| Language | Multilingual Afrikaans, Albanian, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Assamese, Azerbaijani, Basque, Belarusian, Bengali, Bosnian, Breton, Bulgarian, Burmese, Catalan, Cebuano, Corsican, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Dutch (België), English (UK), English (US), English (upside down), Esperanto, Estonian, Faroese, Filipino, Finnish, French (Canada), French (France), Frisian, Fula, Galician, Georgian, German, Greek, Guarani, Gujarati, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Irish, Italian, Japanese, Japanese (Kansai), Javanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Khmer, Kinyarwanda, Korean, Kurdish (Kurmanji), Kyrgyz, Lao, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malagasy, Malay, Malayalam, Maltese, Marathi, Mongolian, Nepali, Norwegian (bokmal), Norwegian (nynorsk), Odia, Pashto, Persian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Sardinian, Serbian, Shona, Silesian, Simplified Chinese (China), Sinhala, Slovak, Slovenian, Somali, Sorani Kurdish, Spanish, Spanish (Spain), Swahili, Swedish, Syriac, Tajik, Tamazight, Tamil, Tatar, Telugu, Tetun, Thai, Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong), Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese, Welsh and Zaza |
|---|---|
| Language count | 112 |
| Language footnote | [1] |
| Area served | Worldwide, except blocking countries |
| Founder | |
| Ceo | Mark Zuckerberg |
| Registration | Required (to do any activity) |
| Users | 800 millions monthly active users (as of April 2018)[2] |
| Predecessor | Mixer |
| Launch date | June 1, 2018 (age 8) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US |
| Owner | Meta Platforms |
| Current status | Active |
| Programming language | C++, Hack (as HHVM) and PHP |
Facebook Gaming is Facebook's gaming-focused live streaming service.[3][4][5] Facebook launched it officially on June 1, 2018 as a tab on the Facebook app and a standalone app.[6]
The service became successful in Southeast Asia and has produced internet celebrities like ChooxTv in the Philippines.[7]
History
In August 2016, Facebook partnered with Blizzard Entertainment to expand its Facebook Live streaming service to gaming with integration into Battle.net's client.[8] In March 2017, Facebook allowed users to stream games from their desktop personal computers.[9] In December, support to stream Facebook Instant Games was added.[10]
A software developer kit for game developer was released in March 2018.[11]
In 2019, Jeremy "DisguisedToast" Wang was signed to Facebook Gaming.[12] Soon after, Facebook also signed Super Smash Bros. streamer Gonzalo "ZeRo" Barrios.[13]
On February 18, 2020, Ronda Rousey performed her first live stream on Facebook Gaming, announcing that she will stream once per week. The details of her contract were not disclosed.[14] On April 20, 2020, Facebook launched its gaming app to more countries.[15] On June 22, 2020, Microsoft announced that it would discontinue its Mixer streaming service, and redirect users (including partnered streamers) to Facebook Gaming. In return, there would be integrations with Facebook Gaming and Microsoft's xCloud cloud gaming service.[16]
In August 2022, Meta announced that it was shutting down its standalone gaming app, but users could still play games by going to the gaming tab in the main Facebook app.[17]
References
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- ^ "Gaming Insights & Market Research". Facebook.com. Archived 26 December 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
- ^ "Facebook launches Fb.gg gaming video hub to compete with Twitch". TechCrunch. June 7, 2018. Archived 2019-11-26 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Facebook is expected to launch its game-streaming platform and Twitch competitor at E3 2018". Tech2. 2018-06-08. Archived 2023-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "Facebook launching new Gaming Tab". GamesIndustry.biz. March 14, 2019. Archived 2022-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ Perez, Sarah (March 15, 2019). "In a challenge to Twitch and YouTube, Facebook adds 'Gaming' to its main navigation". TechCrunch. Archived July 7, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
- ^ Reyes, Maouie. "9 streamers you should follow on Facebook Gaming". spin.ph. Archived 2022-09-13 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
- ^ Carbotte, Kevin (2016-08-27). "Share Your Live Gameplay Directly On Facebook With Blizzard Streaming". Tom's Hardware. Archived 2025-12-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-11-08.
- ^ Constine, Josh (2017-03-22). "Facebook Live adds PC game and desktop live streaming". TechCrunch. Archived 2023-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
- ^ Webster, Andrew (2017-12-07). "Facebook is bringing live-streaming and video chats to its Instant Games platform". The Verge. Archived 2020-09-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
- ^ "GDC 2018: Facebook Has Sights On Livestreaming With New PC Gaming SDK". Shacknews. 2018-03-26. Archived 2025-08-22 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2025-11-10.
- ^ Reyes, Mariel Soto. "Twitch just lost another star streamer, this time to Facebook Gaming". Business Insider. Archived 2023-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
- ^ "ZeRo latest to leave Twitch; will stream for Facebook". ESPN.com. 2019-12-02. Archived 2023-06-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-02-06.
- ^ Barrabi, Thomas (2020-02-14). "Ronda Rousey lands Facebook Gaming streaming deal". FOXBusiness. Archived 2023-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^ Schiesel, Seth (19 April 2020). "Facebook to Introduce an App for Gaming". The New York Times. Archived 2023-07-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
- ^ Warren, Tom (2020-06-22). "Microsoft is shutting down Mixer and partnering with Facebook Gaming". The Verge. Archived 2020-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
- ^ Moon, Mariella (August 31, 2022). "Meta is shutting down the standalone Facebook Gaming app". Engadget. Archived 2022-09-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-09-01.