MIDWAY GAMERS DAY 08: Casual portal coming this spring

Midway’s

first foray into the world of downloadable PC casual games

will arrive thisspring when it adds over 20 playable titles to

Midway.com

and

Midwayarcade.com

.

That’s according to CEO Matt Booty, who told assembled press and Midway employees at the publisher’s Gamers’ Day in Las Vegas that the casual market represented a good opportunity for the firm.

Booty told the crowd that the casual market could play a key role in helping the publisher back to profitability – adding that he believed the company’s current business model didn’t need to be altered in order for it to be successful this year.