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The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2 - Developer Diary #2

erin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:16:51 -0600

Hello Gamezebo-ers,

This is Ryan Modjeski again, designer and producer of Legacy Interactive's upcoming hidden object adventure, The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes, Vol. 2. Since my last developer diary, things have gotten really hectic around here. Murder, She Wrote just launched (at the time of writing it is #1 on Big Fish Games and Legacy Games) and the energy surrounding that project amplified our stresses as we are quickly approaching our own release date in December.

Worst week ever for Zynga

erin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:54:37 -0600

Zynga, the leading social games company and creators of popular games that you've probably have played (such as FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and Café World) is officially having the worst week ever.

It did not start out that way. In fact, October was probably the best month ever for Zynga, or any video game company since the launch of the Atari console system!

House M.D., Developer Diary

erin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:36:10 -0600

So fresh off production of The Lost Cases of Sherlock Holmes and Emergency Room: Real Life Rescues, it seemed like a natural fit to combine the two elements and start on a game based on the TV series House M.D. I was very enthusiastic to start working on the project because I was a fan of the show, which is saying a lot because I don't watch very much television (I'm more of a movies-kind-of-guy) so finding a show that I've actually seen, let alone enjoy, is pretty challenging. (Nothing against TV programs per se, I just generally prefer to play games and watch movies.)

13 Spooky Casual Games for Halloween

erin — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:13:20 -0500

What Halloween-themed games are you playing this weekend? Gamezebo put together a roundup of 13 of our favorites to help you get into the spirit. Some are light-hearted romps with pumpkins and dancing zombies, while others are downright scary. So turn the lights down, pull out the bowl of candy, and let's get spooked!

Mystery Legends: Sleepy Hollow

Type: Hidden Object

Broken Hearts: A Soldier's Duty, Developer Diary

erin — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 10:42:31 -0500

Casual Games and even games in general are not known for engaging its audience with with heart felt emotion. Gold Sun Games newest title hopes to put an end to that with the first Romance casual game Broken Hearts: A Soldier's Duty. Help our madly in love heroine Maria Lopez restore her memories in this heart breaking romantic tale of love, romance, deception, and tragedy.

Behind the Game: Gardenscapes

erin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:13:02 -0500

Learn how Playrix Entertainment's Gardenscapes evolved from "Fishdom with butterflies and flowers" to the hidden object/gardening hybrid that it is today, which characters didn't make it into the final version of the game, and what 1960s British pop group inspired Austin the Butler's sideburns in our Behind the Game interview with Playrix's VP of Production, Igor Elovikov.

What's the idea behind the game? How did you come up with it?

The fastest-growing game of all time is... FarmVille?

erin — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:39:42 -0500

What's the most popular video game these days? If you think it's Halo: ODST, Batman: Arkham Asylum or Wii Fit, think again. While high profile console games are hogging the consumer spotlight, Zynga's FarmVille - a free-to-play Facebook game about tiling soil and tending crops in a virtual farm - has quietly amassed more than 58 million active players.

For anyone counting, that number easily surpasses the sales figures of the best-selling console video game of all time: Nintendo Wii juggernaut Wii Sports, which has only sold about 45.7 million copies to date.

Behind the Game: Coconut Queen

erin — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:31:42 -0500