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The casual PC game publisher Oberon Media is making more changes. Venture Beat reports that the company has decided to shut down all internal game development. This move will result in layoffs at Oberon Media although the numbers of people affected have yet to be announced.

The company currently has 380 employees and until now has released 10 internally developed games per year. Its CEO and president Bob Hayes says this new move will allow the company to work with more external game developers. Oberon will continue to publish externally developed games via its I-play brand. Oberon previously laid off 100 team members back in December 2009.

There are not too many TV series that are hotter at the moment than True Blood. The HBO vampire series are based on a series of novels written by author Charlaine Harris. Now Harris is helping to create an all new PC game series that also happens to have a vampire as a central character.

The game is called Dying for Daylight and is being published by I-play, a division of Oberon Media. The game centers on Dahlia, a vampire character who has appeared in several short stories written by Harris. There are currently no details on what the storyline and gameplay will be like for Dying for Daylight but it's currently scheduled for release in January 2011. You can check out a teaser trailer after the jump:

This is the playable demo for Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly. System requirements are shown after the jump.

"In Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly, players join Detective Hercule Poirot as a guest at the beautiful Nasse House in the English countryside, as they take part in a thrilling mock-murder game. In the most authentic Agatha Christie experience to date, players will help uncover the possible motives leading to a buried secret through 48 challenging seek-and-find levels and 15 gorgeous locations. Players will uncover clues, solve complex puzzles and reveal the truth behind a devious scheme."

Download Agatha Christie: Dead Man's Folly Demo (45 MB)