Casual News – July 27, 2009

Women confide what they really want (again); Oberon Media launches a new content management system; and Nintendo releases the follow-up to Wii Sports, Wii Sports Resort. These headlines and more, including a summary of our Casual Connect coverage, below.

 News

• Oberon Media launches groundbreaking content management system to enhance support for developers and portal partners
• Merscom announces Bomb Squad: NY
• Merscom to publish The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
• Women confide what they really want to King.com at Casual Connect
• King.com predicts crowdsourcing of Flash games will rival game studios
• RealNetworks picks Matt Hulett to lead new casual games blitz
• News Corp sees MySpace as place for videogames
• Nintendo’s Wii Sports Resort invites everyone to a tropical escape
• GamersFirst launches ourWorld
• Disney Interactive Studios announces Alice in Wonderland game for Wii, DS and PC
• Zoo Games sets up base in Hertfordshire
• Moblyng releases m:Poker on five platforms
• The Three Muskateers: All For One! receives North American release date on WiiWare
• TwoFish unveils ItemStarter, the latest addition to the EasyElements toolkit
• Raptr: Everyone’s a gamer

Features

• Why do we hold social media to a different set of expectations?
• Amazon buys social media… I mean, Zappos

Gamezebo’s Casual Connect Coverage – July 21 – 23

• 12 social gaming trends
• Building strong brands in a storm of competition
• Finding success on the Facebook platform
• How Corpse Craft turned real-time strategy casual
• Nintendo on game design in changing times
• PopCap CEO David Roberts praises crossover games
• What’s in a name?

Erin Bell