Editing Game Show Network (section)

==Online gaming==
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, GSN's website at GSN.com offered [[Flash games]] based on popular GSN shows.

In 2007, Liberty Media acquired the Toronto-based [[FUN Technologies]], operator of the popular online [[tournament]] [[casual game]] website [[WorldWinner]]. Following the acquisition, Liberty began to [[Brand extension|extend]] the GSN brand into online gaming by re-branding WorldWinner as a GSN service.<ref>{{cite web |last=Viscarolosaga |first=Efrain |title=WorldWinner's parent plans a whole new game |url=http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2008/06/09/weekly8-WorldWinners-parent-plans-a-whole-new-game.html |website=Mass High Tech |access-date=February 5, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110829135743/http://www.masshightech.com/stories/2008/06/09/weekly8-WorldWinners-parent-plans-a-whole-new-game.html |archive-date=August 29, 2011}}</ref> GSN also launched a [[social network game|social gaming]] app on [[Facebook]], now known as GSN Casino, featuring skill and casino games along with competitive tournaments. By October 2010, GSN Casino had over 8 million active users. GSN also developed a ''Wheel of Fortune'' app for Facebook, released in 2010.<ref name="mesmo-gsn">{{cite web |last=Morrison |first=Chris |title=GSN Quietly Grows Large on Facebook With Game Shows and Tournaments |url=http://www.insidesocialgames.com/2010/10/05/gsn-quietly-grows-large-on-facebook-with-game-shows-and-tournaments/ |website=Inside Social Games |access-date=February 5, 2012}}</ref>

GSN also published GSN Casino [[mobile app]]s, featuring various slot machine and bingo games in 2013, ''GSN Casino'' was the 10th highest-grossing app for [[iPad]] on the [[App Store (iOS)|App Store]]. In January 2014, GSN acquired Bitrhymes Inc., developers of the social and mobile games ''Bingo Bash'' and ''Slots Bash'', for an undisclosed amount. GSN had sued Bitrhymes in November 2013 following its prior offer to acquire the company, arguing that it had attempted to back out of its offer and accept a different one during GSN's exclusive negotiation period.<ref name=thr-gsnsue>{{cite news |title=Game Show Network Sues After Gaming Company Cancels Acquisition |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/game-show-network-sues-gaming-655855/ |first=Alex Ben |last=Block |date=November 13, 2013 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |access-date=February 16, 2022}}</ref><ref name=recode-gsnbingo>{{cite web |title=That's a Bingo: GSN Gobbles Up Bash Gaming, Ending Lawsuit |url=http://recode.net/2014/02/25/thats-a-bingo-gsn-gobbles-up-bash-gaming-mid-lawsuit/ |website=Re/code |date=February 25, 2014 |access-date=February 26, 2014}}</ref>

In November 2014, the network announced that a show based on ''Bingo Bash'' was in development for Game Show Network's 2015 slate of original programming.<ref name=gsn-2015originals>{{cite press release |title=GSN Builds On 2014 Success With New Development For 2015 |url=https://press.gsntv.com/resources/press-releases/gsn-builds-on-2014-success-with-new-development-for-2015 |website=Game Show Network Corporate |date=November 18, 2014 |access-date=July 12, 2023}}</ref>

In October 2021, Sony sold the GSN Games subsidiary to mobile game developer [[Scopely]] in a $1 billion cash and stock deal. Sony then took a minority stake in Scopely.<ref>{{cite news |last=Weprin |first=Alex |date=2021-10-18 |title=Sony Sells GSN Games Studio to Scopely for $1B |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/sony-sells-gsn-games-scopely-1235032997/ |access-date=2021-10-18 |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2021-10-18 |title=Sony Pictures Entertainment to Sell GSN Games Division to Scopely for $1 Billion |url=https://variety.com/2021/digital/news/sony-sale-gsn-games-scopely-1235091732/ |access-date=2021-10-18 |magazine=Variety}}</ref>