CBS has signed on several game publishers to turn its TV properties into casual games, reports Variety. The network has been working with Ubisoft on games based on hit crime show CSI. It has now signed smaller publishers Ludia and Legacy Interactive to make casual games based on shows including Survivor, Criminal Minds, The Ghost Whisperer, and Hollywood Squares. Variety says the games are slated for Nintendo’s Wii and DS, and Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch.
Variety calls the move by CBS as possibly a strategy drawing from other traditional entertainment companies such as Warner Brothers, who eased into games by initially focusing on niche licensed products. Read more at Variety.
