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social gaming

American  

noun

Digital Technology.
  1. the playing of online games on social media websites.


Other Word Forms

  • social game noun

Etymology

Origin of social gaming

First recorded in 2005–10

Example Sentences

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Vaughn was not asked directly about any Disney projects and spoke only broadly, but stated, “None of us have really nailed it,” when it came to bringing social gaming environments into a physical space.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2024

Its entry into social gaming, via its $563.2 million purchase of Playdom in 2010, resulted in a write-down.

From Reuters • Nov. 11, 2021

You see topics around the discourse that should be able to happen in our social gaming networks.

From The Verge • Nov. 24, 2020

By 2011, he’d helped Caesars acquire the Israeli start-up social gaming company Playtika for roughly $100 million, then saw it flipped in 2017 for $4.4 billion to a Chinese consortium.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2019

After the company’s social gaming division underperformed, Pitaro’s co-president, John Pleasants, resigned, giving Pitaro control of Disney Interactive.

From New York Times • Mar. 5, 2018