Meta Will Cease Support for its Separate Facebook Gaming App on October 28th
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- 31 Aug 2022
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The cost-cutting at Meta continues, with the company announcing that it will cease support for its separate Facebook Gaming app as of October this year.
As you can see in this in-app update screen, shared by social media expert Matt Navarra, Meta’s removing support for its Gaming app from October 28th.
“Beginning on 28 October 2022, the Facebook Gaming app for iOS and Android will no longer be available. After this date, this app will no longer work. You can download your gaming app search data here.”
Meta originally launched its gaming app back in 2020, as part of its broader effort to tap into the rising popularity of gaming as a social element, particularly during the pandemic,
Facebook Gaming App
As you can see in these screenshots, Facebook Gaming highlights content from gaming streamers, along with group chat functionality, game-based community elements, and simple gameplay options.
The decision to cut the app may actually not mean a lot in the scheme of things, with Facebook itself still hosting gaming content in the main app, which has seen steady growth over the past few years. But clearly, gaming fans are not flocking to the separate app, hence the decision to retire it, instead of continuing to support the option.
As noted, it’s the latest in a series of cost-cutting efforts from Meta, which, like all social platforms, is dealing with the worsening economic downturn, and the expanded impacts on ad spend.
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