LinkedIn is developing in-app games to further distract you from your job hunt

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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

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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

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. Employees’ scores will reportedly affect how the companies they work for are ranked in the games.

BREAKING:

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is working on IN-APP GAMES!

There are going to be a few different games and companies will be ranked in the games based on the scores of their employees!

Pretty cool and fun, in my opinion!

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— Nima Owji (@nima_owji)

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Per TechCrunch, the titles LinkedIn is working on so far include “Queens,” “Inference” and “Crossclimb.” LinkedIn provided the publication with some newer images of the games, but for everyone just anxiously awaiting their rollout, there’s no timeline yet for when they’ll be released. It’s unclear if games will be available in full to free users or reserved for LinkedIn’s paid subscribers.

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