Entries in 'casual games' (34)
UK publishers anxious to satisfy mass market in 2008
The UK industry’s biggest publishers have revealed the challenges that await them next year: and it appears the major worry is that ‘you can’t please all of the people, all ...
Casual gaming worth $2.25 billion
A report by games body the Casual Games Association has stated that the blossoming sector is currently worth $2.25 billion, and that it is growing by 20 per cent year ...
Industry follows Nintendo as gaming goes casual
Retail has this week hailed the rise of casual gaming as key to a lucrative peak period with ‘the Nintendo effect’ continuing to reverberate across the industry.
PopCap unveils 'largest ever casual games research'
Casual games firm PopCap has completed what it says is the largest-ever worldwide survey of casual computer game players - with the results revealing, amongst other things, that 70 per ...Advertisement
Microsoft squares up to Nintendo
Platform holder Microsoft has fired a warning shot at Nintendo this week as it prepares to unleash a full-scale assault on the casual games space.
Vrabeck heads up EA casual team
Electronic Arts has appointed ex-Activision exec Kathy Vrabeck as head of a new Casual Entertainment department.
Skype makes gaming move
MCV's sister-site Develop reports that the eBay-owned web communications company Skype is introducing a new casual games portal - and is courting developers to provide content.
Microsoft launches casual games site
Microsoft has expanded its casual games portfolio with a new website that brings together the combined games offering of Xbox Live, MSN Games and Windows Live Messenger.Advertisement
