Our portfolio company CoolGames launched Daily Sudoku on LINE Messenger’s new Quick Games section the other day.

The game is a fun little distraction, so I encourage LINE users to give it a try.

These HTML5 games are monetized via interstitial ads. Curiously, my first time playing triggered an ad from Facebook:

So I suppose Facebook is attempting to siphon off LINE users by any means necessary. As I’ve long argued in the past, messaging apps like LINE and WeChat have been light years ahead of any comparable innovations in the West (see LINE vs. WeChat. Get ready to rumble).

Facebook Messenger has recently narrowed the gap, but with all the data privacy questions surrounding Facebook these days, LINE Messenger might warrant another look. Moreover the HTML5 games section is far less cluttered.

Enjoy.