'Draw Something' update adds chat, photo capturing, sharing

When Zynga purchased Draw Something from creator OMGPOP a few weeks ago, the two companies promised that the acquisition would bring new features to the game, and today they delivered.

As promised, the popular pictionary-style game has been updated to add commenting, the ability to save drawings to your photo library, and the ability to share drawings on Facebook or Twitter directly through the app.

"There are more features people want in the game, and there's no way we could scale enough people fast enough," OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter told Mashable shortly after the acquisition. "The game is so large that you need a really big scale."

At the time, Porter told Mashable that the company was looking at adding photo sharing, saving and chat in the future. Chat was one of the most desired features the company was looking at adding, but also one of the most difficult.

"Chat is a big part of the plan, but tricky because you don't want to break the guessing cycle of the game," Porter said. The chat feature now shows up on the "Drawsome!" page after you've completed guessing a word in the game.

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