Casual News – March 13, 2009

SPIL Games declares itself the largest casual game portal worldwide (based on comScore data); Nintendo ships its 100 millionth Nintendo DS; and Gamezebo interviews the new head of RealNetworks’ Games Division, John Barbour. These headlines and more behind the cut.

News

• SPIL Games becomes the world’s largest casual game portal network
• Nintendo DS surpasses 100 million shipped
• EA releases Trivial Pursuit on all major gaming consoles
• Wizard101 finds its voice – adds voiceover and shared item banks
• Playdom comes out of stealth mode
• Superheroes and villains arise in La Tale
• Gimme5games.com goes all "user created content" with Gwizz and Keep-A-Head
• ngmoco announces Topple 2 now available on Apple App Store
• Casual games firm OMGPOP raises $5 million
• Majesco sales and profits see first quarter surge
• Brandon Barber joins Zynga as vice president of marketing

Features

• Green and Sparkly – Inside Emerald City Confidential
• Interview with John Barbour, RealGames
• Luner, Huuhtanen talk American Idol/Habbo partnership
• Gambit helps game developers make more real money from virtual goods

Erin Bell