Facebook launched a new gaming platform earlier this year called Instant Games. Today the company’s giving developers the option to monetize those games through in-app purchases and video ads. The ads will initially roll out as a test through select developers and in certain games, like Blackstorm’s Everwing and FRVR’s Basketball FRVR.
Facebook’s Instant Games developers can now make money off users
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Facebook says developers will eventually have access to additional measurement and ad optimization tools. Clearly, giving developers a way to make money off their games incentivizes them to create more games. (What a concept.) I’m not sure Facebook will ever relive its gaming glory days of past (never forget Farmville), but it’s definitely trying.
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