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Ayogo is a Vancouver-based lab that creates innovative gaming experiences enjoyed on social networks (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, etc.), and mobile platforms (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, etc.). Its dual-focus is on helping brands use “fun” to engage users and motivate specific behaviors, and helping game developers effectively monetize their applications, as well as porting their games across networks, platforms and languages.

Ayogo is best known for its technology platform that enables the rapid development and distribution of games across channels by managing user authentication and sessions, metadata, currency structures, prize trees, micro-transactions, virality, community engagement, and social network feature integration with mobile platforms.

The name "Ayogo" is a combination of “Ayo” (one of a group of games called “mancala” which originated in West Africa approximately 4,000 years ago and are among the oldest recorded games on Earth), and “Go” the ancient Chinese strategy game).