Facebook shutting down stand-alone Gaming app after two years
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Facebook (NASDAQ:META) is closing down its stand-alone Facebook Gaming app a little over two years after launching it in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The app won't be available on iOS or Android after Oct. 28, and will be removed from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

Gaming will still have a place in Facebook's "blue" app, the company says: "You'll still be able to find your games, streamers and groups when you visit Gaming in the Facebook app."
Facebook pursued an early launch of the Gaming app in April 2020 to take advantage of pandemic lockdown orders that were then spreading rapidly.