Skype Extras provides backgammon platform

Backgammon is growing in popularity and reaching a wider audience today and another reason for this is Skype. The company recently announced that over 10 million downloads of the Skype Extras have taken place since the Extras Manager of Skype™ version 3.0 was launched a few months ago. The Extras manager allows users of Skype to play backgammon and checkers using the Skype platform. So for all those who wish to play the game they love with friends and family and are unsure how, downloading the Skype Extras free of charge would be a good place to begin.

Update: Skype goes beyond backgammon

After the success of its simple two player games of backgammon and chess, Skype is now going further with multi-player and community based games. The site has now launched its Skype Game channel that allows various developers to put up their games on the VOIP platform. The channel is being operated by EasyBits software of Norway that looks into hosting, distributing, marketing and billing of the services on the site. A free software development kit is offered that allows the creation of games on Skype for the Windows platform. The site currently has a user base of over 200 million people and the numbers are growing. Also with these numbers, gaming developers have increased opportunities to make more money through creating interesting games.

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