Social Gaming

This has to be the new dotcom. Social gaming is driving a whole new industry and creating a new generation of start-ups, primarily in the casual gaming space. Unknown to itself, the online gambling sector has been an innovator in this area. Online Bingo is arguably the most successful social gaming product, worth about 600 million a year in revenues in the UK alone. The product is all about gameplay as a break form the mundane and is built around a community of like minded people (as well as a few players like me who go in and try to buy 40% of the cards!. We were looking at these trends in my previous role at Endemol Gaming, creating "online gameshows" and exploring formats that will work in a realtime social environment.

Read more in the blog - The Rise of Social Gaming.