casual games
In Real Life

I Can Explain Zynga’s Decline After Playing FIFA 13

Everyone’s got some genres they’re not really into. For me, it’s always been puzzle games and sport games. Puzzle games are good at making me feel frustrated if not stupid. Not a fan! And sports games, well, I usually figure I’d rather actually play the sport than watch it.

27 July 2012

In Real Life

Bubble Witch Saga Pops In On The Future Of Cross-Platform Social Gaming

Today players of King.com’s popular Bubble Witch Saga can continue their Facebook-based quest on the iPhone and iPad. To some a free-to-play puzzle game that seamlessly synchronizes between Facebook and smartphone might not sound like that big of a deal. To others it’s another step on the path towards a future of platform-free gaming.

28 December 2011

PC

Looking For Some Of That Facebook Money, L.A. Times Starts Hosting Casual Games On Website

Casual games make money. The L.A. Times needs money. So, the L.A. Times is adding casual games to its website. That seems to be the logic at work in a new partnership announced today between the newspaper and casual gaming company Arkadium, which makes Facebook games Mahjongg Dimensions and Solitaire Heaven.

23 December 2011

PC

This Year’s Most Popular Facebook Game Wasn’t Made By Zynga

Despite its tremendous impact on Facebook gaming, the most popular Facebook game of 2011 wasn’t made by Zynga. They didn’t make the second most popular either, according to Facebook.

5 July 2011

News

Angry Birds, Happy Physicists

Galileo discovered the language of nature. Einstein questioned the colour of rainbows. Today’s physicists ponder the vertical acceleration and horizontal velocity of an angry bird in flight.

2 July 2011

News

How To Kill The Company Behind FarmVille

Hate FarmVille, CityVille and all of its billions of pestering, needy fans? There’s a simple way to get rid of the company that makes those games: Kill Facebook.

14 January 2011

PC

Cooking Mama Barges Into Café World’s Kitchen

Every day thousands of players flock to Zynga’s Café World, clicking on food and serving it to the virtual masses for experience points and in-game coinage. That’s some sweet action right there, and Cooking Mama wants a piece of it.

10 December 2010

News

Casual Gaming Destination Pogo Jumps To The iPhone

Pogo has been drawing casual gamers to its website for more than a decade. Now EA’s casual gaming hub makes the leap to the iPhone, bringing five of its most popular titles along for the ride.

7 December 2010

In Real Life

The World’s Cosiest Video Game Launch

Foregoing a lavish, star-studded party, PopCap’s Bejeweled 3 launch party was held in a North London living room, with only a secretary, a grandmother, a librarian, a banker and a father in attendance, representing the series’ diverse fanbase.

15 September 2010

News

PopCap Launching Casual Gaming ‘Disneyland’ In Korea

PopCap Games, the company behind ridiculously addictive games like Bejeweled and Plants Vs Zombies, has teamed up with MMO company NCsoft to create PopCap World, an online multiplayer social game service launching in Korea later this year.

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