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Shockwave Spring Sale
Shockwave's Spring Sale starts today! Save 50% on two dozen titles includig Alice Greenfingers, Farm Frenzy, Plant Tycoon, Delicious - Emily's Tea Garden, and Tumblebugs.
Casual News - March 31, 2009
PopCap talks about developing games for the Nintendo DS; Ludia announces a new game based on TV's The Amazing Race; and Gamasutra talks about the different types of social games. These headlines and more behind the cut.
Youda Marina Preview
Youda Games (Youda Farmer, Youda Camper) has set its sights on boating for its next game, Youda Marina. Part simulation, part time management game, Youda Marina challenges you to create the most beautiful and efficient harbor in the world. The game offers four different maps, a sunny tropical setting, and all kinds of buildings and boats to let you get creative with the design. Youda Marina is launching very soon, so be sure to check back to Gamezebo and we'll let you know the moment the game is out.
Way to Go! Bowling Review
Bowling has rarely, if ever, been cool. Casual fans have enjoyed the otherworldly Elf Bowling, and Wii Sports Bowling has introduced an electronic version of the game to Nintendo Wii fans. Pogo has decided to give it their own spin with Way To Go! Bowling, and while it is a very cool-looking game, a number of factors make this game a “turkey” – and not in a good way.
Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened Review
If you’ve ever imagined combining Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, and H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu universe into a strange tale, then Sherlock Holmes: The Awakened is probably the game for you. In a gory myster/horror plot that sounds more like science fiction than a classic Victorian novel, Holmes and Watson must track down a strange cult before they can resurrect the Cthulhu.
Just In - Echo: Secret of the Lost Cavern
A new large file adventure game has just launched on Big Fish Games. Set in prehistoric times, Echo: Secret of the Lost Cavern lets you follow along with the young man Arok as he uses the messages found in cave paintings to help him navigate an enchanted mountain. Download Echo: Secret of the Lost Cavern, write a review, or talk about it in our forum. Stay tuned for our review and strategy guide.
Steals & Deals: March 28, 2009
With so many games on sale, why ever pay retail?! Spa Mania is $.99 on Big Fish Games, Peggle (Mac version) is 75%, Virtual Villagers 2 is on sale for for the iPhone/iTouch at an intro offer of $1.99, and 50% off sales at both GameHouse and iWin (coupon code: MARCH5). More sales and details below the cut.
Kudos to Zborno, Timebomb007, and all for helping us find these sales.
Social Saturdays: UNO
Exciting news! Gamehouse and Mattel have brought UNO, the card game of matching, strategy and concentration that people of all ages have been playing for nearly forty years, to Facebook. Finally, a way to play a tried and true classic in a fresh new format keeps the same rules and feel. You can play with other Facebook members all over the world, and soon you'll be able to challenge your Facebook friends to play against you as well.
Just In - CSI: NY
CSI: NY, the new hidden object adventure based from the hit TV show created by Ubisoft is now out on Big Fish Games. Piece together clues and bring criminals to justice using forensic science.
Download CSI: NY, write a review, and discuss the game in our forum. Our review and strategy guide is coming soon.
Behind the Game: Unwell Mel
Like Fairway Solitaire before it, Unwell Mel was a successful Web game that found a new audience as a full-fledged PC download. Was Big Fish Games ever worried that people might not want to pay for what they could already play for free? Not in the slightest. Big Fish Games Studios VP Pat Wylie, Lead Game Programmer/Designer Jake Birkett, Senior Game Designer John Cutter, and Art Director Rhonda Conley talk about the making of the match-3 that pokes fun at the hypochondriac in all of us.
