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GetSocial launches social platform for games and raises $1M

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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GetSocial is announcing today it is launching its social networking platform to help market and monetize mobile games. It has also raised $1 million in a seed round.

The company said it has built a revolutionary backend platform that amplifies engagement of mobile gamers. Mag Interactive, the creator of the hit word game Ruzzle, said it will use GetSocial in Ruzzle Adventure.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.