# An overdue update | GameApart

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- Published at: 2022-03-23 05:16:39 UTC
- Updated at: 2025-07-09 03:21:28 UTC

## Author
James Simmons

## Subject
GameApart

## Content
Hi everyone!We've been remiss with our updates here. Not because there hasn't been a lot going on, but because we've been buried kicking off the year. Expect a flurry of stuff over the next few weeks here... some formal announcements, some updates on our campaign, and some exciting events to share!The most important, and where we've been spending most of our time, is in listening to our users (and investors) and pivoting the direction of the company. At our heart, we exist to make Zoom calls (and, of course, Teams/Meet/Webex/Goto/...) more fun and engaging, for any group that happens to be on them, be they friends, family, or teammates. As we work to grow our business though, we're faced with the key question of how do we make money making Zoom calls more fun and engaging? Because the reality is, as COVID (FINALLY) recedes, friends and family are still connecting online and playing games online, but getting to scale and being profitable within the consumer space is going to take a lot of scale (i.e. capital)... and the reality is, in the gaming world these days if you aren't working with AR, VR, NFTs, play to earn, or hypercasual... you just aren't sexy!On the other hand, in talking to our users we discovered that a lot of them (you!) are signing up for an using GameApart with their remote and hybrid teams, helping build and maintain culture and connection in and increasingly disconnected world. And what we've realized is two things: first, there's a whole lot of budget out there that 25 months ago was going to team lunches, happy hours, and baseball games that's now looking for a home; and second, that in the post-COVID B2B world, leveraging social gaming to build employee culture and promote mental wellness IS sexy.So, while we will always support friends and family looking to party together, and we've had a B2B offering for some time, we've been retooling ourselves to be a business and team building platform first, and a consumer platform second. Our website has been relaunched, as has our onboarding flow. New games are coming out, as well as a new class of products/activities that we'll be announcing very shortly. New partnerships on the way as well!Thank you to all of you who've joined us on the journey already... for those who haven't but are looking, we'd love to have you, and please feel free to reach out with any questions!James SimmonsFounder & CEO