Facebook Introduces New Gaming Platform

Facebook launched several cloud-streamed games in the mobile app and on browser that are playable instantly, with no downloads required. 200,000 people have recently been test playing cloud-streamed games per week in limited regions.

Vice President of Play at Facebook Jason Rubin explained in a blog post that the games will not be a spin-off of a separate cloud gaming service, unlike rival titles, but will rather be playable in the same way users play games now on Facebook. The social media giant launched a gaming app for Android devices in April. Rubin explained current users will have access to Facebook’s cloud titles, while the company works on alternative options for iOS.

“Even with Apple’s new cloud games policy, we don’t know if launching on the App Store is a viable path“, Rubin stated. Acknowledging the future of its offerings for iOS was uncertain, he added it was clear “Apple treats games differently and continues to exert control over a very precious resource“.