Casual News – Nov. 20, 2009

Big Fish Games announces release dates for Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove; Zynga raises $15.2 milion in new funding; and class action lawsuits could be brewing against social networks over the scam offers scandal. These headlines and more below.

News

• Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove release dates announced
• Zynga raises $15.2 million in new funding
• Class-action lawsuits could hit Facebook, MySpace, others on scam offers
• Rumor: Zynga’s next big game — PetVille
• Zynga To Launch Smash Hit FarmVille on FarmVille.com
• A Kingdom for Keflings coming to PC
• Diner Dash makes a mad rush to Xbox Live Arcade
• Former Pogo execs join NeoEdge through merger
• PopCap to launch Peggle and Peggle Nights add-on for the PlayStation Network and Peggle Nights content pack on Xbox Live Arcade
• 35% of Xbox customers are women
• Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow on track to set retail sales record for eGames
• Mousebreaker teams with King.com

Features

• OnLive shows its server-based games work on cell phones
• Chilean startup focuses on games for social good

Erin Bell