Raptr is an interesting beast. It’s been around for 5 years now and has always promised to integrate the social elements of games into one place. It sucks in your XBox Live, Playstation Network, Steam, Google, Facebook and Windows Live accounts into one seamless chat, and lets you assemble a meta-profile that you can share with friends. The feather in the cap, though, is that once you’ve done that, you can add video games to your profile and track achievements that you’ve gained in various games.
The battle’s been raging for years to try and put together a ‘social network for gamers’. The idea is that gamers everywhere need a place where they can hook up with one another, share their scores across all their platforms, challenge one another and find new games. I’ve seen it tried in some form by EA Rupture, Zynga, OfferPal (now TapJoy), Facebook and even Apple. Among the various efforts, though Raptr has stood out as a solid option, combining a simple interface with a plethora of options. Today, Raptr’s upgrading.
