Wonders happen every day. And each day more of those who would previously never consider themselves gamers are joining player communities at Neopets, Puzzle Pirates and other online websites of this kind, which makes the following fact undeniable:

CASUAL GAMES ARE STEPPING INTO THE MULTIPLAYER ERA

There're  not so many developers who dare to accept the challenge from the Massive Multiplayer Online games of hardcore type and bring multiplayer aspect into casual games. Wellgames.com is one of them.

Wellgames is a small development team dedicated to producing quality and fun online games that work on 9 Flash plug-in (which means they feature stunning graphics as for online games). Their titles could be played by several users from different parts of the world simulatneously.

- We've been online for two months now, - says Vitaly Khit, the head of Wellgames. - We have developed and published two games so far: Bubblez! and Bubble Popper. Since then around 200-500 users are playing online. Some of them get so much hooked that when looking through the website stats, I am shocked to learn the time people can play online. For instance, 5 minutes ago I had a chance to see the latest stats. So, somebody logged on as Julia have been staying online for 14 hours! We're also surprised to see so many letters сoming because people send us their feedback and are eager to help us improve our games. And that works for us. By the end of January we plan on  publishing two more games at our website. 

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Another seek-and-find adventure game by NevoSoft, Russian developers. The point of it is to unravel the mystery of the disappeared cats. To do that, you need to visit Mysteryville, hang around the city and observe, question the citizens. The game is of Mystery Case File Type 

Download Mysteryville now

Ouba: The Great Journey developed by Toybox Games is a new sort of puzzler.

The population of Oubaville, cute and funny creatures, are suffering from GarOuba, an exiled evil wizard  who attempts to eliminate the peaceful Ouba Village. So, the point is to preserve its inhabitants by completing the puzzle.

In order to do so, you're to create matches of 3 blocks of the same color. You  can do that by mere swapping. The game features puzzle game play along with original plot and colorful graphics.

 Download Ouba: The Great Journey now

While we were searching for a fresh game downloads, we nearly missed a very good news for both game fans and developers. JayisGames, a  blog dedicated to reviewing casual flash and downloadable games is announcing its Game Design Competition#2. So, if you are fond of developing flash games, submit your shef d'oeuvres to Jayisgames. Apart from the cash prizes, a winner will get a free Flash 8 professional license. Moreover, their game will by published at such a popular casual games portal as ArcadeTown.com.   

MumboJumbo, a leading casual game developer and Nickelodeon, an entertainment brand for kids, have entered into agreement to publish 3 gaming titles in 2007:

1. Charlotte's Web: Word Rescue, a famous word game 
2. Neopets, a game from the popular online community where people can adopt, grow and take care of pets.
3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - an animated adventure series.