It could be a casual game, Brathwaite says, where players scramble to match patterns.
The Walking Dead an adventure game that could rightly be interpreted as a casual game with its very approachable point-and-click interface won Game of the Year at the 10th annual Spike Video Game Awards.
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If the game journo sites would raise their standards, or even just admit COD is a casual game, they might reconnect with their audience and quell some of the complaining you talk about at the top of your article.
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Angry Birds, a casual puzzle game, became an international phenomenon within a few months of its release and is now the number one paid app of all time.
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The couple are currently developing a casual castle siege game, for which Chris has already programmed a portion of the mechanics.
At Casual Connect Seattle, a three-day meeting of casual game developers that kicks off Wednesday, Ada Chen, Mochi Media's director of marketing, will show off her company's suite of advertising and analytics tools to monetize casual games.
In addition to appealing to a broader audience, casual game developers also benefit from lower development costs.
This is a good option for the adult fan who wants to wear something to work on the casual Friday of a big game weekend.
Personally, I believe these design decisions make the game great for casual players since it is harder to throw a game away to a better team with a few mistakes, but I believe it hurts the competitive depth of the game a pro level.
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Like Diamond Dash, Bubble Island is a 60 second bubble shooting casual social game.
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Game copycatting is rampant through the iTunes App Store, and the casual game industry as a whole.
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So this is intriguing to me, especially because it could help foster a robust game economy similar to that in EVE which not only gives more casual players a chance to scale down, but rewards serious players for their time investment.
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What you'll hear resembles the casual intimacy of game night at a friend's house: one where scores are forgotten in favor of hilarious gaffes.
It's a simple game, sure, but with casual gaming all the rage on mobile devices, it's easy to see this becoming the next Fruit Ninja.
But unlike casual social games, End of Nations is a video game-quality free-to-play game, says Lars Buttler, CEO of Trion Worlds.
Anticipating a new era of downloadable casual 3D games, LG developed Game World exclusively for its CINEMA 3D Smart TV lineup.
When OMGPOP burst into the casual gaming space, they set a benchmark for how online game portals should work.
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And in addition to PPO3, Fong says that the company will release more of its own online casual games this year, including a Pac-Man and Ms. PacMan game on UniteSDK coming out this month.
Even just a casual partnership and a willingness to work together would be, needless to say, a game changer for both companies and the industry as a whole.
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Once plugged into a MHL-enabled device, the Roku Streaming Stick will stream video and music as well as enable casual game play from the more than 500 entertainment channels available on the Roku platform.
Even social networks like Facebook and Bebo are getting a makeover as developers hard-wire casual games into online social networks (see "Facebook's Winning Game").
Beach points out the future of turn-based strategy gaming is already playing out in other casual games like "Words With Friends, " where players take turns playing a "Scrabble"-like game with opponents.
The DS was a product for kids.. Just because older people are getting into cheap casual ios gaming doesnt mean much.. It means people are also willing to spend a buck playing a game on the toilet at work.
Games fly by, the in-game currency of renown begins to flow, and casual commanders become grizzled generals over the course of a few real matches.
Personally, I believe DotA 2 to be a richer game on the competitive level, but LoL is certainly more forgiving and easier to get into on the casual level.
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