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Top Five Takeaways from Casual Connect

Aug 06 2011 04:00 PM | Events For Gamers in Casual Connect - Seattle

The Metaverse Mod Squad went to the Casual Connect conference in Seattle last month, posting their Top Five Takeaways from the event on their blog recently. They reflect on the importance of community relations and the increase in casual gaming.

What's No. 1? Bulls Abound:

There is incredible excitement in the industry right now, and for good reason. Everybody and their brother (and their mother) is playing casual games. Five-year old market leader Zynga is looking to go public with a multi-billion-dollar valuation and nobody seems too concerned with the recent industry bubble talk. Facebook’s representative declared there are plenty of profitable games yet to be made, and encouraged new developers to tap into new genres and niches. Bulls definitely outnumbered the bubble-boding bears.

Read more at the Metaverse Mod Squad Blog!