Entries in 'casual' (169)
Casual is key to PS3's growth
Alex Evans, the co-founder of LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, believes that any gamers interested in buying a PS3 have already done so – and that if Sony wishes to grow ...
Square Enix “very interested” in XBLA, PSN and WiiWare
In an exclusive interview with MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz, Square Enix president and CEO John Yamamoto has said that online distribution channels such as Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and WiiWare ...
Casual sector to top $1bn by 2013
Research and analysis firm Parks Associates has predicted that the annual market value of the “premium casual games business” will exceed $1bn by the year 2013.
PSP: Sony wants a piece of the casual market, too
Whereas Nintendo’s DS has traditionally been the casual gamer’s handheld of choice, Sony has made clear that it is serious about making inroads into the portable casual sector, too.
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Activision to join the Wii family revolution
Publisher Activision Blizzard has launched a new label of Wii family games dubbed Fun4All, with the drive kicking off next week with six Wii exclusives hitting retail.
iPhone Gaming – the story so far
As part of CasualGaming.biz’s ongoing iPhone month, MCV's sister site brings you the essential history of the iPhone and iPod Touch, and the devices’ rise to power and the ...
EA: Casual gaming to be big news in 2009
North American games publisher EA has pledged to make casual and family gaming a big part of its reinvention roadmap following some disappointing financial results for the firm’s last three ...
CasualGaming.biz kicks off iPhone Month
CasualGaming.biz has launched its iPhone Month, which will see interviews and features relating to Apple’s industry-changing device posted every day.
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Need for Speed reinvention revealed
Following the questions asked of the franchise just this morning, publisher EA has announced that its successful Need for Speed franchise is to get a radical three-SKU revamp in ...
Killzone 2 web game inbound
A Killzone 2 web game is to be launched as a part of Sony’s £2 million marketing campaign.
Casual gaming can "thrive" from recession
Some of the biggest names in the casual games sector have told MCV's sister site CasualGaming.biz that the casual games sector can not just survive the global recession, but actually ...
PopCap: "Nintendo hasn't stolen our thunder"
PopCap’s creative director and co-creator of the mammoth casual gaming success Bejeweled, Jason Kapalka, has insisted that firms such as Nintendo are not ‘stealing its thunder’ despite the fact that ...
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Hitman developer unveils Mini Ninjas
In a stark sign of the times Eidos-owned Danish developer Io Interactive, the studio behind ultra-violent assassination series Hitman, has unveiled it’s latest title – super-cute adventure outing Mini Ninjas.
My Pet Shop arriving next month
Japanese publisher and developer Square Enix, the company famed for its global success with ‘hardcore’ RPG franchises such Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest, has said that its first foray into ...
Trivial Pursuit coming to next-gen
US publisher EA is set to bring family board game favourite Trivial Pursuit to a host of games platforms this March, with versions planned for Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, ...
Cafe.com sells Boonty to Nexway
Casual games portal Boonty, which is owned by US-based Café.com, has been sold to French digital content firm Nexway for an undisclosed amount. Boonty co-founders Mathieu and Roman Nouzareth claim ...
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Girl gamers get 505's attention
Burgeoning UK games publisher 505 Games is to enter the increasingly competitive girl-gamers market on DS with the announcement of its new The Academy range, which is due to arrive ...
Guitar Hero III sales pass $1bn
Activision Publishing CEO Mike Griffith has claimed that 2007’s Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has now surpassed a sales value of $1bn – a milestone the exec claims has ...
Bush's shoe exploits get the games treatment
Proving that its finger is still on the topical pulse, Glasgow-based Flash games developer T-Enterprise has launched a game based on the shoe-throwing exploits of Iraqi journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi.
Casual gaming - 2008 in review
It was the year casual games went from the worst kept multi-million dollar secret in the games business to its potential saviour. Favoured with big investments from venture capitalists and ...
Could credit crunch hit Nintendo hardest?
The extent to which the games industry is or is not ‘recession-proof’ will be revealed over time, but two leading industry analysts have warned that casual-centric games firms, and more ...
Sega gets into casual gaming
Gaming giant Sega has become the latest established player from the games market to make a move into the casual gaming sector with the launch of its new Flash games ...
I'm A Celebrity casual game arrives
Casual gaming has hopped on board the topical bandwagon yet again, and this time it’s ITV’s jungle-based reality show I’m A Celebrity: Get Me Out Of Here on the receiving ...
ITV's Demons gets online game
Ahead of the launch of its brand new supernatural action series Demons, ITV has announced that it has recruited the talents of developer Playgroup to produce an online casual title ...
Netbook boom could change shape of games industry
Analysts have predicted that the boom in netbook usage around the world could drive forward the importance of casual gaming within the global games industry.
