An Austin Web game start-up today launched an internet browser plug-in designed to enhance online game play via Facebook, Myspace and additional social media.

Game design founder Richard Garriott started Portalarium last year, however it formally was introduced Feb. 17. It’s Texas hold’em Web game, Sweet @$! Poker, launched at about the same time and currently has more than 80,000 listed players, according to officials. The application will kick off commercially this week.

The Poralarium Player introduced today permits game titles created on different platforms and engines to operate within major social networks. The application is presently only accessible for Windows operating systems, although a Mac variation is in production. It can handle the majority of major browsers including Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera.