Entries in 'casual games' (34)
What's next for social and mobile gaming?
Jeroen Bouwman, Head of Content Acquisition & Michael Louw, Senior Games Producer at Spil Games discuss the opportunity for edu-games and more.
Casual Gaming - into 2013, and beyond!
Jeroen Bouwman, Head of Content Acquisition & Michael Louw, Senior Games Producer at Spil Games reveal the opportunities in casual games in 2013.
EA CEO: Social market isn't dying, but consumers won't pay for crap
John Riccitiello isn’t listening to the noise surrounding social gaming’s impending demise – believing instead that companies are learning, and only need to make a few necessary adjustments for continued success.
INTERVIEW: Martin Good, THQ
For all its focus on core gaming, THQ still has a very successful and growing kids, family and casual business. Christopher Dring quizzes the division’s executive vice president Martin Good ...
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Bungie launches mobile venture
Halo creator Bungie has launched a new venture into mobile and social games: Bungie Aerospace.
Syfy announces social gaming plans
Syfy will publish it first social games later this year as the broadcaster aims for a larger share of that market.
13 countries enter Computec contest
Studios for 13 countries around the world have already entered Computec’s Make The Game competition.
Computec launches browser game contest
Computec Media is giving games developers the chance to establish themselves on the browser gaming scene.
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Top apps of 2010 revealed
This year’s most popular iPhone apps have been revealed – and the majority are games.
Playboy Party reveals itself
Free-to-play online game Playboy Party has launched today on popular social network Facebook.
Games for free? No problem, says GameStop
The general manager of GameStop’s digital ventures group has insisted that there’s no conflict of interest in his company’s promotion of free-to-play online games as the High Street continues to ...
XBLA Plants vs Zombies gets co-op
PopCap’s downloadable version of Plants vs Zombies for Xbox 360 looks like it will receive new features not seen on the PC or iPhone.
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Casual games a £280m market in 2009
The UK spent as much as £280 million on online-based casual games, a new study suggests.
Video games are more popular than cinema
More people in America play video games than go to the cinema, according to a recent survey carried out by the NPD group.
Blizzard taps casual game maestro from PopCap
Casual games guru Greg Canessa is leaving his post at PopCap to join Blizzard.
Nickelodeon seeks new publishing partners
Kids’ IP specialist Nickelodeon has told MCV that it is keen to license out its key franchises to new publishing partners, in order to take its games business to the ...
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Casual games can ‘get sloppy’ says bestselling author
Mystery-thriller author James Patterson has hit out at poorly made casual games – whilst praising the efforts he is creating with I-Play based on his Women's Murder Club books.
GameJacket offers 'huge audience reach' through casual games ads
A new company looking to revolutionise the way free online games are monetised is offering core games publishers the chance to promote their products to a huge games-savvy audience.
UK gets its own casual games industry event
The UK is to host a new, high-profile event dedicated to the business of casual games in October.
Casual games rule New York
A recent report by New York's Centre for an Urban Future has said the core games industry is badly represented in the Big Apple - but adds that the city ...
RealNetworks separates casual team
CasualGaming.biz reports that RealNetworks is planning to spin its casual games business into a separate company in a bid to maintain leadership in the space - and may even consider ...
Want to know the history of casual games…?
Do you know where the casual games phenomenon has come from? Does it seem a little like it’s arrived out of nowhere?
‘Core gamer market is saturated’
IDG Research obtained by MCV states that the core gamer market is saturated – and unless more publishers and platform holders embrace casual gaming, the industry could stagnate.
‘Most casual games are rubbish’
Codemasters Online’s vice president David Solari has hit out at the number of developers rushing out casual games after signing a deal to bring a range of Mumbo Jumbo titles ...
Midway to open casual games portal
Midway CEO David Zucker has revealed his company plans to open a new casual games portal.
