The Social Gaming Summit (http://www.socialgamingsummit.com), an event that will showcase new social gaming technologies and innovations, will hold a one-day conference highlighting the virtual gaming landscape, social networking engagement, business models, and venture capital investment opportunities.

At the ongoing Social Gaming Summit in San Francisco, a panel of virtual world execs representing companies like NeoPets, K2, and Nexon got to the heart of why casual virtual worlds were blooming, how developers can make money off of free to play games, and what percentage of players might actually pay. Virtual World News editor and moderator Joey Seiler asked the panel why the casual MMO ...