Google Is Building a Secret Social-Gaming Startup Called Arcade (bloomberg.com) 41
Google is secretly building a social-gaming startup in an effort to create fledgling companies within the internet-search giant. Bloomberg reports: The founder and co-owner of the new firm, called Arcade, is Michael Sayman, according to people familiar with the matter. Sayman is the 21-year-old wunderkind who started as a Facebook intern at age 17 and left that company for Alphabet Inc.'s Google last year. Arcade's first app, slated to debut this summer, will have some elements of a trivia game. A Google spokesperson confirmed the existence of Arcade, saying it was "focused on mobile gaming with friends," without elaborating on specific products. "It's a very early experiment so there aren't many details to share right now." The effort is part of Area 120, a division where select employees can work on small startups that live inside Google. Arcade's games have no tie-in with existing social networks. Users create accounts with their phone numbers, one of the people said. Google is considering it a social-media investment because once a game gets to a certain size, it's something of a social network by itself, this person said.
Sooo..... (Score:3)
not a secret?
Just don't... (Score:3)
My prediction (Score:3)
It will be shit but quite successful.
Then either they'll drop it or revamp it and then drop it.
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They already bought the TLD .dev...
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Phone number (Score:2)
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You know who doesn't suffer identity theft? And are incredibly rich?
Amish.
Arcade? (Score:2)
Why not Carousel [imdb.com]?
Arcade? (Score:5, Insightful)
The head of "Project Arcade" is someone who's 21, who never grew up with actual videogame arcades. And the first thing will be a freakin' trivia game?
Why the fuck did they pick the name "arcade" to begin with?
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