Social casino games the highlight at 2013’s Casual Connect conference

Are social casino games still one of the hottest categories of games? That’s one of the subjects that will be explored at a special social casino track at the Casual Connect Conference in San Francisco. This year, the event will have a special focus on social casino games, which are on platforms such as social networks or mobile devices.

With more than 40 speakers on the topic, the Casual Games Association, which puts on the event, is billing the social casino track as the largest of its kind in North America. Casual Connect is where the game industry gathers to explore the latest topics for casual gamers, or the larger market of people who don’t consider themselves to be hardcore gamers. Held for years in Seattle, the conference organizers have moved the event to San Francisco this year from July 30 to Aug. 1.