Facebook Gaming

Meta kicks off Gaming Community Challenge in India to strengthen gaming ecosystem on Facebook

With gaming communities on Facebook, users can host tournaments, create live streams, upload videos and engage in various topics and discussions.

India ranked third globally in Facebook Gaming sessions between July-August, with 234 million sessions recorded

According to Facebook, live gaming viewership on its gaming section increased by 530 percent in the last year; more than 380 million people play games on the social media platform.

Facebook Gaming iOS app launched but without the instant gaming feature to meet App Store guidelines

In a series of tweets, Facebook has slammed Apple's restrictive policies for gaming apps.

Microsoft is shutting down Mixer, will redirect all Mixer sites, apps to Facebook Gaming starting 22 July

Facebook says that after onboarding, Mixer Partners will be granted partner status with Facebook Gaming.

Facebook Gaming to host virtual tennis tournament with Serena Williams, Maria Sharapova, Gigi Hadid, Hailey Bieber

Serena Williams will compete with model Gigi Hadid, and Maria Sharapova with American model Karlie Kloss.

Facebook Gaming market share rose to 8.5 percent from 3.1 percent in 2019

Amazon-owned Twitch still dominates the streaming market share with a 61 percent market share.

Pokémon Tower Battle and Medallion Battle launch exclusively on Facebook Gaming

While Pokémon Tower Battle is available worldwide, Medallion Battle released only in the Philippines.

Facebook sets its sight on cloud gaming, acquires Madrid-based PlayGiga

Founded in 2013, PlayGiga had a functional cloud gaming service in Europe that was closed down.

Facebook is removing the Instant Gaming tab from Messenger starting with iOS

The players in Facebook Messenger will continue to access games via threads or chatbots.

Global video and electronic games industry to generate up to $152 billion in 2019

The report excludes revenue from esports, or formalised professional video game competitions