Electronic Arts Announces Operation Mania
	Electronic Arts plans to turn you into a doctor with the release of its newest casual title, Operation Mania, a ga ... [read more >>]
	24 July 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

You've Never Been a Water Drop Before
	I must admit I totally dig games which allow you to be something no other release has permitted you to be - a water drop, for example. It doesn't sound very exciting, I know, neither turning yourself into a ghost-eating button, and we all know how much everybody loves Pac-Man! The game, entitled I-Fluid, is developed by independent, Marseille-based company Exkee that promises the game will be available for purchase by the ... [read more >>]
	23 July 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Keep Crazy Machines Running in System Mania
	Pi Eye Games has decided to offer fans of the casual genre an alternative to the classic "serve a cake, sell an ice cream" type of games we have been getting ever since the online portals were launched, and we're glad they made such a decision. System Mania ... [read more >>]
	22 July 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cooking Mama 2 Goes Wii
	505 Games managed to hit the jackpot with the release of Cooking Mama, since the casual masterpiece soon climbed the rankings and became one of the best selling games of its kind. As it usually happens in such circumstances, lots of spin-offs and sequels a ... [read more >>]
	22 July 2008, 02:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Codeminion Releases Ancient Quest of Saqqarah
	Usually, when a company announces another casual game, the project doesn't manage to impress me too much, because I know I've already seen it at least a dozen times before. However, when Codeminion presented Ancient Quest of Saqqarah, they did get ... [read more >>]
	21 July 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Lawn Games Come to Wiis
	If you somehow consider that the Nintendo Wii console doesn't have enough sport-related games, there is no need to worry anymore, since during the E3 media summit, cdv announced plans to release a brand new casual title exclusively for the motion sensing console. The title wil ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Before E3, Activision Goes for a Wee 1ST
	Everybody is preparing for the biggest game related event of the year, the E3, but when a major company has a different agenda, nothing will stand in its way – Activision, for example, has plans to create a brand focused on Wii titles only and they called it, pardon the ... [read more >>]
	10 July 2008, 02:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Prepare Yourself for Sarah's Emergency Room
	When asked about their dream job, a lot of the kids out there want to become doctors. Most of them, though, change their plans along the way because of various reasons. However, most of us still have the feeling that we could've been "excellent doctors" and we would've saved lots of lives and so on. Well, if you are one of the people who think that and you'd still take on the challenge of proving to the w ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cradle of Rome Goes Nintendo DS
	Cradle of Rome is one of the best selling PC casual titles of 2007 and it only seems natural to learn that a Nintendo DS version will be released by Rising Star Games. Developed by German company carasus.media, the game is expected to be launched in October this year a ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 02:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Prepare Your Brain for MindHabits
	I was starting to get worried that we'll stop receiving brain training games as it has been a while since such a title was announced. However, Got Game Entertainment decided to save the day and announced MindHabits, another of those brain trainers which promise to keep yours fit ... [read more >>]
	03 July 2008, 03:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Freeverse Launches Two New Games for Mac
	Freeverse has just made available two new Mac titles based on the popular TV shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune. Both have their free trial versions up for grabs as well, while the full games cost $19.95 each. More details on the two new titles below. Wheel of Fortune Deluxe offers players 2 ... [read more >>]
	25 June 2008, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Build in Time Released for Mac
	Reflexive Entertainment has announced the release of Build in Time on the Mac. The casual title has players constructing homes, swimming pools, jungle gyms and more, fulfilling their virtual customers' requests. Build in Time for Mac hit the market less than a week after its release on PC, featuring 23 "blast from the past" customers and numerous environments spread over a total of 65 levels. ... [read more >>]
	20 June 2008, 06:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Animal Paradise Comes to DS
	If you had any doubts that the Nintendo DS is pure heaven for all the cutesy little games in the world, Empire Interactive comes to prove you wrong by announcing Animal Paradise 2 following the success the first title had. The game is scheduled to hit the stores sometime during t ... [read more >>]
	20 June 2008, 03:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Interpol Comes to Xbox 360
	When you hear something like "The Interpol is coming to the Xbox 360", you start wondering what have those "way too talkative kids" done now? However, the answer is completely different from what you might be expecting: they did nothing bad and this Int ... [read more >>]
	18 June 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Brash Brings You Fun Park
	The first thing that crosses your mind when you say Six Flags is "fun" because North America’s Six Flags Inc. is one of the largest theme park companies. Thinking about it, you must agree that it was only a matter of time until a game developer decided to pop the question - and it has just happened. Brash Entertainment has announced having started the work on Fun Park, a title based on the aforementioned theme park. ... [read more >>]
	16 June 2008, 02:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Beauty Factory Is Launched for Girls Only
	Whenever we see that games are being developed especially for targets basically ignored in the past (young female gamers, in this case), we are absolutely happy: this is the right way to keep the industry growing and our girlfriends sympathetic of our obsessive gaming habits! One of the most recent companies that plan to take care of ... [read more >>]
	13 June 2008, 03:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Schizoid - Achievements (Xbox 360)
	If you feel there are no more genres to be invented, you couldn’t be further from the truth. Schizoid is possibly the ultimate co-op game where teamwork is essential for survival and players really have to cooperate to protect each other from the never ending stream of enemies. Schizoid is the first-ever Xbox LIVE Arcade title built using Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio Express. Featuring addictive simple gameplay, Schizoid combi ... [read more >>]
	10 June 2008, 09:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Go Higher and Higher with Tower Bloxx Deluxe
	You probably know the original, addictive Tower Bloxx if you have ever used your mobile phone to play games. I also believe that you never thought it could be ported to other more powerful systems, but the developers had other plans. This means that, starting now, you can purchase the game Digital Chocolate developed Tower Bloxx Deluxe and play it on your PC - bigger, better and even more addictive. Just like in the original T ... [read more >>]
	06 June 2008, 02:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Grab the Mouse and Build in Time!
	If you were one of the people concerned about the fact that casual games are way too short, you should be delighted now, since Reflexive Entertainment has announced a game that spans over six decades of American history! If that's not enough, I don't k ... [read more >>]
	04 June 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Minigames for Fit Brains
	Vivity Labs say that one of the most pleasant ways of keeping your brain fit is playing computer or video games. Of course, not any games - their games, which are developed in collaboration with brain health experts. And you can check all of them (just nine at the moment) by visiting their website. Don't expect, however, to see some re ... [read more >>]
	04 June 2008, 02:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Oven Mitts. Check. Frying Pan. Check - Off to the Cooking Academy.
	Macgamestore has announced the availability of Cooking Academy for Mac. The game puts players in the kitchens of a prestigious culinary school, having them prepare over 50 different recipes. A free trial version of Cooking Academy is available. Grab your oven mitts and don your Chef's H ... [read more >>]
	02 June 2008, 05:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Music Video Games Announced
	Analysts have been saying that games sell better than music, facts have proved so, thus it was only a matter of time until something like Music Video Games was going to happen. And it did sooner than expected, but I'm sure that's no problem for anybody: MvG is a music-based ... [read more >>]
	28 May 2008, 03:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dr. Mario and Table Tennis Available Now
	With the release of the WiiWare service, it is only a matter of time until we get to see tons of great games available for download, but for now, we have no other option than to accept some mediocre updates. Some might still say that it is much better than nothing and they mi ... [read more >>]
	27 May 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Tinker Bell Comes to DS this Christmas
	It's always sweet and, at the same time, absolutely funny to know that beloved Disney characters can make it to videogames, even though not exactly as we'd like to see them (a bloody FPS called "Sleeping Beauty and the Flames from Hell" would be great, for example). One of the anim ... [read more >>]
	23 May 2008, 15:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Cake Maina Heads to Wii
	We all know that casual games go hand in hand with the Nintendo Wii console; from this perspective, it is only a matter of time until all casual game developers head to the beloved console, leaving PC systems only with hardcore games for the real players. To prove that, Majesco Entertainment&l ... [read more >>]
	13 May 2008, 03:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Saqqarah Gameplay Details Arise
	We were talking a while ago about a project from a company that's called Codeminion – and that project was named Saqqarah. Back then, we had no idea what the game was going to be about, but we knew that the developers promised to bring a whole new meani ... [read more >>]
	06 May 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Polar Games 2 Are Back with Pool and Golf
	MumboJumbo has decided it's time to bring back the polar bears to the Polar Games, so they have created two new games to cheer us up while at work (have I just said that?). The wild, zany bears created by ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 04:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Codeminion's Secret Project Saqqarah Revelaled
	Unlike your usual casual game development company, Codeminion has a different approach, since it tries to create games that are fun to play both for people in their mid-thirties, as well as their hardcore children. And this is great, since I was getting kind of tired to consider casual games repetitive, boring, childish ... [read more >>]
	17 April 2008, 04:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

WiiWare Gets Home Sweet Home
	With Nintendo's WiiWare ready to give every company the chance to promote, publish and fill the small hard disk drives with all sorts of Wii games, it seems natural that most of them will just come and pass by unnoticed. Probably it's not the case for Home Sweet Home, t ... [read more >>]
	15 April 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Wedding Dash Hits the Stores
	Brighter Media Minds and PlayFirst have decided to build on the success had by Dinner Dash and release another title that is very similar, yet different enough in order to sell millions. Wedding Dash is its name and promises to be an "engaging wedding simulation game" - and that is definitely its strongest feature, since every girl out there dreams about the perfect wedding and would do anything to see it happen. Fea ... [read more >>]
	15 April 2008, 15:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

World of Warcraft Is Not a “Real” Success
	The MI6 Marketing Conference, that takes place in San Francisco and concentrates on the business side of games development, featured a lengthy panel discussion about the MMO business modes and the potential for growth that free-to-play games could have in the near future. The most important speakers were Daniel James of Three Rings, creator of Puzzle Pirates, Andrew Sheppard of Outspark, the company that makes Fiesta, Min Kim ... [read more >>]
	09 April 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Disney Acquires Gamestar
	Disney Interactive Studios is creating its sixth internal game production studios after it has recently acquired a Chinese-based developer called Gamestar, that has studios in both the Wuhan province and in Shanghai. The move is part of a wider Disney Interactive plan to creat ... [read more >>]
	08 April 2008, 03:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

THQ Expands Casual Games Division
	THQ has announced a new partnership designed to make it one of the most important players on the rapid growing casual games market. As the owner of a diverse portfolio of games, ranging from fantasy RTS games like the ... [read more >>]
	02 April 2008, 03:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weather-Based Game Available for Mac
	Aaa Friday, everyone's favorite. Although I still have a good couple of thousand words to write to end this week, I'm already thinking of the weekend. Chances are, I'll pick up on a nice casual game to get the weekend started and SilkWood Spring sounds and looks ... [read more >>]
	28 March 2008, 10:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Get Ready for the Night of a Million Billion Zombies
	You'll go like: "Blam! Make that nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine billion, nine hundred and ninety-nine million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine zombies..." and you will soon lose count and just press the damned trigger (or, mouse button, if you don't like a bit of roleplay). This could be a short description of the newly released PowerUp S ... [read more >>]
	26 March 2008, 20:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Make Your Nintendo DS Explode with Fireworks
	We all love July 4, June 14, other national holidays or New Year's Eve. One of the reasons for this shared love are the fireworks displays that light up the night sky on these days. Even if old by the standards of the entertainment industry and somewhat low-tech in its approach (mix chemicals, add gunpowder, watch explosion) the fireworks industry still manages to make billions around the world. It was just a matter of time until t ... [read more >>]
	20 March 2008, 03:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nickelodeon/MTV Moving On-line
	More players are developing their presence in the on-line and casual games markets. And more and more companies that hold original media-based intellectual property, like television networks and animation companies, are trying to use the licenses they hold as a base for success in the world of videogames. Success geared towards ... [read more >>]
	19 March 2008, 11:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Soul Bubbles Coming Your DS Way
	After the January NPD sales figures, which put the Nintendo DS firmly in the top spot as far as hardware sales go, it seems that more and more publishers are preparing DS titles for launch. After last week's Dragon Hunters, a new game was announced today. ... [read more >>]
	18 March 2008, 10:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Stop What You're Doing and Spring Up!
	Not tired of physics-based games? OK, here's another one for you, this time brought by Frozax Games, who specializes in both Mac and Windows games. By looking at the screens we've posted here, many of you will probably say this is a game for babies. Sure e ... [read more >>]
	17 March 2008, 11:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Brain Challenge for Your Xbox Live Arcade
	You probably know already everything about Brain Challenge, Gameloft's game that's already available for PC, Nintendo DS, mobile phones and iPod. What you probably don't know is that, starting today, the game is also available for purchase on Xbox Live Arcade and it promises to keep your brain healthy, tidy and ready for all the challenges. Brain Challenge, the game, offers you a daily training test that include ... [read more >>]
	13 March 2008, 13:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fight Crime in the Dangerous Crime City
	In video games only it's really great to hear that a city is filled with sick criminals, because this gives you two thrilling options: fight against them and clean the entire city or join them and do whatever you want. Games only, I repeat. Crime City is o ... [read more >>]
	06 March 2008, 02:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Tumblebugs 2 Is Addictive Again
	If you had a game released and that game was downloaded no less than 25 million times, wouldn't you consider releasing a sequel? Well, Wildfire Studios sure did and this means that you'll have the n-th game that looks, feels and IS Zuma (or Luxor, I have no idea which ... [read more >>]
	04 March 2008, 02:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Happy Happy Joy Joy Alert
	What's good about casual games is that they tend to look for intellectual property in the most unlikely places. And that they take well known characters and familiar situations and turn them into interactive games. Happy Tree Friends is one of the wonders sparked by the Internet. ... [read more >>]
	29 February 2008, 05:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

RuneScape Devs Bring you FunOrb
	RuneScape developer Jagex is willing to bring everybody more browser-based fun and they called their new project FunOrb Games. Unlike the successful & ... [read more >>]
	28 February 2008, 05:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Gas Powered Games Doing Peggle Clone?
	Chris Taylor is somewhat of a gaming legend. His best work is an old rival of Starcraft, called Total Annihilation, where various robotic machineries do battle over planets across the galaxy. Low on backstory and big on tactics, the tittle was one of the earliest RTS games to make a significant impact. Nowadays, Taylor is best known for releasing ... [read more >>]
	25 February 2008, 06:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Fashion World Awaits You in Fashion Boutique
	This casual game or, as they call them recently, "time management games", is the perfect choice for girls who like all the glamor of the fashion world, as well as for younger lands who develop tents "there" when they see some ... [read more >>]
	19 February 2008, 03:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

MySpace Silently Launches Game Site
	Probably for those who live their second lives on MySpace, this gaming site launch is not such a big surprise, but for me it is. Everybody knows that MySpace is the most popular social ne ... [read more >>]
	12 February 2008, 04:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

EA Develops Hasbro Games. G.I. Joe Goes Casual?
	Electronic Arts really wants the title of best publisher in the US back, so it starts to do everything it can to get the achievement back. Part of the plan seems to be the signing of a bunch of (actually, most of) Hasbro properties that are going to be ... [read more >>]
	12 February 2008, 02:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Dangerous High School Girls Ready to Be Bad
	You have probably never heard about this game which comes with such a long title: Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! You might want to know more if you find out that this games' motto is: "This is the game where ... [read more >>]
	04 February 2008, 06:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Feel Like Blowing up the Universe?
	There are two types of casual games: little games that are addictive as hell and make you waste all your free time and little games that, together with that, come with an incredibly well written and ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 08:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia