NEWS - Thursday, May 31, 2007

Moore to Keynote Casual Connect Seattle 2007
“Both Peter and Steve represent the growth and innovation of the casual games business as it takes a strong-hold in new platforms like Microsoft’s Xbox and attracts the interest of large media companies like MTV Networks,” said Jessica Tams, managing director of the Casual Games Association. Taking place from July 17 to 19 at Seattle’s Benaroya Hall, the event will feature presentations and panels focusing on issues such as ad-supported games, casual gaming innovation and community-building. A series of workshops and roundtables will also offer presentations focused on casual gaming design and technology issues Other speakers at the event will include representatives from RealNetworks, MumboJumbo, Nickelodeon’s Nick Arcade, Sandlot Games, iWin, Reflexive Entertainment, Kongregate, Joju Games, Rebel Monkey, PopCap Games, Oberon Media, PlayFirst, Fuel Industries, Yahoo! Games, GameTrust, Vivendi Games, NHN USA and gameLab. Full event details are available here.Source: http://www.next-gen.biz