Funcom today announced the establishment of a new subsidiary, SweetRobot, who will be publishing Funcom’s ventures into the social and casual MMO-gaming markets. The first project to be made available through SweetRobot is the upcoming MMO-game ‘Pets vs. Monsters’ which will go into public beta testing later this month. The game is a massively [...]

From businesswire.com:
FremantleMedia, one of the largest creators and producers of global entertainment brands, today announces a strategic minority equity investment in Ludia, a leading developer and publisher of interactive casual games based in Montreal, Canada. The deal is part of FremantleMedia’s ongoing expansion into the high-growth video games market. It also follows a range [...]

From joystiq.com:
In these rocky economic times it seems like everyone is trimming down and getting leaner. That’s certainly the case for Eidos, as just two weeks after shuttering its Rockpool Games mobile branch the Tomb Raider pub has walked away from another studio, Gimme5games. However, rather than fold, the casual game dev now sings [...]

From marketwatch.com:
Interactive entertainment company Ludia and online game property WildTangent today announced a broad advertising sales agreement. WildTangent will be the exclusive in-game advertising and sponsorship representative for Ludia’s 2009 game titles including properties licensed from FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), the brand extension arm of FremantleMedia, such as American Idol(R) — Online Challenge, Price Is [...]