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Facebook looks to extend Xbox, PlayStation style gaming to social network

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about Facebook Graph

Photo credit: AP | Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks about Facebook Graph Search at a Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2013)

When nWay began a trial of its dark, sci-fi combat game "ChronoBlade" on Facebook last year, the San Francisco-based startup felt sure it had a hit on its hands.

"First of all, what comes is, 'Wow, I had no idea you could actually do a game of this quality on Facebook,'" said Dave Jones, Chief Creative Officer of nWay, who has worked on "Grand Theft Auto." Then came some resistance: Jones...

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