Well E3 has come and gone. E3 is known for the content and special games or accessories that have been revealed at E3. This year at E3 we saw a few companies give announcements regarding casual games, but that will be nothing compared to the Casual Game Association (CGA). CGA is totally dedicated to casual games industry. A casual games academy begins the CGA on July 16th, but the keynote speakers and sessions get underway on July 17th. The CGA will be held in Seattle.

On the site dedicated to the conference, they have some interesting facts regarding casual games. Did you know?

• Microsoft has over 120 million casual game players using their services and platforms.
• With over 600 million dollars of capital investment, MTV has big plans to bring gaming to the masses.
• Pogo.com has over 1.5 million paying subscribers to Club Pogo and boasts the most casual online player hours.
• Leading online game portal in Korea, Japan and China “Hangame” has a North American counterpart: ijji.com.
• Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari Corp also founded Chuck E. Cheese.
• Games launching in the #1 or #2 slot on RealArcade’s Top 10 list provide triple the revenue of games which launch in the #7 to #10 slots.
• More casual game consumers purchase games from casual developers, publishers and distributors in Seattle than any other city in the world.

These facts are very interesting and I did not know most of them. It seems that the casual games industry is doing really well and should be set to experience great success.

Stay tuned to CasualGamerChick.com to get the latest coverage of the Casual Games Association Conference.