Entries in 'casual' (169)
AT&T reveals $1m+ gaming roadmap
Best known to gamers as being the sole carrier of Apple’s iPhone in North America, AT&T has revealed a number of ambitious gaming initiatives designed to propel it to the ...
ThatGameCompany heading to 360?
It has been revealed that ThatGameCompany’s exclusivity deal with PlayStation is only for three titles, meaning that after the release of its next project the studio will be free to ...
'Large female presence' in Sims 3 dev team
Speaking exclusively to MCV’s sister CasualGaming.biz as part of its Girl Gaming Month, The Sims 3’s associate producer Grant Rodiek has stated that the game’s development team deliberately houses more ...
Nintendo insists casual is not taking over the market
Speaking to CasualGaming.biz as part of its Girl Gaming Month, Nintendo’s UK Wii product manager Rob Lowe has stated that the rise in popularity of casual software has not ...
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Plants vs Zombies bridges the hardcore-casual divide
Despite having been on the market for just a little over two weeks, Plants vs Zombies is already on track to become PopCap’s best ever selling game – an impressive ...
Bilbo and Sauron getting casual makeover
The large-scale brawls of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings movie trilogy may have to date proved more suited to button-bashing console brawlers, but Warner is hoping to win over ...
Triple-A dev model ‘no longer appealing’
Speaking to MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz, the business development director of Strawdog Studios Dan Marchant has stated that the triple-A games development model is not as appealing to the wider ...
Sony to give PSP casual sector marketing boost
2009 is looking to be a big year for Sony’s once written off PSP, and ahead of the announcement of a redesigned unit at E3 next month Sony has revealed ...
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Fluffy Logic: Gaming went mainstream when it became useful
SingStar, Wii Sports, Brain Training – it’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment gaming went mainstream, but Fluffy Logic CEO Ana Kronschnabl claims that the real change happened when gaming ...
Petz series sells 3m in EMEA
French publisher Ubisoft has told MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz that its successful Petz series on DS and Wii has now sold 3m units across EMEA regions.
Naughty Dog founders form Monkey Gods
Jason Rubin and Andrew Gavin – the co-founders of acclaimed Jak and Daxter and Uncharted developer Naughty Dogg – have joined forces with HBO media consultant Jason Kay to form ...
Senior exec calls for opening up of casual games platforms
Writing exclusively for CasualGaming.biz, PopCap’s senior director of business development for Asia Pacific Giordano Bruno Contestabile has called for casual games publishers to open up their platforms in an effort ...
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Casual-orientated EA Sports Complex arrives on Home
EA’s long-awaited Sports Complex has gone live on Sony’s PlayStation Home service, brining with it a number of multiplayer casual titles.
PS2 legacy to help PS3 win over casual market
Long before Nintendo unleashed the DS and Wii, Sony was winning over a new type of family gamer with titles such as SingStar, EyeToy and Buzz – and that PS2 ...
Rabbids get standalone Wii title
After three successful tie-ups with long-standing games favourite Rayman, French publisher Ubisoft is to let the Rabbids branch out later this year with a brand new standalone title making its ...
PopCap's Plants vs Zombies rises into view
It’s being coy with the details, but PopCap has finally revealed the title of its brand new casual games franchise – Plants vs. Zombies.
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New casual games portal arrives from AOL
Leading internet firm AOL has lifted the lid on its brand new casual games site FlytrapGames.com, which it hopes will tap into the ever-growing casual games community.
Gazillion working on “six or seven” MMO games
Newly revealed MMO developer Gazillion has claimed that it is working on “six or seven” titles at the moment, and that its intention is to take the currently hardcore-centric MMO ...
PopCap: The ‘end’ of retail still a long way off
Leading casual games developer PopCap has stated that High Street retail still forms a vital part of its business plan as it allows the company to reach customers that remain ...
PixelJunk Eden made quick money
Japanese developer Q-Games has stated that its most recent PS3 release for Sony’s PS3, PixelJunk Eden, turned a profit within 24 hours of it being released onto Sony’s service.
Metaboli eyes casual expansion
Leading PC games brand Metaboli has told MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz that casual is a big part of its future plans, revealing two new family-specific subscription bundles in the process.
SPIL: The games industry is maturing
Sidney Mock, the CCO of the world’s leading casual games network SPIL Games, has stated that the like-minded cooperation shown amongst some of the world’s leading casual games companies is ...
Casual game targets the jobless
Casual games firm TiltFactor has released a new casual title based on the current economic crisis and, more specifically, the worrying level of unemployment sweeping to the global workplace.
SPIL: Platform holders will open up their platforms
Sidney Mock, the CCO of the world’s leading casual games network SPIL Games, has stated that the tight controls that platform holders Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo have on content for ...
SPIL: There’s no such thing as too much free content
SPIL Games CCO Sidney Mock has told MCV sister site CasualGaming.biz that the high number of free casual games available to gamers online does not jeopardise the paid-for model.
