Facebook's presence in the gaming world has expanded in numerous meaningful ways since the era of daily Farmville notifications. The latest addition to Facebook Gaming, the company's bona fide sub-site for nearly everything th꧒e company does that's gaming related, is now of PlayGiga, a Spanish cloud-based gaming company. Facebook paid the hefty sum of 70 million euros, which converts to around 78 million dollars, for ownership of the company.
Prior to the acqu🌄isition, Pl๊ayGiga offered its cloud gaming service to customers throughout Europe as well as in some parts of the Middle East. Since the acquisition just took place, Facebook hasn't yet made their plans with the company public beyond the fact that they were acquired, so it's unclear if the service will remain solely available in its current regional market, or if it will be a starting point for a larger, Facebook-sized cloud gaming service down the line.
Meanwhile, CloudGiga a short statement to its website stating that the company has "moved onto something new." Their ownership by Facebook is described as a "new mission," which could either suggest a retooling for a wider market as part of the Facebook Gaming platform, or simply a rebrand as a Faceboo⛎k-specific service that offers more-or-less the s✱ame features.
Prior to the acquisition, Facebook Gaming has been focusing on building its roster of streamers exclusive to the platform. In addition to other notable personalities, Hearthstone and Teamfight Tactics streamer 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:DisguisedToast and one-time competitive Super Smash Bros star both to exclusive deals with the social media giant. Other new or recent Facebook Gaming moves include the acquisition of the Oculus company, the acquisition of the developers of one of VR gaming's biggest hits, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Beat Saber, and "Instant Games" which allows simple browser games to be played on the Facebook newsfee✃d as well as within Messenger conversations.
Once Facebook's cloud streaming service launches, whenever that may be, they will be competing with Google's just-released Stadia, the long-running PlayStation Now service, and Microsoft's which is currently available on a trial basis. Whether cloud gaming is the next big thing or simply a passing fad, however, is up to you.
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