Looking to cash in on the ever-growing casual games market, MySpace has officially announced MySpace Games, a new feature to the social networking site that will allow users to add hundreds of casual games to their profile pages.
MySpace Games will be developed with the help of Oberon Media, a casual game company specializing in delivering those cookie-cutter formulas we know and love to every format imaginable. Launching in 2008, MySpace Games appears to be a response to the immense popularity of Facebook Applications, which allows users of the MySpace competitor to add and share specialized widgets to their profile pages.
No word yet on what the MySpace games will look like, but it's likely they will continue the "ugly" aesthetic Rupert Murdoch has worked so hard to maintain.
[Via GamesIndustry.biz]
Reader Comments (10)
Posted: Oct 23rd 2007 7:52AM (Unverified) said
lol @ myspace ..
.. thats so 2006. This year its facebook and next year it will be something new.. these fads come and go
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.. thats so 2006. This year its facebook and next year it will be something new.. these fads come and go
Posted: Oct 23rd 2007 8:14AM (Unverified) said
God... I HATE MySpace.
So... Damned... LAME!
At least it will run and load even MORE slowly with the addition of stupid, stupid games.
Meh.
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So... Damned... LAME!
At least it will run and load even MORE slowly with the addition of stupid, stupid games.
Meh.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2007 8:18AM (Unverified) said
Facebook was only good when it was limited to colleges...
Now its just one big clusterf*ck...
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Now its just one big clusterf*ck...
Posted: Oct 24th 2007 1:45AM symmetryx said
I beg to differ. Regardless of who it's open to, you have a much greater control of privacy. That is, if you're smart enough not to give that up to every shiny application.
My facebook page is pretty clean. I've never gotten any spam there, no webcam friend requests, no bullshit. I only check the myspace if someone bothers to leave a comment.
Oh, and maybe it's just me, but I actually like that you CAN'T edit the basic layout. I can't stand everyone trying to add 23454 gifs to their profile.
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My facebook page is pretty clean. I've never gotten any spam there, no webcam friend requests, no bullshit. I only check the myspace if someone bothers to leave a comment.
Oh, and maybe it's just me, but I actually like that you CAN'T edit the basic layout. I can't stand everyone trying to add 23454 gifs to their profile.
Posted: Oct 23rd 2007 9:04AM (Unverified) said
I hope these games arent just Bejewled and what not. If they are probably another reason to jump ship.
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