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13 Social Networks for Gamers
The latest niche to expand in the social networking arena is online communities for gamers, and most prominently for players of MMOG’s or massively multiplayer online games, and MMORPGs or massively multiplayer online role-playing games. This is hardly surprising considering it’s recently been reported that 217 million people worldwide play online games, and that strategists are forecasting the online games market to triple its current $4 billion dollar worth over the next 5 years.
- Second Life Profiles – Social network for Second Lifers.
- GuildCafe - Slick social network for MMORPG players.
- Koinup- Social network for players of SL, WOW, The Sims, IMVU, and others.
- Rupture - Social network for MMORPG gamers, right now aimed at WOW players.
- Warcraft Social – Social network for WOW players.
- WOW on MySpace – Quite an impressive MySpace page for WOW players.
- The Sims Resource – Social network hub for The Sims players.
- GamerVision – Social network for gamers.
- Wii Tube – A YouTube for the Wii community
- MMO Faces – A MySpace-like social network for gamers.
- Sparter - A gamer-to-gamer marketplace.
- Steam - Social network hub for Valve games and more including Call of Duty 2, Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike, etc.
- WOW - Rumored to become a World of Warcraft social network in the near future, owned by AOL, see article for details.
October 20th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
I’m not sure if Sparter would really be considered a social network. There’s no way to talk with other people except after you’ve made a purchase. There are no forums or feedback (just a rating system). I do realize that its still new, but this is just from my experience with them.
November 27th, 2008 at 5:23 am
You’ve missed off Playfire mate! It’s the global community for gamers. You can get a killer profile, track news & discussion for your favorite games, and follow your friends’ progress in games.