Casual News – July 7, 2009

Wadjet Eye Games launches a fan art conteset in anticipation of the launch of The Blackwell Convergence; More women are playing videogame consoles according to an NPD report; and Disney is working on a Nintendo DS game based on Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol." These headlines and more behind the cut.

News

• Social game company PlayFish sees 100 million games installed in 18 months
• Elf Island kids collaborate through game play to help endangered pandas
• Wadjet Eye Games fan art contest returns
• NPD: Female gamer population increasing on consoles
• Disney to release Nintendo DS game based on Charles Dickens’ A Christimas Carol
• TV networks stake their claim to the mobile gaming market
• 2BeeGames names winner of indie game competition
• EA gets wild with SimAnimals Africa for the Wii and Nintendo DS

Features

• China’s crackdown on virtual goods transactions could ripple through the game economy
• Gaming: winning ways for marketers

Erin Bell