Web games to rule all by 2013?

MCV Staff 23rd June 2009 Publishing

The rise of the web-based casual (and sometime not so casual) game has certainly been a quick one, but one of the sector’s leading execs believes bigger things lay ahead – indeed, he thinks global dominance is just around the corner.

James Currier, the CEO of social games outfit WonderHill and LindenLabs figurehead thinks that casual and social gaming has the momentum needed to make it the dominant force in the games industry within four years.

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