Facebook will shut down the Facebook Gaming Android and iOS app as of October 28, 2022. The news has just been confirmed by the service team. However, the platform will remain accessible via the Facebook app.
Remember, in 2019, Facebook entered the video game market with Facebook Gaming, a streaming platform designed to compete with a certain Twitch. As much to say it right away, the sauce never really took. Despite performance that left something to be desired, the American firm continued to improve its service, with the addition of a cloud gaming component in October 2020.
This feature provides access to modest free-to-play games hosted on the company’s cloud. These little games are accessible directly on the social network from the Gaming tab, but not only.
Indeed, an Android and iOS application from Facebook Gaming was also available. Via this app, players could directly stream their games of mobile games, and easily watch streams from their favorite content creators.
We use the imperfect because we have just learned this Tuesday, August 30, 2022 that Facebook Gaming’s Android and iOS app will close on October 28, 2022. The news was confirmed by the service’s teams via a press release published this Sunday.
Facebook Gaming app shuts down
“From October 28, 2022, the Facebook Gaming app for iOS and Android will no longer be available. After this date, this application will no longer work. You can download your games app research data here”, announces the company.
She continues: “We would like to sincerely thank each and every one of you for all you have done to create a thriving community for players and fans since the launch of this app. This was truly a community effort to bring new gaming features to Facebook”.
As stated by Meta, it will still be possible to find games, steamers and groups/communities online. visiting Gaming from the Facebook app. Either way, the closure of Facebook Gaming’s Android and iOS app sounds like a defeat for the company. Remember that Meta had invested heavily in the Facebook Gaming project, which had led in particular to exclusive agreements with YouTube or Mixer, Microsoft’s former streaming platform.
Source : Eurogamer
