Playing Games with Google+

Yesterday Google+ rolled out 16 games from various publishers to a handful of "invited" members, as the search giant continued its move to be like another social network we all know and love.

The games included Angry Birds, Bejeweled Blitz, Crime City, Bubble Island, Monster World, Diamond Dash and BioWare's Dragon Age Legends. While rival Facebook may offer thousands of games right now, Google+ hopes to differentiate itself by offering less game-related spam.

“We want to make playing games online just as fun… as playing in real life,” explained Google’s senior VP of engineering Vic Gundotra in a blog post. “That means giving you control over when you see games, how you play them and with whom you share your experiences. Games in Google+ are there when you want them and gone when you don’t.”

The Google+ game section will have a button at the top of the stream, alongside everything else you can do in Google+ - which at this point isn't much.

"If you’re not interested in games, it’s easy to ignore them," added Gundotra. "Your stream will remain focused on conversations with the people you care about."

Google says that it’s now beginning to "gradually roll out games" and plans on "making them fully available… soon." Let us all hope that it doesn't end up being lame like Chrome's game section.

Source: Rolling Stone