Electronic Arts headlines today with the shutting down of EA Casual and their $150 million investment in online and digital distribution; the latest news from Ubisoft, WildTangent, Gameloft, and Wal-Mart (now the top US games retailer); China taxes virtual goods; Sandlot Games debuts Glyph for the iPhone; and more. Keep watching Casual Review for your [...]

Once in a while we like to review other types of casual games, such as Flash, multiplayer, or online. We know our readers spend a good amount of time and money playing games (just like us!), but we rarely receive anything back other than pure enjoyment. So when we heard about a quiz game that [...]

Casual online multiplayer games are all the rage now, and Cafe.com is one of those little wonders that you may have not discovered yet. Cafe.com lets you play Flash games against real opponents for free, and with added features like multiplayer “boosts”, avatars, chat, and leaderboards, you’ll experience your favorite casual games like never before.

Innovation is hard to come by, especially in the casual games industry where the same old game idea can sell more than a creative one. So when Punch Entertainment’s EGO came along, and we heard it won the Most Innovative Game award at this year’s Independent Games Festival (IGF) Mobile, we wanted to see what [...]

Who knew there were so many ways to play Mah Jong? I used to play it on our Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) when I was a kid. Mah Jong here refers not to the Chinese four-player game played on a table. The tile set is the same - bamboo, dots, Chinese characters, flowers, and others [...]

Not to be mistaken for other online hotel games like Habbo Hotel, Brain Hotel or even Pet Hotel, Jane’s Hotel holds its own rather well. Created by Russian developers Realore Studios, Jane’s Hotel will please many management/service game fans. It’s about time that games like this finally made the cross over into the hotel industry. [...]

You’ve probably played or at least seen some variant of the classic match-3 game by now, so let me just skip to the meat of this review: This game retreads familiar mechanics, but it’s a splendid retread indeed with gorgeous graphics and cunningly designed levels. Monarch – The Butterfly King incorporates the same tile-clearing and [...]

In this special edition of Indie Monday, we’re taking a look at games that have been entered in competitions around the web, including slamdance and the IGF. Have a peek at a few of the top indie games you may not have seen!