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Developer(s) | Justin Hook |
Platform(s) | Browser, iOS, Android |
Release | April 23, 2013 |
Genre(s) | Trivia |
Mode(s) | Single player |
Google Feud is a browser-based trivia game featuring answers pulled from Google. It is based on the American show Family Feud , and is unaffiliated with Google.
The game was created in 2013 by American indie developer Justin Hook, a writer for Bob's Burgers on Fox. [1]
Google Feud was demonstrated on @midnight with Chris Hardwick , [2] referenced in the monologue of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon . [3] [ non-primary source needed ] Time declared it "the online game we didn't know we were waiting for". [4]
According to Colin McMillen, a staff software engineer at Google, a very similar game was played internally at Google. [5]
Google Feud became the subject of some controversy for promoting the online game Push Trump Off A Cliff Again!, also created by Hook, after celebrities including John Leguizamo and Rosie O'Donnell promoted the game on their Twitter profiles. [6]
Google Feud won the "People's Voice" Webby Award for Games in 2016. [7]