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Facebook launches a new casual gaming storefront

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Gameroom

Gaming isn’t just for the hardcore elite, though it may seem that way sometimes. Games can be, and are for everyone – and there’s a wealth of games made for people who just want a bit of casual video game fun. Facebook has just made finding those sorts of lighter experiences a little more easy.

They’ve released a new, standalone digital storefront for games that helps for discoverability and download of casual gaming content. Think Steam, but for the sorts of games you might play on your office PC when you’re trying desperately to avoid doing any work.

Powered by Unity, the new service is called Gameroom – and you can grab it here.

Expect fare like Friends, Scrabble, Cooking Mama, Shadow Kings and Curiosity. Games are limited to being 200MB or less, with case-by-case basis allowing for games up to 500MB. As with Steam, Facebook takes a tidy 30% slice of the income pie. It should be a great way for aid in discoverability for smaller indie games, where Steam is just awash with too many damned games.

“Our mission is to give people the power to discover, play and share the games they love with the people they care about,” said Facebook director of global games partnerships Leo Olebe. “Unity is the world’s leading game development platform. It’s great to be working with them to help developers find new audiences for the games they pour their hearts into.”

“Integrating tools that provide effortless access to Facebook’s network is a key part of helping developers find the success they deserve,” says Unity Tech vice president of business development Elliot Solomon.

The only question I have about this service is whether or not the casual audience will use it – or if they’re happy to keep on using their phones or Facebook proper hubs for their games.

Last Updated: November 14, 2016

49 Comments

  1. Admiral Chief - N7

    November 14, 2016 at 12:01

    Filhy casual storefront!

    😛

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      November 14, 2016 at 12:02

      *Filthy

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief - N7

        November 14, 2016 at 12:07

        HA, got you to comment

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

          November 14, 2016 at 12:12

          I got to correct your spelling for once, so it was worth it XD

          Reply

          • Raptor Rants

            November 14, 2016 at 12:19

            WHY ARE YOU NOT UPVOTING STUFF?????

          • Andre Fourie

            November 14, 2016 at 12:24

            LOL

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            November 14, 2016 at 12:34

            I’m trying damn you!

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            November 14, 2016 at 12:34

            Great, now I’m triggered into spelling mistakes

          • Admiral Chief - N7

            November 14, 2016 at 12:35

            My plan is working!

          • Original Heretic

            November 14, 2016 at 12:36

            It was a cunning one.

            Are you related to Baldric?

          • Lord Chaos

            November 14, 2016 at 12:38

            “triggered into”? I thought spelling mistakes were your normal modus-operandi.

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            November 14, 2016 at 12:58

            XD

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            November 14, 2016 at 12:59

            I’m trying to change

          • Raptor Rants

            November 14, 2016 at 12:50

            Try harder!

    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      November 14, 2016 at 12:03

      As a filthy console peasant I can now look down on even more filthier casual players, yay!

      Reply

    • Andre Fourie

      November 14, 2016 at 12:22

      How many are going to be caught slumming it there?

      Reply

    • Lord Chaos

      November 14, 2016 at 12:25

      Think of it this way, all the crappy games on Steam can now just be sent here.
      Clean up Steam AND hurt the casuals.

      Reply

      • Admiral Chief - N7

        November 14, 2016 at 12:26

        Lol, oh you

        Reply

  2. Andre Fourie

    November 14, 2016 at 12:05

    Oi!!!!!!!!! Raptor, I found Hammer.

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

      November 14, 2016 at 12:05

      Oh no, what now?

      Reply

      • Andre Fourie

        November 14, 2016 at 12:07

        Your absence was heavily lamented in the XT something or another PC component article.

        Reply

        • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

          November 14, 2016 at 12:08

          Oh I see
          *Runs off to upvote

          Reply

          • Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

            November 14, 2016 at 12:09

            All done

          • Admiral Chief - N7

            November 14, 2016 at 12:10

            Only took a few seconds……..sound familiar?

            😛

          • Raptor Rants

            November 14, 2016 at 12:20

          • Thats_How_I_Troll

            November 14, 2016 at 12:33

            Must have been a chin shot when his hand slipped off… Got KO’ed and missed most of his upvoting chores this morning

          • Andre Fourie

            November 14, 2016 at 12:13

            Yay!!!! The disturbance in the force was corrected.

          • Raptor Rants

            November 14, 2016 at 12:28

            Poor poor performance. Half the stuff wasn’t upvoted by you. Swak bra. Swak

          • Andre Fourie

            November 14, 2016 at 12:32

            ROFL

    • Raptor Rants

      November 14, 2016 at 12:19

      I see so. Glad he is safe [guess the upvote stealing hurt him]

      Reply

  3. Kromas Ryder

    November 14, 2016 at 12:11

  4. Andre Fourie

    November 14, 2016 at 12:12

  5. Raptor Rants

    November 14, 2016 at 12:18

    Oh no. There goes my bandwidth… Unless… Unless I don’t tell my wife….

    Reply

    • Andre Fourie

      November 14, 2016 at 12:34

      My wife also thinks Candy Crush is hardcore gaming.

      Reply

      • Geoffrey Tim

        November 14, 2016 at 13:19

        Depends on your metrics. I know some people that have put thousands of hours in to candy crush. That’s pretty friggin hardcore, if you ask me.

        Reply

        • Andre Fourie

          November 14, 2016 at 13:23

          Well, then she is. Because she is constantly busy with one of those games. Lots of hours put into that.

          Reply

        • Andre Fourie

          November 14, 2016 at 13:29

          She has also put in shitloads of hours into Township.

          Reply

  6. Thats_How_I_Troll

    November 14, 2016 at 13:39

    http://www.lazygamer.net/casual-gaming/facbook-launches-new-casual-gaming-storefront/

    WTF is Facbook?

    Oh wow oh aww
    I need a cigarette now
    Oh I’m so fucking hot and you’re so fuckin’ hot
    Oh my God
    I wanna facking fack
    No, not fuck
    I said fack
    F A C K F A C K
    Fack fack fack facking freak me

    Reply

    • Magoo

      November 14, 2016 at 13:50

      wot

      Reply

      • Thats_How_I_Troll

        November 14, 2016 at 14:07

        Hahaha, they fixed it quickly, though sill evident in the link… Spelling Nazi, meets eminem meets ADHD is what happened. To keep us from feeling blue Mr Magoo

        Reply

        • Magoo

          November 14, 2016 at 14:10

          Oh, yes, I see now. xD

          Reply

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