| URL | www.gamezebo.com |
|---|---|
| Type of site | Casual games |
| Available language(s) | English |
| Created by | Joel Brodie (Founder), Erin Bell (Editor) |
| Launched | 2005 |
| Current status | Online |
Gamezebo is a website that focuses on editorial coverage of the casual games industry, offering interviews, features, reviews, previews, strategy guides, news and podcasts.
Gamezebo currently covers casual PC games from studios and publishers including PlayFirst, Big Fish Games, Oberon, RealArcade/GameHouse, MumboJumbo, Playrix Entertainment, Gogii Games, Sandlot Games, Reflexive Entertainment and Last Day of Work. The site also spotlights new web games, iPhone games, casual massively-multiplayer online (MMO) games, and casual console video games.
The site is also referred to by casual game developers and publishers, in regards to their reviews, news and walkthroughs.[1][2][3][4]
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Gamezebo was founded in 2006 by Joel Brodie, former head of business development at Yahoo! Games, and over the years has grown to become the leading medium on casual games, with up to 3.5 million page views per day. To cope with the shift from casual games to social games, the Gamezebo-website was given a large update in February 2010.[5]
Besides owner Joel Brodie, and editor-in-chief Erin Bell, Gamezebo has a freelance network of about 20 people covering the casual and social games industry. Current and past contributors include Marc Saltzman, Scott Steinberg, , David Laprad, Justin McElroy, Kyle Orland, Chuck Miller, Margie Bissainthe, Meryl K. Evans, Vinny Carrella, Andrew Hayward, Jim Squires, Andrew Webster, Christina Winterburn, Lisa Haasbroek, Martijn Müller, Brandy Shaul, Talor Berthelson and Tawny Müller.
In 2007, Gamezebo and the Casual Games Association jointly launched the Zeebys, a set of awards recognizing the best in casual games each year. The awards are divided into two categories: the People’s Choice Awards are voted on by the general public, while the Craft Awards are voted on by registered members of the Casual Games Association. The Zeeby award winners for 2006 were announced in Amsterdam, The Netherlands as part of CGA Europe: West 2007.[6]
In 2008, Gamezebo was nominated for a Webby Award by the Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences in the category of Best Video Games-related website.[7]