A new report from SharpBrains, Inc states that brain exercise games generated over $225 million of sales in the US alone in 2007. Since the category seems to have been invented by Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training which...

In the UK, the Financial Times reports falling advertising revenues hitting share prices across the media sector. Trinity Mirror fell 28% while other newspaper groups and ITV also saw substantial falls. To an extent, the strong background...

For those of you whose games development life doesn’t involve buying and selling ads, be grateful. It’s a thin-margin and high-intensity business which, while vital, can be both overwhelmingly busy and soul-destroying. So kudos to Intergi, a...

Mousebreaker.com, a casual gaming portal aimed squarely at males aged 18-34, has just been snapped up for a reported “seven figure sum.” IPC Media, publisher of titles ranging from lads mags Nuts and >Loaded to NME and...

Britain has long been hailed as a creative powerhouse. Not just in games, but in all media, politicians routinely line up to praise the unique British talent for punching above our weight. Yet in the past week,...

Casualgaming.biz reports two leading casual games sites saying that all it takes to build a casual game is $25,000. Geoff Iddison, CEO of Jagex which owns MMO Runescape and casual gaming site FunOrb, says they can add...