Use Facebook Connect To Create OpenSim Grids With Kitely

By On March 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Now users interested in creating cheap OpenSim grids can do so through a browser plug-in called Kitely that integrates support for Facebook Connect. Right now Kitely supports the Firefox and Chrome browsers. When a user creates an OpenSim grid through Kitely, that user can invite specific friends or friend groups from Facebook. The user enters [...]

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Prediculous Launches Social Predictions Game

By On February 10, 2011 · 1 Comment

Prediculous has launched, using Facebook Connect to turn predicting news and events into a social game. Users compete to correctly predict the outcome of current events across a variety of categories, including sports, news, politics, entertainment, and business. Prediculous initially went live in November 2010 and posts daily questions. Users compete to choose the correct [...]

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LOLapps Launches RavenwoodFair.com

By On November 5, 2010 · Leave a Comment

LOLapps has launched RavenwoodFair.com, a site that hosts a version of its social game Ravenwood Fair that uses Facebook Connect and supports Facebook Credits for payments but is otherwise accessible outside of the Facebook platform. The move away from Facebook comes after the social network shut down all of LOLapps’s games for two days last [...]

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Nexon “Researching” Facebook Connect

By On June 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Nexon America is currently researching ways to integrate its free-to-play games site with Facebook Connect, according to CEO Daniel Kim. The integration would be on the player account level and affect all games played by that person. Kim is considering the integration specifically in light of its upcoming Block Party title.  Tweet

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Ijji.com Integrates Games With Facebook

By On June 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The freemium games portal Ijji.com has integrated with Facebook Connect, which will make it easier for Ijji gamers to connect with others on Facebook and share in-game achievements. This will allow Ijji.com users to log in to their accounts with their Facebook credentials and send invites to friends to join Ijji's games. Tweet

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Dinglepharb Studios Partners With Heyzap

By On April 15, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Dinglepharb Studios announced today that it has partnered with Heyzap to expand the reach of the upcoming virtual world, Woldtown, beyond Facebook. Set to launch on April 28, Dinglepharb's Woldtown is based on the Chinese social game VVDragon and will let users play with their Facebook social network. Heyzap, powered by Facebook Connect, takes social [...]

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eRepublik Now Supports Facebook Connect

By On March 3, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Today the online text RPG eRepublik announced that it would integrate with Facebook Connect. While eRepublik is very much a social game, it previously has run primarily on its own Web site rather than being embedded into a social network like Facebook or MySpace. The Facebook Connect integration will let players attach pre-existing accounts to [...]

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Linden Acquires Enemy Unknown, Connecting Second Life Outwards

By On February 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

On Friday Linden Lab announced that it had acquired Enemy Unknown, the Swedish developer behind Avatars United. Avatars United provides a social network for avatars, connecting users' virtual world identities from across platforms into one bundle on the Web. The move allows Linden more control, though Enemy Unknown says Avatars United will continue to support connection not just to Second [...]

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Linden Acquires Enemy Unknown, Connecting Second Life Outwards

By On February 1, 2010 · 1 Comment

On Friday Linden Lab announced that it had acquired Enemy Unknown, the Swedish developer behind Avatars United. Avatars United provides a social network for avatars, connecting users' virtual world identities from across platforms into one bundle on the Web. The move allows Linden more control, though Enemy Unknown says Avatars United will continue to support [...]

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Facebook and Google Launch ID Connecting Systems

By On December 5, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Yesterday both Facebook and Google pushed systems to developers looking to capitalize on the two's existing identification systems and social networks. Facebook Connect lets users access enabled sites and share their profiles, friend lists, and news across sites. Google Friend Connect, which was expanded from a closed beta, lets users log in to sites with [...]

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