GigaMedia Ltd has announced the launch of a new set of casino games marking the company's first step in a new growth strategy which targets the social casino gaming market.
He says that he sees great growth prospects for the online games business in social casino games.
As a first step GigaMedia is carrying out closed beta testing in over 200 internet cafes across Taiwan on a suite of in-house developed casino games. The company has developed a mixtures of slots, poker and dice games and should be released commercially in about four weeks. The games have a number of social features built-in such as the ability to gift virtual items to friends and a hold group chats.