As gaming’s influence grow’s, Facebook’s Gameroom was a matter of time
We’ve continued to watch gaming become a growing force in our Content is King theme as it has spawned movies like Assasin’s Creed as well as live events that attract viewers worldwide. It was only a matter of time until Facebook focused on gaming, now we want to see how it brings its growing emphasis of monetization to Gameroom.
After losing mobile gaming to iOS and Android, Facebook is making a big push into playing on PC with today’s developer launch of its Gameroom Windows desktop gaming platform. After months of name changes, beta tests and dev solicitation, Facebook opened up the beta build for all developers and officially named it Gameroom.
The app is openly available for users to download on Windows 7 and up.Gameroom let users play web, ported mobile and native Gameroom games in a dedicated PC app free from the distractions of the News Feed.
Source: Facebook officially announces Gameroom, its PC Steam competitor | TechCrunch