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Facebook Connect for iPhone Released, Several Games Now Live
March 14th, 2009
| By - Justin Smith - | 8 Comments » |
This morning at SXSW in Austin, Facebook Senior Platform Manager Dave Morin announced the official launch of Facebook Connect for iPhone. With Facebook Connect, iPhone users will be able to easily connect with Facebook friends through iPhone apps & games.
Participating in the launch announcement today were some of the biggest social game developers on both the Facebook Platform and iPhone:
- SGN announced the launch of Agency Wars, a new game with Facebook Connect support, as well as an iBowl update with Connect support
- Playfish announced the launch of Who Has the Biggest Brain on the iPhone, with Facebook Connect support, with 2 more titles coming soon – Geo Challenge and Word Challenge
- Zynga announced official Facebook Connect support in Live Poker
- Tapulous announced Facebook Connect support for Tap Tap Revenge
- Flixster announced Facebook Connect support for the Flixster movies app
- As did Urban Spoon, Binary Game, Whrrl, and more
In other words, it was a big launch event. While a couple of iPhone apps from SGN and Zynga have authenticated through Facebook Connect via the web in the past, this is the first native iPhone app support ever. Facebook Connect for the iPhone has the potential to transform the way iPhone games are designed and shared, and could provide a new and more authentic way for apps to spread and climb the iPhone app charts.
Here’s how the first games with Facebook Connect for iPhone live look:
Who Has the Biggest Brain for iPhone (Playfish)
Who Has the Biggest Brain for iPhone, users can connect through their Facebook account and continue playing Playfish’s classic game on their iPhone anywhere there’s an internet connection.
Agency Wars (SGN)
SGN’s new Agency Wars lets players see when their friends are live online and interact with them in real time.
Binary Game
We’ll be staying on top of the development of iPhone games built with Facebook Connect closely in the coming weeks and months!
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March 14th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
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March 16th, 2009 at 7:59 am
[...] moments after Facebook’s Dave Morin announced the launch of Facebook Connect for the iPhone this weekend at SXSW, SGN CEO Shervin Pishevar took the stage to announce the launch of a new [...]
March 16th, 2009 at 1:37 pm
[...] was a big weekend for the social gaming world at SXSW, with the launch of Facebook Connect for iPhone. Several top developers launched Facebook Connect support in their iPhone games, including [...]
March 20th, 2009 at 6:41 am
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May 22nd, 2009 at 4:34 pm
[...] games, these elements can be seen by both friends and strangers alike, and with the inclusion of Facebook Connect, users can publish their creations to their Facebook feed and even change their Facebook status [...]
September 17th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
wow I am so happy to know this news and can’t wait for other developers to do so for their FB games towards iPhone ..
November 4th, 2009 at 4:34 am
First time? I guess Facebook’s Platform Manager isn’t familiar with Live Poker, which has been utilizing FB Connect for a while now.
November 24th, 2009 at 8:28 am
[...] pull some virtual weeds, and get points. This interface seems like a great opportunity to integrate Facebook Connect for the iPhone, especially when you consider the tens of millions of Facebook users who are already obsessed with [...]