It’s been a while since we were able to bring you an installment of “Eye Candy for the Casual Gamer,” but we’re here once again with some news concerning two heavily anticipated titles: Valve’s Portal 2, and Atari’s Haunted House. For Valve 2, we see the release of a new co-op trailer, while Atari has [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 26, 2010
We have quite a bit of casual gaming news for you today – not only has Harmonix unleashed a slew of info and trailers for Rock Band 3 and Dance Central (check out our coverage, here), but Atari and XSeed have been hard at work with announcements of their own. In Atari’s case, we see [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 24, 2010
In this installment of the Casual Gaming Round-Up, we see two pieces of Nintendo-centric news. First, we see that Nintendo is openly supporting THQ’s creation of the uDraw tablet on the Wii, and news that PopCap will be bringing Plants vs Zombies to the Nintendo DS. Nintendo Supports uDraw’s Creation Last week, we brought you [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Welcome to another installment of the Casual Game Round-Up here on Frisky Mongoose. This time around, we see the announcement of the uDraw GameTablet for the Wii from THQ, and an announcement from MTV Games concerning new tracks for their upcoming Xbox 360 / Kinect game Dance Central. uDraw GameTablet Coming to Wii This Holiday [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, August 8, 2010
Hey Pokemaniacs! I’m sure by now you’ve heard of PokePark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure, but just what do we know about the game? Whether you’ve loved Pokemon since the beginning, or are just interested in the mini-games found herein, here’s what to expect from the game when it launches in the States this fall (December in [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 29, 2010
O-Games has announced a whopping nine new games, all of which will launch throughout September and October. The games will be available for either the Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii or PC (and various combinations thereof for most games), and they encompass many genres, ranging from time management to makeup and fashion design. Here are the [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 23, 2010
Welcome to another installment of Eye Candy for the Casual Gamer, a feature here on Frisky Mongoose that shows off new trailers, screenshots and the like, all with a focus on the casual gaming world. In this installment, we see the release of the official Comic Con trailer for Kung-Fu LIVE, and a set of [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 9, 2010
As the title suggests, Atari has announced a new installment in the Backyard Sports franchise, the best-selling kids sports video game series ever. The game is called Backyard Sports: Rookie Rush, and it allows children to once again step into the shoes of their favorite characters like Pablo, Dmitri, and Joey. There are 12 neighborhood [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 26, 2010
During last week’s E3 Majesco announced details on the new spin-off of the Cooking Mama franchise, Babysitting Mama. The game tasks players with caring for a virtual baby by using the Wii remote and Nunchuk controller to perform activities, like rocking the baby, shaking a rattle, playing peek-a-boo, etc. The game will ship with a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 24, 2010
At the Nintendo press conference at this year’s E3, we were shown a title many casual gamers had been waiting on for some time – Just Dance 2. while the game won’t come out until the Fall of 2010, we have some new details about the game that should tide you over until the game [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, June 24, 2010
At this year’s E3, we had a chance to look at the new installment in the Legend of Zelda series: Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword. The game once again sees Link traveling around Hyrule, but this time around, you’ll be able to use Wii MotionPlus for greater sensitivity and therefore accuracy in your movements. The [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, June 19, 2010
The newest title in the MySims series is MySims: Sky Heroes. EA has decided to take the series multi-platform outside of the Nintendo camp, by developing the title not only for the Nintendo Wii and DS, but also the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. At this year’s E3, we had a chance to go hands-on [...]
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