{"id":214348,"date":"2024-03-18T00:11:55","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T00:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/linkedin-is-developing-in-app-games-to-further-distract-you-from-your-job-hunt\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:20:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:20:28","slug":"linkedin-is-developing-in-app-games-to-further-distract-you-from-your-job-hunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/18\/linkedin-is-developing-in-app-games-to-further-distract-you-from-your-job-hunt\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn is developing in-app games to further distract you from your job hunt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>LinkedIn, a platform that surely everybody associates with fun, may soon offer puzzle-based games to give its users something to do besides networking. App researcher <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/nima_owji\/status\/1769016601360146640?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nima Owji;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><\/a> posted a series of screenshots on X this weekend showing some of the games LinkedIn is working on, and the company has since confirmed the plan to <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2024\/03\/16\/linkedin-wants-to-add-gaming-to-its-platform\/\" data-ylk=\"slk:TechCrunch;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"><em><\/em><\/a>. Employees\u2019 scores will reportedly affect how the companies they work for are ranked in the games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet-wrapper\" data-embed-anchor=\"07d26c37-c480-5218-a80f-2facb469f7dd\">\n<blockquote placeholder=\"\" data-theme=\"light\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>BREAKING: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LinkedIn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:#LinkedIn;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">#LinkedIn<\/a> is working on IN-APP GAMES!<\/p>\n<p>There are going to be a few different games and companies will be ranked in the games based on the scores of their employees!<\/p>\n<p>Pretty cool and fun, in my opinion! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hLITqc8aqw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pic.twitter.com\/hLITqc8aqw;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pic.twitter.com\/hLITqc8aqw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nima Owji (@nima_owji) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nima_owji\/status\/1769016601360146640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:March 16, 2024;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">March 16, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Per <em>TechCrunch<\/em>, the titles LinkedIn is working on so far include \u201cQueens,\u201d \u201cInference\u201d and \u201cCrossclimb.\u201d LinkedIn provided the publication with some newer images of the games, but for everyone just <em>anxiously<\/em> awaiting their rollout, there\u2019s no timeline yet for when they\u2019ll be released. It\u2019s unclear if games will be available in full to free users or reserved for LinkedIn\u2019s paid subscribers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/linkedin-is-developing-in-app-games-to-further-distract-you-from-your-job-hunt-205953683.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] LinkedIn, a platform that surely everybody associates with fun, may soon offer puzzle-based games to give its users something to do besides networking. 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