Skype to get into casual gaming market

Skype to get into casual gaming market

eBay-owned Skype has announced that they would soon launch a casual games portal. This portal would enable the third party developers to get access to their 2 million registered users.

The company is also going to aggressively promote their Game Developer Program offering free SDK and tools.

The developers would do good if they manage to impress with their content as the Skype’s Game Channel will provide access to Skype’s huge installed user base.

Skype would be their software client to provide distribution, DRM and e-commerce requirements to the developers supplying the content.

Paul Amery, director of the Skype Developer Program spoke on this new initiative: “People are increasingly using Skype to interact with one another, with many choosing to play simple games like checkers or backgammon. However, the tremendous size of Skype’s user-base makes it an ideal environment for multi-player and community-based games in which people can play against or collaborate with one another.”

he further said: “We hope the Skype Game Channel becomes a popular entertainment destination within the Skype community. Our goal is to make it as easy and profitable as possible for the developers, while keeping it simple and fun for consumers to use.”