Google's latest stab at building a social network, Google+, has (as expected) added games to its ever-growing list of services. And while it may boast many of the usual social games suspects, Google+ Games aims for more privacy and less pestering.
Google+ Games appears to be rolling out publicly in waves, as changes to Google products tend to do. The line-up of confirmed games is at least 16 strong, including Rovio's Angry Birds, PopCap Games' Bejeweled Blitz, BioWare's Dragon Age Legends, Zynga Poker and more from Google's limited set of game partners.
Stressing the unobtrusive nature of its games roll out—and touching on a pet peeve of social game naysayers—Google says it wants to Google+ Games to be " there when you want them and gone when you don't."
"That means giving you control over when you see games, how you play them and with whom you share your experiences," the company says, adhering to the social "Circles" structure of Google+ and addressing one of the major annoyances of games that push and pull personal info on rival Facebook. What do you think of this addition?
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