29 April 2008

Ubisoft in Ukraine

Ubisoft has announced the location for their latest internal development studio, Kyiv, Ukraine.  

28 April 2008

PopCap Contributes to Fight Against Breast Cancer
PopCap has announced that 30% of the price of all games sold on their site from April 28th to May 11th, Mother's Day, will be donated to Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, a leader in the fight against breast cancer.

Cartoon Networks Casual MMO: FusionFall
Hollywood Reporter caught up with Cartoon Network to discuss their casual MMO, FusionFall.

Gaia Online Introduces Casual MMO to Public
Casual MMO gaming was shown off to the public at the April 16 New York Comic-Con.

A Study Shows Casual Games Relieve Stress
A study done by East Carolina University’s Department of Recreation and Leisure has led to the findings that there are potentially therapeutic uses for casual games in addressing physical and mental disorders.  


25 April 2008

NPD Numbers for PC Games: April 6 - April 12
Assasin's Creed comes to PC and steals number one from The Sims.

Play Hard Secures Series A round of Funding
Play Hard Sports, Inc., a casual sports games publisher, developer and distributor, has announced their launch as well as $5 million in Series A funding from New Enterprise Associates.


24 April 2008

GreenScreen Appoints Ron Chaimowitz as CEO
GreenScreen Interactive Software has announced the appointment of Ron Chaimowitz as Chief Executive Officer.  The company has also announced the acquisitions of Destination Software, Inc. and ZOO Digital Publishing, which will be forming their new subsidiary, Zoo Games.


23 April 2008


Shrapnel Games & Digital Eel Offers Three Titles for Free
Shrapnel Games and Digital Eel Games have announced that they are now offering three titles for free.

Oberon Publishing Divisions Integrated Under I-play
Oberon Media has announced a new brand identity for I-play, their newly integrated publishing division.

22 April 2008

New Casual Gaming Site Builds off of Web 2.0
A new social casual gaming site has just come online hoping to grab the attention of casual game players, cafe.com.

Skill Game Provider Gains New CEO
European skill game tournament service provider, E-sports Nordic, announced Juha Ruskola as new Chief Execuative Officer for the company.

21 April 2008

NPD Numbers for PC Games in March 2008
Diner Dash keeps the top spot for casual games as The Sims 2 cleans house.

NPD Numbers for Console Games in March 2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl takes number one with casual Wii games continuing to stay in the top 20.

GameJacket Joins the Flash Game Advertisement Field
A new competitor has entered the arena of advertising in flash games.

16 April 2008

NPD Numbers for PC Games: March 29 - April 5
Encore brings casual gaming back into the top ten with Hoyle Card Games 2008.

12 April 2008

PlayPhone Deals With Sony BMG
Jack Black, Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake might be on your cellphone thanks to a deal between Playphone and Sony BMG.

Flowplay Launches New Game Portal
Seattle based company Flowplay has announced to the Casual Game Association that the company’s online destination site, ourworld.com, is now live and open to the public.

NPD Numbers for PC Games: March 23 - March 29
EA brings out it much anticipated expansion pack for Command and Conquer 3 and steals the top spot this week.

Crime Fighting in a Casual Game
Fighting crime now goes casual with Games2Gaze's newest game, CrimeCity.

02 April 2008

PopCap Hires Rotholtz as the New VP of Marketing
PopCap Games has announced that as of today, Ben Rotholtz will hold the newly-created position of vice president of marketing.

NPD Numbers for PC Games: March 16 - March 22
Two stellar casual games hit the top ten this week: Cake Mania and Diner Dash 2.

Outspark Brings Community Tools to Developers
Outspark, an online community gaming company, has announced that they will be offering casual game developers a platform to bring their content to Outspark's community.