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.


December 23, 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.


July 5, 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.


July 2, 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.


January 14, 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.


December 10, 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.


December 7, 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.


September 15, 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.


April 21, 2010
News

Cooking Mama In Trouble As Martha Stewart Enters The Video Game Business

Is there room for two cooking, crafting and gardening experts at Majesco? The US publisher of the Cooking Mama series has signed a deal to produce video games based on America’s favourite ex-convict, Martha Stewart. I smell a cat fight.


April 7, 2010
News

The Revolution Won’t Be Televised, It’ll Be A Game

Think FarmVille meets real world activism.