Telegram brings bot-powered games to its messaging app

Oct04

by Sindy Cator on October 4, 2016 at 5:10 am

Telegram is making its encrypted messaging app more fun for its 100 million users with the introduction of chatbot-powered HTML5 games. 30 of them are already available for you to play solo or with friends in a group chat, and the company says that hundreds more are on the way. And unlike the text-based games that were previously available, these have graphics and sound. Plus, Telegram says that you’ll be able to keep track of high scores within a group and on global leaderboards too. To play, simply enter ‘@gamebot’ in a chat to see a menu of available games…