28 February 2008
I-play Releases Hidden Object Game on Mobile
Mobile publisher I-play, owned by parent company Oberon Media, presents Paparazzi Snapshot!, one of it’s latest mobile offerings.
EA Supports Casual and Social Gaming
Electronic Arts has created EA Blueprint, a strategy to find and support independent developers through funding and project management in the development of games based on EA’s intellectual property.
“Best Mobile Game” Goes Too…
At the 13th Annual Global Mobile Awards ceremony, at the Global Mobile Congress in Barcelona, the award for “Best Mobile Game” went to both Glu Mobile’s “My Hangman” and Cellufun’s “Call of the Pharaoh”.
PlayJam Reacquired by Founder
One of the largest iTV games channel in the world, PlayJam, has been reacquired by its founder's company General Entertainment & Technology Corporation.
Jagex Creates Subscription Based Gaming Site
After the success of RuneScape, British developer Jagex has decided to enter the casual space with their new website, FunOrb.com.
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From Casual Connect Europe, 6 - 8 February 2008
INTENIUM
INTENIUM, a German casual game publisher, has announced its entry into the Netherlands with its joint venture within the Benelux countries.
MUSKEDUNDER INTERACTIVE
With a great reputation in advergaming and serious games, Swedish flash developer Muskedunder Interactive has now purchased independent game developer Free Lunch Design.
INTERACTIVE SKILL GAMES ASSOCIATION
The Interactive Skill Games Association (ISGA), a group that promotes understanding and development of the interactive skill games industry in North America and promotes understanding of skill games to regulators and lawmakers, has announced the introduction of four more companies into the association.
7SEAS TECHNOLOGIES
Casual games, gaming engines and a website from the German company Neokolor GbR were purchased by Indian company 7Seas Technologies, adding to their already growing company.
PANFU.DE
Child-friendly casual site, panfu.de, has announced it's partnership with SPILL GROUP that will allow panfu.de to syndicate SPILL GROUP's kid-friendly casual games.
SANDLOT GAMES
Tradewinds 2 is now going mobile according to Sandlot Games.
QUIRKAT
Jordanian game company Quirkat is announcing their partnership with US game developer Breakaway Ltd. to release Tariq's Treasure, a mobile puzzle/strategy game for Arabic speaking Middle Eastern Gamers.
QUIRKAT
Quirkat announces at Casual Connect the launch of the first Arabic/English online games destination.
REALNETWORKS
Off of the success of Sally’s Salon, RealGames announces another game in the Lifetime Presents: Cate West – The Vanishing Files.
REALNETWORKS
RealGames expanded its global market today by signing with SPILL GROUP, a Netherlands based casual game company that owns 30 online portals worldwide.
REALNETWORKS
RealGames has released some data from their newest player survey finding 90 percent of gamers would watch video ads before and during natural breaks in a casual game in exchange for free game play 34 percent of the people surveyed would also click on the advertisement to learn more about it.
REALNETWORKS
RealGames has announced that Sally’s Salon was the company’s best selling game in 2007 throughout the company’s networks and sites.
GAMEDUELL
German gaming site GameDuell has announced their enterance into the Netherlands today.
SPILL GROUP | DOUBLE FUSION
Spill Group, the world’s leading generator of online casual game traffic, with 60 million people every month, chooses Double Fusion as exclusive partner for major U.S. casual game portals.
KING.COM
King.com, the world’s largest skill games site, said that 190 million games were played on the King.com platform in January 2008.
FLOWPLAY
FlowPlay secures funding from INTEL Capital, Ambient Sound Investments, and leading angel investors. Series A financing totals approximately $3.7 million.
REBEL MONKEY
Rebel Monkey, Inc., a developer and publisher of casual and community games, has raised $1 million in a first round of financing from Redpoint Ventures of Menlo Park, CA.
COME2PLAY
Come2Play Launches Networked Multi-Player Game Channels for Every site Now in Closed Beta. Come2Play is a new startup company specializing in networked multi-player gaming and social gaming networks.
REFLEXIVE
Reflexive Entertainment today announced that it has reached agreement with OUAT Entertainment to publish the PC casual game Miss Teri Tale.
INTENIUM
Intenium and dtp young entertainment, the leader in the sphere of computer games for young audiences, signed an agreement on online games distribution with a separate section of its Deutschland-spielt.de portal devoted to young players.
LAST DAY OF WORK
Last Day of Work (LDW), an independent game studio specializing in sophisticated casual games for the mainstream player, today revealed it is developing Virtual Villagers 3 for PC and Mac.
MERSCOM
Merscom, a global distributor, has released word that they will become the online publisher for the scarily good casual game, Ghost in the Sheet.
PLAYFIRST
PlayFirst is announcing at Casual Connect their newest time management game, Doggie Dash. The game follows the story of two pets and their owners, trying to create the ultimate pet spa.
CHAYOWOO
ChaYoWo Games, a gaming development and solutions company, has announced the official launch of www.gameZindia.com, their own Indiabased online casual gaming portal.
ARKADIUM
Advergaming and casual game maker Arkadium is growing the company by adding former GameTrust Vice President, Neal Sinno. The company has named Sinno as their new Vice President of Business Development.
FREEZE TAG
Casual games publisher Freeze Tag announced four new titles including Letter Lab, Concentration Hollywood, Paper Chase, and Can You See What I See? based on the best-selling Scholastic children’s book series by Walter Wick, co-author of the I SPY books.
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