Today EA Sports announced a new brand of Wii exclusive titles. The “All-Play” series of games will take familiar franchises, such as Tiger Woods, Madden, ect., and give them a more casual gaming twist.

What does that mean exactly? Well the gameplay will be simplified and focus on a more party style of gaming. For example, there will be a 5-on-5 mode in All-Play Madden.

5-on-5 football? Are you kidding me? I hate to be one who jumps to conclusions, but come on. I hope that they have some great game designers on this project because if they don’t all I see are bargain bin games. Don’t get me wrong, I want nothing more than to see these games succeed, but to me, this just seems like a half baked idea. Let’s hope I’m wrong.

 

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Just as many males play casual games as women, but they are less likely to admit it, according to a study by the Casual Games Association.

Three-quarters of casual game purchasers are women; but players are split fifty-fifty between the genders. Men tend to be fans of “hardcore” games, and do not want to admit they also play casual games. Continued…



In their effort to capture even more of the growing casual gaming market, Electronic Arts has signed an exclusivity deal with Hasbro that will last until Dec. 31, 2013. The deal gives EA rights for games such as Monopoly, Yahtzee and Nerf.

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