Friday Casual Games Weekly News Wrap-Up

It’s Friday, so its time for our Casual Games News Weekly Round-Up. Aside for a lot of cool games launching this week (see What’s New & Hot). . . not much is happening in the news. Boonty did buy a game company in China, which could be very interesting.

Yahoo! News

• Casual Games Pioneer Slingo, Inc. Celebrates 10 Years of Irresistible Games and Interactive Community

• Bingo and Skill Games Segments Show Promise

• Live Games Network Launches New Destination to Immerse Casual Gamers in an Espionage Fantasy

• Shockwave.com Launches New Category of Mobile Games With Verizon Wireless

• New Mobile Games Development Studio Massively Mobile Announces Its Entry into the Wireless Gaming Arena

• Shanda Obtains Exclusive License to Operate Kong-Fu Masters Globally

Business Wire

• Boonty Accelerates Social Casual Games Strategy with Acquisition of Gamehub

• My Big Fish Games, the First Social Networking Site for Casual Gamers, Experiences Explosive Growth

Gamasutra

• Rockpool Forms Casual Gaming Company

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Joel Brodie