August 21st, 2008
PopCap’s flagship franchise, Bejeweled, has sold 25 million units since 2008. This means that: it 1 unit sold for every 10 seconds that equates to 6 billion hours in gameplay and sums up to $300 million in consumer spending. The success in sales mostly contributes to its numerous distribution channels and its availability in a variety [...]
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August 19th, 2008
Aside from my Scrabulous addiction, I’m always on a lookout for note worthy games you can just pick and play and leave as often as you want (aka as casual as you can get). Here’s another nice puzzle game from flash games portal MaxGames.com.
Tags: addicting games, bloxorz, damien clarke, dx interactive, max games
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August 17th, 2008
Well at least that’s what Sega of America CEO, Simon Jeffrey, told at an interview with VentureBeat, according to CasualGaming.biz. He said, once EA focuses on Facebook, the kids will move on.
I’m like, huh? I wonder what makes him think that?
Tags: ea, Iphone, sega, super monkey ball, venturebeat
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August 17th, 2008
UK’s leading consumer software and games publisher, Avanquest Software Publishing, recently announced the launch of their casual gaming brand “Click and Play”.
Tags: Avanquest Software Publishing, Click and Play, Gamesindustry.biz, Jewel Quest II, Mahjong Quest II
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August 17th, 2008
Gaming used to be more of the social activity before the advent of video games. Then a few years ago, gaming moguls (the console makers) realized the importance of having gamers hook up with fellow gamers, either via connection cables and now through the internet.
But ask any casual gamer where’s a nice place to meet [...]
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August 17th, 2008
That’s according to this article from Forbes. They are those individuals who have scant game-design experience, toiling away on their spare time and churn out with addictive games.
That’s what happened to 15-year-old Eric Smith who learned to code from a summer camp, created webgames that so far earned him $10,000. A hefty part of which [...]
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August 17th, 2008
Gamerlite is now 100 posts old! And on this memorable day, I’d like to point out my favorite posts for the past 4 months I’ve been writing here.
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August 12th, 2008
This just got in my mailbox. Avail of Big Fish Games’ sale on one of their hidden object title, Azada, to prepare for its sequel, Azada: Ancient Magic. A $19.99 game slashed to almost a dollar? Definitely a steal if you ask me. Follow these simple steps to avail of the price-off:
Tags: $.99, [...]
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August 10th, 2008
India-based Zapak, Reliance ADA Groups online just launched a gaming company named ZapakWorld, that boasts of being the largest casual gaming site in the world. According to this site, it currently has 12,236 games under their wing. So how did they do it?
Tags: Facebook, india, online casual games, reliance ada, zapak
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August 10th, 2008
I found this really quite stupid. Well at least, at first. Then I got curious and read what I can about the rumored Dummies Game series which will be developed by EA Casual Studios.
Why make a game out of the popular dummies book? I mean, casual games are supposed to be titles that [...]
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