SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook f8 Event -- Bunchball,
the leading provider of community games for online destinations, today
announced at Facebook's f8 event the launch of its social gaming
application on Facebook Platform. Also launched today, Facebook Platform
enables companies and developers to build applications for the Facebook
website. Facebook members can now add the Bunchball game application and
have instant access to a constantly growing selection of multiplayer games
to play with people in their Facebook networks.
Facebook is a social utility that helps people communicate and share
information efficiently through the social graph - the network of
connections and relationships between people. Bunchball is an additional
fun connector for the Facebook community, which has more than 24 million
active users and is the sixth most-trafficked website in the United States.
"Bunchball games are an ideal application for Facebook users," said
Rajat Paharia, founder and CEO of Bunchball. "Our hosted game application
provides Facebook users a fun way to interact with people in their network
of connections, and it also acts as a vehicle for getting to know new
people in the Facebook community."
The Bunchball games currently available to Facebook users include Alien
Exterminator, Stripjack, Icebreakers, Wasabi and Pool. Users can be
automatically matched with someone in their network of connections or with
someone in the Facebook community at large. Users also have the option of
inviting friends via email to play along.
Facebook Platform is a development platform that enables companies and
engineers to integrate with Facebook and gain access to millions of users.
More than 50 percent of Facebook users return to the site each day,
providing unparalleled distribution potential for applications and the
opportunity to build a business that is highly relevant to people's lives.
"Facebook Platform creates an ecosystem for developers to build
applications that deeply integrate into Facebook and use its social graph,"
said Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook. "By enabling developers
to make applications within Facebook, we're working together to create a
better utility for millions of people."
About Bunchball
Bunchball is the leading provider of social gaming services for web
sites of all sizes. Customers including Lifetime Television, NBC Sports,
Eons, Warner Brothers and Toyota use Bunchball's services to enhance their
communities, increase site stickiness, and promote their brands through
Bunchball's social online game play. Based in Redwood City, CA, Bunchball
was founded in February 2005 and can be found online at
http://www.bunchball.com.
Facebook(R) is a registered trademark of Facebook Inc.
PR Contacts for Bunchball:
Susan Lusty
slusty@earthlink.net
(206) 331-4659
Karen Blondell
kblondell@sbcglobal.net
(310) 325-6405
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