Friday Casual Games News Round-Up Review

Gamezebo is not just the home to people passionate about casual games. A lot of people who create and distribute casual games (or, “industry folks,” as we like to call them) peruse our site as well.

In honor of them, we introduce our newest feature — Gamezebo’s Week in Review. Every Friday, we will surf the Web and collect all the casual games newsworthy items, interesting to both industry folk and casual game players alike. Dig in!

Business Week

• ” TARGET=new>Analyze this: Will Casual Games Dominate the Future of Industry? What happens when you get 3 Wall Street-types who have never played a casual game in their life talking about casual games. It is an interesting read, nonetheless.

Yahoo! News

• ” TARGET=new>PlayFirst Treats Casual Gamers to Sweetopia

• Activision Value Publishing to Distribute Big Fish Games

Puget Sound Business Journal

• Embassy Multimedia Consultants Debuts Gaming’s First Global Consultancy. Our very own writer, Scott Steinberg, just announced the launch of his new consultant business with focus on his specialty (as you can tell from his writing), casual games. Congrats & Good luck, Scott!

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Joel Brodie