Chess With Friends

Chess With Friends is is a multi-player asynchronous chess game developed by Zynga With Friends (formerly Newtoy, Inc.), which also developed Words With Friends and Hanging With Friends.^[1] It was one of the first iPhone games to take an asynchronous approach to multiplayer.^[2] Released in November 2008^[3] and published by Zynga, the game is available on iOS (iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch).

Paul Bettner, a Zynga With Friends founder, was quoted as saying, “So in August of 2008, we left Ensemble, bought some MacBooks and started working out of our local public library. A few months later, we put Chess With Friends​ on the App Store.”^[3]

Chess With Friends is a freemium game, meaning there is no cost to play, but players have the option of purchasing premium content.

References

1. ^ Ryan Kim, Zynga Grabs Words With Friends Builder for Mobile Expansion, GigaOM, 2 December 2010.
2. ^ Stuart Dredge, Newtoy bringing asynchronous chess to iPhone, Pocket Gamer.
3. ^ ^{a b} Ryan Rigney, The Origins of Words with Friends, GamePro, 3 November 2010.

External links

• Zynga With Friends
• Zynga