Casual News – Feb. 24, 2009

Crispy Gamer interviews Mousechief’s Keith Nemitz about his award-winning game Dangerous High School Girls In Trouble! being pulled from Big Fish Games; iWin will be implementing new customer service software; and apparently President Obama is a casual gamer! These headlines and more below.

News

• President Obama: Gamer in Chief
• PopCap Games acquires game maker Gastronaut Studios
• Big Fish Games releases Unwell Mel
• Heyzap shows fast growthwith its embeddable casual game widget
• The Price is Right, Hell’s Kitchen Mac games released
• Focus Multimedia signs with Big Fish Games
• SouthPeak thanks casual games for revenue jump
• iWin selects Parature customer service software
• Meridian4 to distribute Obulis
• eGames announces fiscal year 2008 financial results

Features

• Dangerous Developer in Trouble: Mousechief Interview
• Mitch Lasky: Venture capitalist, Jamdat founder explains how to snag financing for your indie game
• DICE Summit: Nintendo shows cute applications for DSi game handheld
• DICE Summit: GameStop executive says used games drive new sales
• Glu talks iPhone, brands and advertising

Erin Bell