Casual Friday: Update for August 7-13, 2010

Morning everyone! It’s Friday again and time to look at all the latest casual games that were released this past week. Honestly, it’s been a rather slow week. There were only seven new casual games released.

There’s good news though! Two of the new releases are anticipated entries in established series – Samantha Swift and Wedding Dash. Samantha Swift and the Fountains of Fate (Windows) and Wedding Dash 4-Ever (Windows, Mac) are both available now.

This week’s best bets are: Samantha Swift and the Fountains of Fate (Windows) and Wedding Dash 4-Ever (Windows, Mac)

Redrum: Time Lies
Genre: Puzzle (Hidden Object)
Availability: Big Fish Games, Harmonic Flow
Retail Price: $6.99
Platform: Windows XP and Vista
Premise: Detective Ravenwood must find and recapture Dr. Sigmund Fraud and save the people he’s tormented.
Demo Available: Yes

Samantha Swift and the Fountains of Fate
Genre: Puzzle (Hidden Object)
Availability: Big Fish Games, Harmonic Flow
Retail Price: $6.99
Platform: Windows XP and Vista
Premise: Samantha, Dr. Butler and Adam go to find the Emerald of Judgement and discover if Samantha really holds the key to the Fountain of Youth.
Demo Available:

Country Harvest
Genre: Simulation (Time Management)
Availability: Big Fish Games, Harmonic Flow
Retail Price: $6.99
Platform: Windows XP and Vista
Premise: Manage your own farm and try to make it a success.
Demo Available: Yes

Wedding Dash 4-Ever
Genre: Simulation (Time Management)
Availability: Big Fish Games, Harmonic Flow
Retail Price: $6.99
Platform: Windows XP and Vista, Mac 10.4 or better
Premise: Help Quinn plan and prepare weddings, while also dealing with her mother who thinks Quinn’s wedding is still on schedule. Visit Gamertell next week to read the review!
Demo Available: Yes

Biggest Little Adventure
Genre: Puzzle (Hidden Object)
Availability: GameHouse, Harmonic Flow
Retail Price: $6.99
Platform: Windows XP, Vista and 7
Premise: Louis and Ruby have been shrunk! You have to help them search the world for a cure.
Demo Available: Yes

World Riddles: Seven Wonders
Genre: Puzzle
Availability: Big Fish Games, Harmonic Flow
Retail Price: $6.99
Platform: Windows XP and Vista
Premise: A puzzle game filled with all kinds of different puzzles, like jigsaw puzzles and sliding puzzles. As you play, you learn about the Seven Wonders of the World.
Demo Available: Yes

Shaolin Mystery: Tale of the Jade Dragon Staff
Genre: Puzzle (Hidden Object)
Availability: Big Fish Games
Retail Price: $6.99
Platform: Windows XP and Vista
Premise: Help Yu find the Jade Dragon Staff and save her friend.
Demo Available: Yes

Editor’s Note: Due to so many casual games sites offering game plans or preferred member prices, which can cause a game to have multiple price-points, the games’ average retail prices is mentioned in Casual Friday.

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