QQGames.com - Casual Gaming for AIMers

Take down your AIM buddies with QQ Games. QQ Games is the product of China-based Tencent, a leading internet company that’s behind the hugely popular instant messaging platform QQ. Now they’re trying their luck in US waters. The stateside version of QQ Games is a free online gaming platform designed for multiplayer fun. The aim is to build community, catch up with old friends, and make new ones through casual gaming. The service works with AOL’s AIM. So far games include Treasure Hunter, Match Master, Pool, Black Jack, Crushathon and many more. Simply download the game of your choice and once you’re in you can choose to join a game in progress or start a new one. Settings are customizable. Each member has a unique profile and users can commune in one of the QQ Games Forums. The service is free.

“With over 270 million active accounts as of the end of June 2007, QQ may be one of the world's largest Internet platforms. Our QQ Games service in China is also really massive, with over 3 million "peak simultaneous users"-that is, people playing our QQ Games service together at the same time!

We're starting from scratch here in the U.S., and were excited to introduce QQ Games, a new breed of "massive multiplayer casual gaming!"

QQ Games is a good, free way to past the time with friends who are out of reach. It’s appealing to the younger gaming generation who are accustomed to Wiis and Xboxes. Now they can game for free.

Is QQ Games a passing fad? Or does it have staying power? You have to have AIM to play. Will they come up with a browser based system?