Published 10:41 IST, April 5th 2019

Snapchat launches Snap Games to let you play games with your friends while chatting

Snapchat introduced its long-awaited gaming platform called ‘Snap Games’ at its partner summit. Aimed at mobile users, Snapchat users can launch Snap Games from the chat bar

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Snapchat introduced its long-awaited gaming platform called ‘Snap Games’ at its partner summit. Aimed at mobile users, Snapchat users can launch Snap Games from chat bar and play with your friends instantly in real time. Interestingly, Snapchat users don’t have to install anything or than Snapchat itself and Snap Games comes integrated with main platform rar than forcing its users to install a standalone app, which is sensible.

Snap Games allows users to see who y are playing with and text m or even talk to m using voice chat in real time. Most importantly, way Snap Games us integrated right into Snapchat is what makes things really interesting. This is how Snap Inc. describes Snap Games to world:

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“It feels like you’re sitting shoulder to shoulder, playing on same screen.”

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Initially, Snap Games has six titles to offer: Bitmoji Party, Tiny Royale, Snake Squ, C.A.T.S. Drift Race, Zombie rescue Squ and Alphabear Hustle. To begin with, Bitmoji Party lets users play as mselves in a series of what y call “quick, wacky mini-games.” Tiny Royale is a battle royale game by Zynga that wants you to squ up with friends and eliminate your competition.

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Snake Squ by Game Closure is again a multiplayer battle-royale game. You can choose your favourite avatar and show your snake a way around battlefield and eliminate your opponents. ZeptoLab’s C.A.T.S. Drift Race is a multiplayer racing game where you can invite up to 6 people. Zombie Rescue Squ from Pikok is a multiplayer Zombie survivor game. Alphabear Hustle, on or hand, is a world game.

So as you can see, Snap Games has introduced a range of multiplayer mobile games across different categories. Snap Games will expand its developer partners across various genres and styles over next few months so that it can “bring best gaming experiences to Snapchat community." We will be putting Snap Games to test. So stay tuned!

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10:41 IST, April 5th 2019