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SGN Launches Agency Wars & Adds Facebook Connect to iBowl
March 16th, 2009
| By Christopher Mack | 7 Comments » |
Just 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 titles called Agency Wars that includes Facebook Connect for both the iPhone and the iPod Touch.
The game is described as a massively multiplayer title like another recent SGN release, Mafia: Respect and Retaliation.
In Agency Wars, players find themselves taking the role of the slick and suave spy (okay, maybe not James Bond, but you get the idea), allowing them to join any of a number of international agencies such as the CIA or MI6.
Of particular interest, however, is that Agency Wars allows players to play in joint missions with friends via Facebook Connect against other agencies. Moreover, the game utilizes location based missions (like Mafia: R&R), allowing players to play with and help nearby friends progress through the game.
In addition to the Agency Wars release, SGN also announced that Facebook Connect is also now available for iBowl, its largest iPhone title with 5 million players. This game, for those that may not remember, is one of the suite of Wii-like sports titles that makes direct use of the iPhone and iPod Touch’s built in accelerometer to allow users to play by using an actual bowling motion (including the force and curve of your bowl).
The launch of Facebook Connect will definitely enrich the element of live competition between players. Now, iPhone or iPod Touch owners can actually compete as teams and share scores directly through their Facebook feed. We’ll be watching our News Feed closely!
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March 17th, 2009 at 8:52 pm
[...] will say, some of the games they announced seemed pretty cool, especiall SGN’s Agency Wars. Another observation: people were cheering as if it were a rock concert. It was [...]
March 22nd, 2009 at 1:34 am
[...] SGN Launches Agency Wars & Adds Facebook Connect to iBowl [...]
April 2nd, 2009 at 1:26 pm
[...] and Free Gifts, SGN has been focused on building its network of rich social games that span both social networks and the iPhone. The company is well known for its gesture-driven games like iBowl, iGolf, and iBasketball, and [...]
April 29th, 2009 at 9:24 am
[...] successful games (with Facebook Connect support) such as iBowl, Agency Wars, and Mafia: Respect & Retaliation, the network of users from SGN encompasses 12 million [...]
June 15th, 2009 at 1:41 am
[...] Autre tendance lourde pour le marché des jeux en ligne : l’explosion du nombre d’iPhone et le portage de ces social games redu possible avec des technologies comme Facebook Connect for iPhone. Les grands éditeurs se sont ainsi rués sur cette niche avec des versions mobiles de leurs titres phares (Mafia Wars, Vampires BloodLust, AgencyWars…) : SGN Launches Agency Wars & Adds Facebook Connect to iBowl. [...]
June 17th, 2009 at 11:33 am
[...] Autre tendance lourde pour le marché des jeux en ligne : l’explosion du nombre d’iPhone et le portage de ces social games rendu possible avec des technologies comme Facebook Connect for iPhone. Les grands éditeurs se sont ainsi rués sur cette niche avec des versions mobiles de leurs titres phares (Mafia Wars, Vampires BloodLust, AgencyWars…) : SGN Launches Agency Wars & Adds Facebook Connect to iBowl. [...]
November 6th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
[...] finally came across a game for iPhone called Agency Wars by SGN which was announced recently at this years SXSW. The game is more of a text heavy strategy, [...]