With the continued mainstream success of the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS, both systems have seen plenty of ports of casual games that originated on the PC. Cake Mania, one of the most popular PC casual titles, received a DS version last year, and it sold well enough to justify bringing the sequel, Cake Mania 2, to the system as well.
Gameplay: 7.5
Graphics: 6.7
Sound: 4.8
Difficulty: Medium
Concept: 7.5
Overall 7.2
Majesco Entertainment Company has announced that Birmingham-based Centresoft will exclusively distribute its catalogue to retail in the UK. Commencing with immediate effect, the deal strengthens Majesco's 2009 sales activity, which sees a catalogue packed with mainstream products on both handheld and console.
Margeret Pearson, Commercial Director, Centresoft: "We are pleased to represent Majesco at retail. Majesco has a great line-up of products for 2009 and we are delighted that this ambitious publisher has recognised the value that CentreSoft can bring to its business in the UK."
Majesco Entertainment Company has announced details of its expanded European operation, which has been established to provide direct routes to retail within the UK. Based in Bristol, Majesco Europe will oversee the marketing, distribution and sales of a product catalogue bristling with mainstream titles on handheld and home console formats, with its first games due to launch in May 2009.
Here's the Euro releases for this week, highlights include The Wheelman, Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 for Wii and Buzz! Brain of the UK. Please note these are tenative release dates and are subject to change with little or no notice.
