Facebook Gaming is a platform created by Facebook in 2019 so that users can play all kinds of video games from their mobile phones and other devices, as well as stream their games on the social network, competing with platforms such as Twitch, owned by Facebook. ‘Amazon or even YouTube itself.
Facebook launches cloud streaming for Facebook Gaming in beta for Android and web
To keep up with these big rivals, Facebook has rolled out a number of new features in Facebook Gaming. Now the service includes a large list of games streaming in the cloud, allows you to select names and avatars other than those of the Facebook profile, launch advertisements to play them and a new tab to discover the games, among other news that we analyze in more depth following:
-Games streaming on the cloud: For the first time streaming games from the Facebook cloud arrive on Facebook Gaming, in beta version for Android natively in APK format and for the web. Apple has confirmed that, at least for now, they will not be coming to iOS.
The games are free and change weekly. For example, titles such as Gameloft’s “Asphalt 9: Legends” are now available; Moonton’s “Mobile Legends: Adventure”; “PGA TOUR Golf Shootout” by Concrete Software, Inc .; and Qublix Games’ “Solitaire: Arthur’s Tale”, Red Bull’s “Dirt Bike Unchained”, among others.
Facebook will add more titles to its video game library, which will increase in variety and type of games to accommodate others related to sports, cards or strategy simulators.
These are cloud games that could cause latency issues, despite maximizing the experience, trying to eliminate speed or quality issues. In any case, Facebook, aware of this fact, includes a small evaluation form and a form so that users themselves can express their opinion on the progress of each game in this beta phase.
Once the beta is complete, Facebook Gaming will also add more resource-demanding action and adventure titles to its range of streaming titles. It will be already in 2021 and will allow in-game purchases, depending on the needs of the developers.
Cloud streaming games are currently only available to users residing in certain U.S. cities and states, including California, Texas, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Washington, and Virginia. It will arrive in the rest of the country in the coming months and it is not clear when it will reach other parts of the world.
-Name of the players and cross games: Facebook will now allow users to opt out of using their real Facebook name and photo as an ID in video games. They will be able to create a specific name, as well as unique avatars that will represent them in each game.
Your player names and game activities will be visible right next to your real name. So when you connect with friends or teammates, they know who you are.
In addition, titles that integrate Facebook Login for Gaming will allow users to play between the downloaded version of the game and the cloud version of Facebook. So they log in wherever they log in, games will continue from where they left off, and purchases made will continue.
– Ads playable in the cloud: Playable advertisements are demos that provide a brief explanation or introduction on the subject of the video game and the user, after viewing it, will have the possibility to press a button and start a game instantly, starting from the test.
These readable formats are quick and inexpensive to develop and are used to test user impressions. For these, moreover, this experience offers them the possibility to pay before paying for the game or to invest time to download it, as well as space on their device.
-Game on Facebook on the web: Facebook already had a new tab called “Games”, where users could find their favorite games, on mobile devices. A similar and completely improved web tab has now been launched where users can find updated features, re-enter games that have already been suspended, or find recommendations for new games to try.
