Arcade Game Central

Gamasutra offers a behind-the-scenes look at three recent casual game bestsellers (Casuality: Luxor, Mah Jong Quest, Fish Tycoon Devs Talk Postmortems).
The lead developers for those three games were Darren Walker, Lead Programmer of Mumbo Jumbo (Luxor), Jim Stern, VP of Production at iWin (Mah Jong Quest), and Carla Humphrey, Executive …

Bejeweled is one of the most popular casual games of all time, with simple rules and maddeningly addictive gameplay. Now you can play Bejeweled 2 online at WorldWinner. Play head-to-head against other players from around the world, for fun or for small cash prizes.
Just swap gems to create three-in-a-row, …

Macrovision, which runs the TryGames game digital distribution portal, recently conducted a worldwide survey that focussed on the playing habits of casual gamers. The survey participants included nearly 800 gamers who have played casual games through TryGames.
The survey revealed that many casual gamers play more than nine, two or more …

Enjoy the excitement and spectacle of fireworks (without blowing your hand off) with Rocket Mania Deluxe from Pop Cap Games.
In this flashy variation on the Pipes theme, you must twist and turn the fuses to link a burning match to one or more rockets, then watch the sparks fly! Upgrade …

Puzzle Express, a train-themed tetris-like puzzle game that challenges you to fit puzzle pieces into train cars, has won the Gamepuzzles Annual Pentomino Excellence award from Kadon Enterprises. Kadon presents this annual award to to an individual or organization that published the best new pentomino or polyomino challenge of the …

Glyph is a new puzzle game from Sandlot Games, who’ve had recent hits with titles such as Cake Mania, Granny In Paradise, and Tradewinds Legends.
This is an epic puzzle adventure, in which your objective is to save a dying world by assembling ancient glyphs. You must restore the world …

Escape to Ancient China to unlock 4000 years of ancient wisdom with Mahjong Escape, a new game from Playtime Games.
Mahjong Escape offers the familiar Mahjong solitaire game within a rich and immersive environment that features stunning graphics and relaxing Chinese music. Your task is to match the tiles and …

Reflexive Entertainment’s popular Big Kahuna series returns to the peaceful serenity of the seashore with the release of Big Kahuna Reef 2: Chain Reaction, a spectacular underwater sequel to the top-selling Big Kahuna Reef. Players of all ages can dive into the fun of over 750 hand-crafted levels, each carefully …

Enkord is proud to announce the release of Clash’N Slash: Worlds Away, a sequel to highly addictive arcade space shooter where players must defend the planet from aliens with a variety of space based weapons and power-ups.
In Worlds Away, like in the original Clash’N Slash, you must defend your planet …

Brickshooter Egypt has all the elements of a great casual game: simple rules, addictive gameplay, and a compelling story line. Well, “compelling” might not be the right word – “derivative”, though a bit harsh, is perhaps closer to the truth. OK, let’s be charitable and call the story line …