Friday Casual Games New Round-Up

It’s Friday, so that means its the day where we showcase all the casual game news fit to print. This week: Shockwave gets current, It’s not Snakes, it’s Pogo Games on the Plane (everyone made that joke online), and new casual game forum announced for Kiev in November (nothing like Ukraine in the winter).

Red Herring

• Atom (Shockwave) Builds Games Around News.

Gamasutra

• EA, DTI Bring Sims 2, Pogo To In-Flight Entertainment.

• Online Company SparkForge Formed, Coins ‘MSOGs’.

Gamesindustry.biz

• MumboJumbo and Reflexive Ink Deal to Bring More Casual Games to Retail.

• Casual Games Forum Announced in Kiev.

Yahoo! News

• Playfirst Expands Casual Games Focus To ASIA.

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Joel Brodie