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Sony Online Entertainment announced having released a new update for its Free Realms MMO, named Goal Time, set to introduce players to the world of football with the inclusion of a new 3D mini game in which up to four players can take part at the same time and with the addition of a new Soccer Star in-game job. Sony ... |
7 October 2009
03:28 GMT |
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It seems that among European countries, Britain’s inhabitants are those that play online and use videogame consoles the most, according to the United Kingdom National Gamers Survey of 2009. Among those questioned, no less than 73% reported that they are playing videogames regularly and it seems that the trend i... |
30 September 2009
13:21 GMT |
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PopCap Games, the company that has made a fortune on the back of casual experiences designed to charm the player with their personality and their simplicity, has announced that it plans to bring two Bejeweled Twist and two Bookworm releases to the Nintendo handhelds. The company is aiming to deliver content for both ... |
24 September 2009
02:39 GMT |
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Sony must be quite pleased with its newest MMO, Free Realms. The game was only launched on the PC in April of this year and John Smedley, who is the president of Sony Online Entertainment, has announced that there are already five million players who are engaged with the free-to-play, micro-transaction-based video ga... |
17 September 2009
14:21 GMT |
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World of Warcraft is the biggest subscription-based MMO in the world of videogames at the moment and it's bringing a lot of money in for Activision Blizzard. The company is not giving up on it, as expressed by the announcement of a new expansion called Cataclysm, but for some time now, it has quietly been workin... |
16 September 2009
17:41 GMT |
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We all know that BioWare, now part of the mighty Electronic Arts empire, is working on a Star Wars themed MMO that is shaping up to be quite an experience. Initial reports are saying that the game will be fully voiced, a first for the genre, moral consequences will be central to the game, each class will offer the sa... |
9 September 2009
18:01 GMT |
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The gaming industry is a large domain that spans many genres and areas. But one criteria that is now present in almost every domain is the classification of games in either casual or hardcore. This is largely due to the flood of Wii-oriented titles that bring experiences that are much simpler, for people who aren... |
20 July 2009
02:27 GMT |
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Nintendo needs to walk quite a fine line with its upcoming games. Last year, hardcore players were flustered by the fact that the Japanese publisher released titles geared towards more inexperienced players.This year, the announced line up includes titles like a new Zelda game for the Wii, Super Mario Galaxy 2 and a ... |
14 July 2009
17:41 GMT |
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Video games are becoming more and more addictive these days, with many companies trying to find that secret formula that guarantees massive popularity with the fans and, at the same time, develops their loyalty. Two companies that have found ways of achieving this are PopCap and Blizzard, the first being the biggest ... |
9 July 2009
03:20 GMT |
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The gaming industry, despite being quite profitable even though the worldwide recession is still taking a toll on other branches of entertainment, hasn't been spared by the economic downturn and the fact that people aren't spending money on video games like they used to speaks volumes in this sense.As such,... |
24 June 2009
11:01 GMT |
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Bethesda has managed to get quite a bit of attention lately. Fallout 3, the first game in the long running franchise that the company has developed, has been praised by critics and has been commercially successful. The three downloadable content packs that it has released for the game have been solid, even if plagued... |
19 May 2009
16:31 GMT |
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PopCap Games has released Peggle for iPhone and iPod touch, a title nabbing the Action & Arcade Game of the Year award (Zeeby Awards 2008). The highly addictive puzzle game is already available on Mac, PC, Xbox 360 and Nintendo DS. The iPhone version introduces revolutionary controls and even extra features. Read on ... |
12 May 2009
08:54 GMT |
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PopCap never ceases to amaze. The company, specialized in creating videogames featuring simple and clear mechanisms, like the much talked about Bejeweled, Zuma and Peggle, but engaging the player for a huge amount of hours, has released a new videogame, called Plants vs. Zombies, which can be played on the PC or the ... |
5 May 2009
03:56 GMT |
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The new Prince of Persia title released by Ubisoft last winter was meant to be considered as a full reboot of the historical franchise set in the Middle East. It introduced a brand new Prince, and a fresh gameplay mechanic that would cause quite a lot of debates on the Internet.The mechanic was in the form of Elika, ... |
26 March 2009
12:11 GMT |
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300AD has announced the release of a fantasy strategy game for Mac and PC, Be a King. A casual brand of Rake in Grass company, 300AD is an independent firm associating developers and distributors of games. The house has been in the business for more than six years.Targeting casual gamers, Be a King is a fantasy strat... |
10 February 2009
10:41 GMT |
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PopCap, a company that develops and publishes casual games, announces that retail sales for its PC game line up went up by 85.3% in 2008, even as it became one of the top twenty publishers in the United States.During the fourth quarter of 2008, as the credit crunch hit the gaming industry hard, PopCap saw the biggest... |
30 January 2009
03:36 GMT |
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The jeans we've been seeing lately on catwalks and in fashion magazines may be contrastingly different from what we might have been expecting, but that does not mean they’re not refreshing to look at. Those skinny jeans that flatter only the most fortunate of us (mainly the tall and slim women) are to beco... |
26 November 2008
08:42 GMT |
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Corelane has announced its debut in the App Store with the release of Clonyk for Apple iPhone and iPod touch. Clonyk is a pure casual game with “refreshing and original gameplay,” and is the very first iPhone title in a series to be launched on Apple's portables.“Corelane is going iPhone! Our v... |
11 November 2008
10:10 GMT |
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Starcraft II is among the most expected titles coming next year, partly because it is the sequel to one of the most successful RTS (Real Time Strategy) titles out there, Starcraft, which is still played on a worldwide level.We recently learned that, because of the huge storylines this title would include, t... |
31 October 2008
14:01 GMT |
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THQ Wireless has announced Pass The Pigs, the iPhone version of the popular dice game. Playable on an iPod touch as well, Pass The Pigs has players winning points by throwing two model pigs across a casino-style table.Surely you're already sold on the short description but this piece really calls for more detail... |
28 October 2008
15:11 GMT |
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Gears of War is one of the most popular new shooter franchises out there. It was developed by Epic Games, Cliff Bleszinski being the lead creative designer behind the series and heavily promoting it. The franchise gained an impressive number of fans after the first game was launched in 2006, and it will soon have its... |
27 October 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Various news outlets are reporting that a Japanese woman, aged 43, has “killed” her husband. The good news is that she only did it online, in the virtual world of Maple Story. The bad news is that the woman has been now arrested by the police, being charged with hacking and other illegal activities.The wo... |
24 October 2008
20:01 GMT |
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Soldak Entertainment, which has recently announced a new RPG game for the Mac, has updated its website to include new entries to the bestiary of Kivi's Underworld. A public beta for the game has commenced, an you're all invited to jump in, and even to preview the game.Kivi's Underworld is a hack and sl... |
24 October 2008
16:31 GMT |
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American McGee, whose previous projects include Alice, Bad Day LA and Grimm, is announcing that it plans to create a racing game with a MMO component called BaiJiu Racer.In an interesting move, the pitch for the game was made directly via a website. As McGee explains, “Traditionally, when I’ve pitched gam... |
22 October 2008
04:15 GMT |
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Game developer baKno, known for its ten-cents-a-game coin solution, has brought a new video game to the Mac platform called Xplorer. The “hide-and-seek” game has players racing to find a randomly generated list of objects visiting impressive locales around the world.In Xplorer, you navigate around the glo... |
13 October 2008
13:41 GMT |
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Game Club Cafe is a casual games portal created and maintained by the independent game developer Codeminion. The portal now features a collection of over 50 titles for Mac. Codeminion is well known for titles like Ancient Quest of Saqqarah and Magic Match.According to Konrad Olesiewicz, Codeminion co-owner, Game Club... |
1 October 2008
15:01 GMT |
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Following the recently signed deal with Atari, Empire Interactive has started to work hard on its ongoing projects to make sure they will hit the stores before the holiday season. The first title that went gold is Animal Paradise, a Nintendo DS exclusive that will be available for purchase on the 23rd of September. T... |
19 August 2008
03:35 GMT |
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Everett Kaser Software has announced the successful port of all its casual PC titles to the Apple Macintosh. With the help of Brad Oliver, Solitile, Fliptile, Sherlock, Knarly Mazes, Descartes, Floyd's Bumbershoot and more are now available to buy. You can either get the games as digital downloads or on CD.Devel... |
15 August 2008
17:11 GMT |
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Short casual games, even though repetitive and utterly frustrating at some point, usually manage to offer some really fun first few hours to the players. Recent tycoon games, especially those developed by independent companies, succeed in giving us the same thing minus the "utterly frustrating" part - and it's s... |
11 August 2008
13:06 GMT |
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City building sim titles don't seem to be one of the most sought after types of games over on the Xbox 360 systems, but NinjaBee plans to change things a bit with A Kingdom for Keflings, a special and unique city building game that will be released exclusively for the Xbox Live Arcade later this fall and that pr... |
5 August 2008
03:08 GMT |
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Electronic Arts plans to turn you into a doctor with the release of its newest casual title, Operation Mania, a game which will challenge you to treat and cure the strangest patients suffering from the zaniest diseases (such as butterflies in the stomach or frog in the throat). The game will be available to be purcha... |
24 July 2008
15:06 GMT |
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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 devel... |
23 July 2008
15:06 GMT |
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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 is the result of their development process and it is al... |
22 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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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 are expected to be released and we're pretty sure this sec... |
22 July 2008
02:45 GMT |
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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 my attention and I can say about the title that it was the o... |
21 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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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 will be brought to you under the name o... |
17 July 2008
15:06 GMT |
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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 expression, Wee 1ST. However, the brand's ... |
10 July 2008
02:51 GMT |
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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, i... |
9 July 2008
17:06 GMT |
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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 and promises to be at least as addictive as its PC... |
9 July 2008
02:37 GMT |
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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 with just five minutes of practic... |
3 July 2008
03:46 GMT |
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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 2,000 puzzles (created by ... |
25 June 2008
07:03 GMT |
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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 fro... |
20 June 2008
06:45 GMT |
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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 the second fiscal quarter of 2009, so y... |
20 June 2008
03:18 GMT |
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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 Interpol that's coming to the console is only a casual game wit... |
18 June 2008
17:06 GMT |
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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 Entert... |
16 June 2008
02:33 GMT |
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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 pla... |
13 June 2008
03:35 GMT |
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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 LI... |
10 June 2008
09:31 GMT |
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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... |
6 June 2008
02:38 GMT |
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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 know what is! Dubbed build in Time, this new casual game ... |
4 June 2008
15:06 GMT |
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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, ... |
4 June 2008
02:58 GMT |
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