[*NEW*: Game Developer Conference 2010's Social/Online Games Summit (March 9th-10th) is open for registration, with 3 tracks of top social game content planned.]

« PopCap Connects Zuma To Facebook For Social Elements | Main | Q&A: Outspark Gets Series C Funding, Soon To Launch Platform »

Monday, July 13, 2009

King.com Brings New Skill Games To Facebook

Online skill games company King.com released its first series of titles designed exclusively for social networks -- Kalorie King and Mars Lives -- to Facebook. The studio also announced Amazon Survival for iPhone.

The titles join over 150 other skill and social games that King.com offers to more than 17.6 million unique users per month. Launched in 2004, the company is the exclusive provider of skill games for portals and sites such as Yahoo!, MSN, AOL, NBC, and more.

In Kalorie King, players try to burn to burn as many calories as they can and increase their score by catching falling vegetables, fruits, and vitamins. They can challenge friends to weight loss tournaments, find out who can burn the most calories the fastest, and share their scores on their Facbook newsfeed.

Mars Lives is a massively multiplayer and episodic game about the first human settlers on the red planet and the challenges they face with colonizing the new world.

“With more than 350 million games played globally each month, King.com is proud to drive skill games as one of the fastest-growing games sectors. Now, we are excited to bring our games to the fastest-growing consumer audiences - iPhone owners and Facebook users,” says King.com CEO Riccardo Zacconi.

[]
Posted by Eric Caoili on July 13, 2009 6:24 PM |

Post a comment


If you enjoy reading GameSetWatch.com, you might also want to check out these CMP Game Group sites:

Gamasutra (the 'art and business of games'.)

Game Career Guide (for student game developers.)

Indie Games (for independent game players/developers.)

Finger Gaming (news, reviews, and analysis on iPhone and iPod Touch games.)

GamerBytes (for the latest console digital download news.)

Worlds In Motion (discussing the business of online worlds.)

Weekly Archive

WorldsInMotion.biz [Twitter / RSS feed] discusses the business of connected games - from social gaming through free to play games to core MMOs and beyond - and is created by the folks behind:



Copyright © 2008 Think Services