The Hague-based company provides a suite of functions which enable games developers to manage all social interactions between their game, their players and their friends’ networks. Its clients include mobile game companies such as Ubisoft Mobile Games, Sega, Truly Social Games and Kolibri Games. GetSocial works with Android, iOS and Unity apps, and supports interactions on most social media and messaging platforms including Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram, Line, Kakao, Viber, and Hangouts. The company’s team of 12 engineers led by CEO, Jeroen Bouman, and chief operating officer and founder, Viral Patel, are all joining Keywords. Andrew Day, CEO of Keywords Studios said: "[The acquisition] extends our technology base further, bringing to Keywords a leading edge capability built around the social interactions of players in games, which we hope to promote more widely and develop further."

Source: Irish Independent February 21, 2019 07:24 UTC