Product Hunt gets its first standalone category: games

Product Hunt, which was launched in late 2013, is expanding into new ground with its first area separate from the main leaderboard. The separation of games was teased a few weeks ago when the site launched its Game Hunt newsletter. Today, Product Hunt announced that games and technology products will live on separate leaderboards under the Product Hunt umbrella. The new games leaderboard is reminiscent of Reddit’s independent ‘subreddits’ where users can follow their interests, but Product Hunt is betting big on the new area. The company has hired Rush Frushtick, co-founder of game news site Polygon, to help run the new vertical and…

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