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May 29th, 2008

Hunger Pangs

Mike Hayes just emailed me about an upcoming casual online game Night Hunger. This will be released on June 2. Check out the trailer video.

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May 29th, 2008

Another Advise for the Industry

Developer, The Game Factory, just released DS Zenses, the first in the line of casual games they are going to release this year.  And guess who’s their target?  The fairer sex.   Particularly the 25-34 year old ones who has the spending power.
This article from MCV UK stated that 74% of paying casual gamers are, gasp, […]

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May 28th, 2008

We Hate Wii?

I stumbled upon this forum and found a highly opinionated guy (plus hoardes of replies from couple of people) about why the Wii is bad for the gaming industry. For starters, he doesn’t hate the Wii, per se, but he has this grandiose idea how it will greatly affect the industry, in the worst sense.
He […]

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May 28th, 2008

99 Cents for a Game??

I  just received a newsletter a few days ago from BigFish Games.  They’re selling a hidden object title for under a dollar with an original $19.99 tag price!  Unbelievable?  Better believe it.  Head off to BigFish Games now and avail of this special limited time offer.  Hurry, offer expires May 29!
Image taken from BigFishGames.com
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May 28th, 2008

MySpace Following Footsteps of Facebook

It seems like gaming, most specifically casual gaming, is a great come on to social networking addicts.  It gives them a reason to hang around the site (after they’re done browsing on gazillions of photos and stalking exes) and makes them come back for more.
Some say that Facebook’s viral success came from gaming, that’s why […]

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May 25th, 2008

Casual Games not Cheap, Says UbiSoft

As spotted on Joystiq.com, game developer, UbiSoft declared that although casual games may be far more inexpensive to produce, it takes much more money to promote and market.
This was revealed by UbiSoft North America president, Detoc, in an interview with San Francisco Chronicle.  He also said that a big chunk of the recent success is […]

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May 21st, 2008

Game Ad Widget + Blog = Revenue?

So you have a website and would want to have more revenue? Why not have fun game ads on your site?
CNet’s News.com reported that NeoEdge Networks just launched a cool widget that links to their library of games. They’re attempting to use popular game titles as leverage to access to more than 400 […]

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May 21st, 2008

Gamer Tag Update

The month is almost over and only a handful of neighbors replied to my tag. Tsk, tsk.
Here are them nice neighbors who answered the meme, so far:

Amy Tucker of IronicGamer.com and SimsGamer.com
Angelo Fernandez of WowObsessed.com
Nadia Oxford of PSMonger.com
Joel Tan of Re-Retro.com
(CE) Mike Leano of FPSRantings.com
Erin Harvey of Play-Girlz.com

Thanks, y’all, for being a good sport. […]

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May 18th, 2008

What do you mean, “No Casual Gaming”??!!!

*tapping fingers and raising an eyebrow*
According to Laurent Fischer, managing director of marketing and PR at Nintendo of Europe, the concept of casual gaming is just plain absurd. He told CasualGaming.biz that its either you’re a gamer or not. Well, that’s true. But as to what TYPE of gamer, that’s where casual gaming comes […]

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May 16th, 2008

$15 Mil in Funds, Anyone?

Social networking game developer/publisher, Social Gaming Nework (SGN), who’s claim to fame is their first Facebook game, Warbook, was awarded that much in series A funding. (How I wonder what that means.)
Marketwire reported that the company is now allocating more resources in research and development to create an even better gaming experience to social networking […]

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