In their own words, SocialDeck are "super excited to announce that someone found our social games as fun as you have - in this case, that "someone" is Google." They'll even have a nice group of friends with common interests to play with now that they're part of the Google collective.
Earlier this month, Google acquired Jambool -- who created the Social Gold virtual currency platform. Back in April they picked up Lab Pixies, who specialize in social and casual gaming widgets. And let's not forget Google is also a major investor in casual game maker Zynga -- the demons behind the game you love to hate, Farmville.
What does it all mean? Clearly Google sees gaming (and social gaming in particular) to be an area worth getting involved in. With Android picking up momentum and Google TV and Chrome OS both on the way, there are going to be a whole lot more Google hardware users looking to kill some time destroying pixelated zombies or spelling their way to a high score.
That means money spent on games, on virtual goods, and, of course, delicious, delicious ad impressions.
[via Inside Social Games]
Google buys mobile game dev SocialDeck originally appeared on Download Squad on Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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