The story is all in the name. Agar.io stems from the substance agar, which is a jelly-like substance obtained from algae that is used to culture bacteria. You are a single celled bacteria in a petri ...

If you haven’t paid attention, there’s a surprisingly strong genre of browser-based games dubbed .io games. The name comes from the .io extension files, and one big hit is Miniclip’s Agar.io. Agar.io ...

Agar.io, or Agar, is finally on iPhone and Android, delivering fun multiplayer gaming to users who want to take the webgame to their smartphone. We’ll walk you through what you need to know about the ...

An unlikely internet sensation when it launched in 2015, Agar.io spawned an entire genre of spinoff “-io” games with trademark low-res graphics and free, free-for-all gameplay. Nowadays, its ...

Agar.io or Agario is a game in which you take charge of a tiny cell, eating small dots and other players that are smaller than you. Every time you eat a dot or another player you grow in size, making ...

Agar.io is a quirky game that has gained a massive audience in part because you can easily play it against so many other people at once. The mobile and PC game starts you out as a tiny bacteria cell ...

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Agar.io is a new game in the Google Play Store that seems to be gaining a lot of steam very quickly. At first glance, the game doesn’t appear to be too much. Yet, the download counts keep rising and ...

What are the best io games? You might not be aware of the genre: accessible browser-based games that range from offline to MMO experiences. The best io games conjure ...

President Frank Underwood has a new favourite game — and it's made by a British mobile company. On Friday, Netflix released the fourth season of the wildly popular political drama "House of Cards." It ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Curtis is a veteran journalist who never put down his Magic cards. I have found Slither.io to be more entertaining than Agar.io ...