Google+ Games. Now it’s On

With a little over six weeks having passed since its launch, the fuss about Google+ has died down. Google today shook things up again with the introduction of games.

When Google+ launched on June 28, early adopters praised the minimalist, clutter-free feel of the UI. Several people in my circles mentioned the lack of games specifically. Well, today Google filled that void. The company has added games to its brand new social network.

Angry Birds, Zynga titles and more

Well, it was only a matter of time. Here comes Google+ games for
better or for worse.

Will games put Google+ in the mainstream? Will you play them? Comment here.

Google announced the addition of games to Google+. They began the
rollout on Thursday.
Yesterday afternoon, Vic Gundotra, Senior Vice President of Engineering at Google, announced that the search giant would be gradually roll out games in Google+. Gundotra explained that Games will not be in your face, bothering you when you're not interesting in playing.

"With the Google+ project, we want to bring the nuance and richness
of real-life sharing to the web," said Vic Gundotra, Google Senior VP,
Engineering, on the Google Blog. "But sharing is about more than just
conversations. The experiences we have together are just as important
to our relationships. We want to make playing games online just as fun,
and just as meaningful, as playing in real life."

Some of the games you'll be able to play via Google+ are Angry Birds, Bejeweled Blitz and Dragon Age Legends. If the Games tab is available to you, you should see it along with the 'home,' 'profile,' 'photos,' and 'circles' tabs at the top of the G+ homepage. Let us know what you think!