LinkedIn May Soon Have Games: See Details

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LinkedIn helps people find jobs and it even has a feed where people share their thoughts and posts.

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But soon, the professional platform could also have games. That’s right, LinkedIn could become a rival to Netflix and Apple in the near future with its in-app games being lined up as per reports.

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LinkedIn, which now has more 1 billion users, is working on new games experience, reports TechCrunch.

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The first three early efforts are games called “Queens”, “Inference” and “Crossclimb.”

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A company spokesperson confirmed they are working on gaming, but there is no official launch date yet.

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App researcher Nima Owji also said that LinkedIn appears to be experimenting with gaming. LinkedIn, however, did not comment if Microsoft is involved in the gaming project at the company.

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Microsoft’s gaming business — that includes Xbox and Activision Blizzard — registered $7.1 billion in revenues last quarter. The company completed the acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard on in October last year.

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It is clear that LinkedIn wants to increase the average spend time on the app and it sees gaming as the ideal avenue to enter and appeal to more users.

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