International casual gaming company Spil Games announced the addition of a new social activity feed where players can share awards, high scores and achievements with others. This feed will be exposed to a user base of over 130 Million users.
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Tomorrow is Casual Connect, the annual celebration of casual gaming, and one of the biggest questions on people’s lips is “What’s the definition of a casual game anymore?” While contemplating the question I found myself wondering about the blurred line between web games and lighter games on the Nintendo DS and PSP. It’s difficult to distinguish casual games based on their platform these days, and I thought I’d talk about my experiences and reach out to our readers to ask where you play your casual games
Social game publishing is a hot topic in the social gaming industry. Players like Heyzap are making it easy for developers to get their games out to a large number of properties. The newest incumbent in this space is Platogo. Platogo’s value proposition is simple: they will socialize your casual game. Currently the company has 15 games on Facebook including some advergames and social apps and looking to add developers to test drive their platform on Facebook now.
For years, gaming portals were the only way to play games on the web, and several of those sites offered real-world prizing to entice users to keep playing. The portal game has continued to evolve onto Facebook, where companies like Mindjolt engage 16 million MAUs and EA’s Pogo attempts to find its own niche on the social network. Another player, Strategic Design Network, just launched a portal called GameToyz and they are betting on the fact that users will want to join up with them to get access to those real world prizes.
A panel gathered yesterday evening at Pillsbury’s office to discuss the legal issues surrounding social games among other issues. Pillsbury is a full-service law firm with one of its specializations being virtual worlds and currencies. The panel was comprised of Jeremey Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners, Jim gate from Pillsbury, Keith McCurdy, and Phil Sanderson, Managing Director, IDG Ventures SF. It was an interesting discussion of patents, legal issues, and more. Read more after the jump.
