Sandlot Games announced that Cake Mania 2 is in the works. Cake Mania 2 is a sequel to Cake Mania. Cake Mania was the best selling casual game of 2006. Cake Mania also achieved Casual Game of the Year from Yahoo. Cake Mania was such a great game it seems very likely that Cake Mania 2 will be just as good.

There will be a free trial of Cake Mania 2 available in late August from Sandlot Games.

Cake Mania 2 picks up with Jill becoming restless at the bakery. She has experienced success with the bakery and wants to move on to bigger and better things. The player gets to decide which adventure Jill will pursue. Each choice the gamer makes, leads to different scenarios in the game. Each choice has challenges and dilemmas in the game, but they all end in one of six different endings.

“Cake Mania has had a brilliant run of success in the casual gaming market. By combining addictive and challenging game play with a fantastic storyline, the entire gaming experience has really resonated with consumers,” said Daniel Bernstein, founder and CEO of Sandlot Games. “Cake Mania 2 builds on all of the successful elements in Cake Mania, taking the player into the next chapter of Jill’s life and allowing them to decide her future. This new game, and our animated Cake Mania 2 video, should provide the legions of Cake Mania fans with the content they’ve been waiting for. Our entire team has worked extremely hard and we are really excited to launch the game.”

The press release follows:

BOTHELL, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sandlot Games®, a leading developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games, today announced the long awaited launch of Cake Mania 2, the sequel to Cake Mania, Yahoo’s 2006 Casual Game of the Year and the best selling game of 2006. With more than 40 million downloads, Cake Mania followed the adventures of Jill Evans – a young entrepreneur – as she worked to raise enough money to reopen her grandparents’ bakery. In Cake Mania 2, Jill has tasted success and saved the family bakery but has grown restless. Now it is up to gamers to decide what new adventures Jill should pursue. Each exciting choice leads to new baking challenges, as well as new dilemmas, ultimately resulting in Jill reaching one of six fun-filled endings.

Free trials of Cake Mania 2 will be exclusively available at www.sandlotgames.com starting in late August and can be purchased for $19.99.

“Cake Mania has had a brilliant run of success in the casual gaming market. By combining addictive and challenging game play with a fantastic storyline, the entire gaming experience has really resonated with consumers,” said Daniel Bernstein, founder and CEO of Sandlot Games. “Cake Mania 2 builds on all of the successful elements in Cake Mania, taking the player into the next chapter of Jill’s life and allowing them to decide her future. This new game, and our animated Cake Mania 2 video, should provide the legions of Cake Mania fans with the content they’ve been waiting for. Our entire team has worked extremely hard and we are really excited to launch the game.”

In conjunction with Cake Mania 2, Sandlot Games is also releasing the industry’s first animated video based on a casual gaming character – Jill Evans from the Cake Mania franchise. The new video short is set to debut in August and will be available to the general public on the company’s completely redesigned web site (www.sandlotgames.com) and other various gaming portals. Titled “Cake Mania: Jill’s Next Adventure,” the new video brings to life all of the crazy Cake Mania 2 characters for a mini-adventure that sets the stage for the new game.

Cake Mania 2 follows other recent casual game titles releases from Sandlot Games, including Super Granny 3 and Burger Island (currently a top twenty game on Yahoo!). Casual games today are defined as games that are easy to download, easy to play, require no manual, and can be played for five minutes or five hours, but provide entertainment at both extremes.

About Sandlot Games

Sandlot Games Corporation, headquartered in Bothell, Washington, is the world’s premier developer and publisher of casual and family-friendly games. Sandlot Games boasts a captivating portfolio of popular game titles and franchises including Cake Mania™, Glyph™, Super Granny®, Tradewinds® and Westward®. Sandlot Games reaches millions of game players worldwide through a variety of distribution channels including online, PC, PDA’s, handhelds, videogame consoles and mobile phones. Since 2002, over 100 million games have been downloaded by its loyal fan base. For more information or to play one of our award winning games, please visit us at www.sandlotgames.com.