RealNetworks to Add Facebook Games, Social Features
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RealNetworks Inc. introduced an application called GameHouse for Facebook with more than 1,000 games that can be played by users of the social network, underscoring the growing popularity of interactive gaming.
The company also unveiled today a set of tools that help game developers add features for social-network users to track scores, create tournaments and award virtual prizes. In the future, RealNetworks plans to offer GameHouse on other sites such as Comcast Corp.’s video-gaming service, said Craig Robinson, a vice president of RealNetworks’ GameHouse unit.