Spotify's next frontier may be the world of iPhone games, judging by a tweet from entrepreneur and investor Sean Parker. He has hinted at a partnership between the streaming music company and iPhone games developer RockLive.
"Look out for something fun coming out by @spotify & @rocklive. More info coming soon," tweeted Parker, who is an investor in Spotify, and recently threw a no-expense-spared party for the company during Facebook's f8 conference in San Francisco.
RockLive also hinted at a partnership on its own Twitter feed, tweeting "Really cool stuff in the works with us and @Spotify. Stay tuned and follow the both of us!" Spotify's PR team had no further details of the two companies' plans at the time of writing.
RockLive describes itself as an "entertainment network that connects its community through mobile games and apps". It has so far released two iPhone games: Mike Tyson: Main Event and Mad Chad.
The company's blog reveals that it's working on a third game called Heads Up, and also hints at a separate partnership with social videos service Chill, which has a strong music element.
What could RockLive be doing with Spotify? It's possible that the developer is one of Spotify's first commercial partners for its libspotify API, which was launched in late August.
It enables iOS app developers to access the Spotify catalogue, albeit only for users who are paying subscribers of the music service. At the time, Spotify blogged of its hopes that the API "will enable a new category of iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch applications with Spotify inside and allow for more immersive music experiences within iOS apps".
iPhone games pulling songs from Spotify as the soundtrack, or something more ambitious? We'll have to wait for an official announcement, or at least hope Sean Parker decides to spill a few more beans on his Twitter account.
