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Facebook\u2019s Gaming app for iOS and Android is shutting down a little over two years after it launched. In a notice sent to users<\/a>, Facebook says the app will no longer work or be available to download starting on October 28th, 2022.<\/p>\n

Facebook launched Gaming<\/a> in 2018 as a way to compete with Twitch, YouTube, and Mixer (at the time) and later rolled out an accompanying app<\/a> on mobile in 2020. To help attract users in a market largely dominated by Twitch and YouTube, Facebook Gaming added a creator program<\/a>, along with additional features to help build out its platform, such as the ability to co-stream<\/a>. In 2020, Facebook Gaming absorbed Mixer<\/a>, Microsoft\u2019s failed streaming platform that had the company recruiting streamers like Ninja and Shroud<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Despite the app\u2019s imminent shutdown, the web-based version of Facebook\u2019s game streaming platform will remain online. In 2019, YouTube took away its Gaming app<\/a>, saying it caused \u201cconfusion\u201d among users, and incorporated the gaming hub into the main YouTube app instead. Facebook didn\u2019t provide a reason why it\u2019s shutting down its app, and the company didn\u2019t immediately respond to The Verge<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to extend our heartfelt thanks to all of you for everything that you\u2019ve done to build a thriving community for gamers and fans since the app first launched,\u201d Facebook\u2019s notice to users reads. \u201cThis was truly a community-led effort to bring new gaming features to Facebook.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook has a lot invested in its gaming platform \u2014 and so do streamers. The platform scored exclusivity deals with creators, like DiguisedToast<\/a> (who has since left the platform), Brazilian footballer Neymar Jr.<\/a>, and Grand Theft Auto<\/em> roleplayer Ramee<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Although Facebook Gaming rose in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>, the number of hours watched on the platform (and other services) has started to taper off. Data from Streamlabs<\/a> shows that hours watched across Facebook Gaming, Twitch, and YouTube Gaming fell 8.4 percent in the second quarter of 2022. Facebook Gaming had the least number of hours watched among the three in both the first and second quarters of this year, with 803 million in Q1<\/a> and 580 million in Q2.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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