With the purchase of popular Facebook game FightClub,
Webs.com have announced the launch of their new social media property, Social Gaming Network (SGN).
SGN develops and integrates online games into popular social networks, such as Facebook and MySpace. The first game to launch from SGN was
WarBook which went live in Facebook in August 2007, subsequently becoming on of the social network's most played games.
With the acquisition of
FightClub Shervin Pishevar, president of Webs.com comments, "We will continue to make great strides in this space as we become the leading provider of games for social networks."
In addition to WarBook and now FightClub, SGN's games portfolio includes
Super Snake,
Street Race and
Blocky which are some of the more popular games on Facebook.
"SGN is offering games and gaming environments that uniquely leverage people's social connections transforming a typical gaming experience into one that is more relevant, more engaging, more competitive and ultimately more enjoyable for the player," concludes Pishevar.
Although Webs.com is positioning SGN for social networks in the broad sense, currently the only games available are through
Facebook, which has over 55 million users worldwide.