Talk, Share and Game with Friends

WeChat puts the social back into gaming and more

MALAYSIA, 9 January 2014 - There are never enough hours in a day. That’s why WeChat, a popular communication app, is making it easier to enhance your social life with its newest updates. You can now challenge your friends to a host of WeChat Games and gloat when you beat them with new animated stickers from the Sticker Shop.  And the fun doesn’t stop there. You can also share your life through pictures and personalized captions with StoryCam for WeChat. Everyone wants to know what you’re up to so give them a play-by-play of your whereabouts. Stay connected with your friends like never before!

Challenge your friends with fun and addictive WeChat Games!
Introducing WeChat Games – a place where you can challenge your friends with fun and addictive games while you’re on the move. Pit yourself against the best around your neighborhood with WeChat’s location-based service; find competitors nearby and beat the top scorer. And we always have more games coming your way!

For starters get into ‘Wreckless Racer’, ‘Gunz Dash’, ‘Craz3 Match’, ‘2Day’s Match’ and ‘Pencil Pilot’.
• ‘Wreckless Racer’ (available soon)  – Gear up and kick start your engines with Wreckless Racer, a new speed racing game with cutting-edge graphics and heart-pounding actions for the ultimate thrill to the finishing line!
• ‘Gunz Dash’ - Choose your favorite hero and embark on an exciting adventure in a fantasy universe. Speed through worlds and collect coins for a high score in this thrilling 2D animated, endless running game! (Official site: http://games.wechat.com/gunzdash/)
• ‘Craz3 Match’ - An easy-to-play but addictive game! Line up animals of the same kind for spectacular effects and move on to the next level! (Official site: http://games.wechat.com/craz3match/)
• ‘2Day’s Match’ - A brand new casual puzzle game. Match two tiles of the same kind to clear them! Challenge yourself and win your Crown! (Official site: http://games.wechat.com/2daysmatch/)

Tell your story with StoryCam for WeChat 

Tell your story with StoryCam for WeChat (Official site: http://camera.wechat.com) ! You can use your own words to describe the 'what', 'where' and 'when' of your photos with this exclusive app. With festival watermarks, filters and real-time location based information, you can now personalize and share any moment. Download StoryCam for WeChat for free and start telling your photo stories!

Features of StoryCam for WeChat include, 

- Choose from five photo themes: Featured, Place, Weather, Food and Lifestyle

- Enhance photos with up to 13 free filters

- Receive real-time location, weather and date updates

- Edit your location and stories

- Place watermarks wherever you want on your photos

- Share photos easily with WeChat friends, on Moments or by email

WeChat’s not stopping there, the app has more new features that make connecting even more enjoyable. 

• Edit ‘Favorite Messages’ – Save your favorite text and voice messages, photos and videos to ‘Favorite Messages’- the first cloud-based storage service on mobile social communication apps – to view and share again anytime. You can edit and add new content to saved messages in any way you want.

• Register with Email Address – You have more choices to connect with WeChat – you can register with your email address to start chatting with friends.  

• Gmail Contact Integration – Link to your Google account, find out who else is using WeChat and add them to your friends list.

• Supports Latest Smartphone iOS Platforms – WeChat 5.1 is optimized to support the latest versions on both iOS and Android. 

The latest WeChat 5.1 and StoryCam for WeChat are now available for both Android and iOS users. Visit www.wechat.com for the latest information.