Casual News – Oct. 23, 2009

Merscom announces a new game based on the Mary Higgins Clark suspense thriller On The Street Where You Live; Ubisoft’s virtua world Ubiworld is now accepting citizenship applications; and Majesco launches Cooking Mama 3 for the Nintendo DS. These headlines and more below.

News

• Merscom to release game based on Mary Higgins Clark novel
• Meez announces successful growth; virtual world integration with MySpace
• Ubiworld now accepting citizenship applications
• Majesco releases Cooking Mama 3: Shop and Chop for Nintendo DS
• World of Goo’s "pay what you want" experiment a "huge success"
• Platogo.com – New innovative social games
• Virtual goods sales could grow 100% to 150% this year in US and Western Europe
• Crack the case with Worldwinner’s CLUE Mystery Match

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Erin Bell