Casual News – June 13, 2008

The latest PopCap-sponsored survey reveals that "disabled gamers" make up 20% of the casual game audience, Majesco wades into casual territory by announcing its first online downloadable game Orchard, and Oberon Media’s Dan Ryan talks about "triple-play" publishing (mobile, Web/PC and TV). These headlines and more below. 

News

• Survey:"Disabled gamers" comprise 20% of casual video games audience
• Majesco announces "Orchard" for the PC
• Joymax’s Deco Online offers twice the random drops and experience points until June 16th
• Verizon Games on Demand now offers more than 1,000 ways to have fun
• Aspyr and Gogii Games to publish Pony Luv on the Ninendo DS
• WISEOZ.com pushes 200 in first two months
• PlaySpan selected by AlwaysOn as an OnHollywood 100 Top Private Company Award Winner
• AOL launches dedicated games channel in U.K.

Features 

• Oberon Media’s Dan Ryan talks triple-play publishing
• How Build-a-lot 2 got better by staying the same
• Give the People What They Want
• Interview: Nolan Bushnell’s 600 trillion games
• Get a download of this: Low-cost games online add new dimension to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii
• Analysis: Will iPhone games lead to more on the Mac?

Videos

• Wadjet Eye Games Vidcast #2

Erin Bell