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THE RISE OF THE “SOCIAL” GAMES

For decades, gaming has always been about long hours of mashing buttons, teeth grinding and sleepless nights to achieve a particular objective or just beating the game itself. However in this era, the gaming world has evolved into something more, it now allows you to interact with friends from all over the world. There are dozens of games such as Farmville or any other Facebook games which, unlike with traditional gaming, which only allows 2 players or rather most of the times, you play the game in solitude.

Today, social games are not just limited to Facebook or any other social networking sites; they now have invaded even gaming consoles like the PS3 and the XBOX all thanks to YOOSTAR by producing a “video-like karaoke” game which allows you to embed yourself and your friends into your favorite movie scenes or clips. So which part of this is Social Gaming? After making your very own movie/clip, you may upload your clip through your PS3 or XBOX console to the YOOSTAR’s “Playground” where other users may view your clips and vote for it. You can also get rewards and unlock other items that are found in the main game and you may upload your very own personalized movie to social networking sites such as Facebook.

YOOSTAR is the first to have combined the aspects of a social game to a console, seemingly, YOOSTAR is much like a Facebook but the only difference is that you play it using your console gaming device.