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Virtual Villagers

Virtual Villagers is a ridiculously successful web game for the PC/Mac, originally developed by Last Day At Work and made available on the wired web by Big Fish Games.

Now Vivendi Games Mobile has picked up the wireless rights, with the first instalment set to hit operator decks later this year. It’s got high hopes.

In a nutshell, Virtual Village Mobile is a real-time simulation in which players guide their castaway tribe to survival. Players must help their tribe solve puzzles and hidden mysteries on the island and manage resources through farming, building, sciences, parenting, etc, in order to thrive.

And just like the PC version, when the player quits the game, life continues in their absence. The game has proved hugely popular with the growing army of casual gamers, and especially among women and younger players.