Big news for the folks on Myspace, the gaming world is about to about to join in on the social network frenzy on Myspace. News Corp. announced today that Myspace.com has partnered with Oberon Media, a platform for casual games. Oberon Media has experience in PC, online, mobile and interactive TV categories. They also have a nice list of heavy-hitting partners that they currently work with, and the largest social network, Myspace.com is about to join in on the fun.

The Myspace games, powered by Oberon is scheduled to launch in January. The timing of this move is huge for Myspace since the online gaming (now with its own acronym OLG) is growing faster than any other online activity, and will reach 4 billion in revenue by the end of 2008. Looks like Myspace is positioning itself with the help of Oberon to be a part of the booming trend online.