Christmas is over and you’re likely done opening gifts, but the holidays are just starting for Steam. From now until January 2, 2009, every game on Steam is available at a 10-75% off discount. Top publishers (such as Ubisoft, THQ, and 2K) are offering all of their games for at least 25% off, while many top [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, December 20, 2008
GameCyte speaks with iPhone developers Jason Citron, Danielle Cassley, and entrepreneur Peter Relan about the development of asynchronous MMO puzzler Aurora Feint, the state of the iPhone games market, and the future of their new, community-driven business.
Continue reading...Monday, December 15, 2008
There are dozens of puzzle games available on the Nintendo DS, and they come in all sorts of varieties. What there’s no shortage of, however, are “match three” titles, aptly named for their core gameplay mechanic. Like Bejeweled et al, these games rely on lining up three (or more) similarly styled blocks (or gems, or [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Yesterday, we learned that PopCap Games' next title was going to be -- of all things -- a zombie game. Not your standard, "Let's kill these zombies for being different than us" game like Left 4 Dead, either. Said PR rep Garth Chouteau: "It’ll be a few months, but our next new game will be [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 21, 2008
PopCap Games, creators of infamous time sinks Bejeweled, Zuma, Bookworm and Peggle, has today become a part of the equally infamous WildTangent former spyware/bloatware casual game advertising network and digital-delivery platform.
Continue reading...Monday, May 12, 2008
In a study commissioned by PopCap--but that PopCap has not influenced in any way, apparently--a team of academics observed that casual games have positive effects on people's moods. The findings were presented at the Games for Health conference in Baltimore by Carmen Russioniello and Jennifer Parks.
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Friday, December 26, 2008
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