The Facebook Gaming app will be closed

Facebook Gaming closes its doors just two years after launch.

The Facebook Gaming app is being discontinued. Adobe Stock / AOP / Facebook

Facebook has announced that it will close the Facebook Gaming application on October 28, 2022. After this, the application will no longer be found in the Play Store or the App Store.

Meta has invested a lot in its Gaming platform. Despite this, the mobile application has not become such a hit as Meta expected. Within the Facebook application, Facebook Gaming continues to operate as normal, i.e. the entire platform is not brought down.

The Facebook Gaming application was released in the spring of 2020, i.e. just over two years ago. Meta described the app like this:

“The Facebook Gaming application is an experience focused on gaming and games, which allows you to watch your favorite streamers, play instant games and participate in gaming groups. It brings together all of Facebook Gaming in one nifty app-sized package.”

Facebook’s gaming platform itself was released two years earlier, in 2018. Facebook has tried to attract popular streamers exclusively to its own service.

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