Playing casual games at work actually seems to make office workers more productive according to an Oxford University study; Gamezebo interviews The Cartoon Network about its new MMO FusionFall; and Ubisoft announces a game based on Grey’s Anatomy. These headlines and more below.
News
- EA delivers Scrabble to every major digital platform in 2009
- Ubisoft announces Grey’s Anatomy game
- Eleventh annual Independent Games Festival announces finalists
- World of Goo launches on WildTangent game network
- Fingertime launches casual games Facebook app
- EA announces upcoming titles from the MySims franchise
- Majesco Entertainment announces Drama Queens for Nintendo DS
- Double Fusion’s Friedman to head worldwide in-game ad sales
- China’s online games revenue to hit $267 billion in 2010
- EA announces support for PlayStation Home Beta
- Arkadium inks deal with Sony Pictures Television Internation to roll out game arenas across Europe, Latin America and Asia
Features
- Interview with Rich Weil, FusionFall
- More play, more work
- The games that make seeking so satisfying
- Xbox 360 LittleBigPlanet killer part of shift to casual market
