameIndustry.biz.

17 January 2008

Armor Games Adds Social Networking and Fresh Look
Armor Games has redesigned their website today to enhance their users experience.

Microsoft Manager Rides Off With Magical Horse
Casual gaming and trading card company Hidden City Games is announcing that former group manager for Microsoft's Carbonate Games, Joshua Howard, has become it's new senior vice president for Bella Sara Online.

Making Better Demos Equals Better Sales. Who Would Have Thought
Has conversion rates gotten you down? Have you been worried about your trial lengths? Do you think that you would never be able to get that game you've on for six months out in the public eye?

Quarter of all Gamers are Over 50
ABC News just had a great article and video come up on their website about the aging Americans who are getting back into the gaming scene.

11 January 2008

Game Making Prices Getting Too Out of Hand?
2007 was the biggest year in gaming history not only for its sales, but also by its production costs.

Casual Game Design Competition Begins
JayisGames.com has announced it's fifth Casual Gameplay Design Competition available to all those who want to try their casual gaming skills for cash and prizes.

10 January 2008

Create Your Own Casual Game With Kickplay
Did you see the Staples Elves thing or got a kick of putting yourself and friends in a Jib-Jab movie during the holiday season?

09 January 2008

Casual Game publisher signs developer for Wii Ware games
Merscom and Gabitasoft announced today that they are working together to create games for the Xbox 360's LIVE Arcade and the Nintendo Wii's Wii Ware.

03 January 2007

Casual Game Outsells Triple-A Games in November
With the holidays ending this November, many would have thought that casual games would be sent to the corner of the room as the triple-A games would be fighting for the gamers eyes and pocketbooks.

GDC Casual Gaming Summit Announcements
The Games Developers Conference announced today the Keynote speakers for the Conference in San Fransisco.

Hard Core Developers Deep Sea Diving for Casual Game Gold
Former employees of IO Interactive, makers of the Hitman games and infamous Kane & Lynch game, have released their first game under the new company The Game Equation.

Two Companies Join For an Office Game of Death
Magmic Games and IG Fun have partnered up to bring games from IG Games onto the BlackBerry and Window Mobile devices.

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