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The Real Impact of Facebook’s New Approach to Gaming

  • Friday, September 24, 2010

Facebook's recent changes to its social gaming policies thrilled some developers and alienated others. Who's right?

Social gaming has been the biggest success story of the four-year-old Facebook Platform, but only now is Facebook rolling out a plan to offer a dedicated gaming experience, get game developers to stop spamming its non-gaming users, and make some serious money off of them.

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