The rumored Google Play Game Services is now Official. Google has Officially announced there new Game Services. Google Play Game Services are a suite of gaming services for game developers, which make it easy to include social features in mobile games.
Next is the Achievements and Leaderboards. Any game can now tap into a unified system for showing off your accomplishments. If you want some more mindblowing gaming experience, Google has also introduced both live and turn-based multiplayer features for game developers to utilize.
The leaderboards and matchmaking for multiplayers will be managed by Google+. So, make sure you are on Google+. Not only that some rumors are suggesting that Google might add in-game chat feature too inside this Freaking Game Service.
There was an attempt at demoing multiplayer in Riptide 2, but the connection couldn't be made. Barra blamed it on the overloaded network in the Moscone Center, and we're hoping that really was the issue. According to Google, these services can work on any Android devices having Android Version 2.2 or above.
Google has already pulled in a number of big name developers to Play Games Services, including Miniclip, Glu, Omni, Noodlecake, Gameloft, and more. Already, World of Goo, Super Stickman Golf 2, Beach Buggy Blitz, Kingdom Rush, Eternity Warriors 2, Osmos, Triple Town, Modern Combat 4, and Eufloria HD have pushed updates to their apps that support the new features. The list is added below with their Google Play Link.
- World of Goo
- Osmos HD
- Eufloria HD
- Riptide GP
- Beach Buggy Blitz
- Shine Runner
- Modern Combat 4
- Dungeon Hunter 4 (update coming soon)
- Asphalt 7 (update coming soon)
- Eternity Warriors 2
- PBA Bowling Challenge
- Townsmen
- Save the Puppies
- Farm Invasion USA
- Rocket Island
- Triple Town (temporarily pulled due to crashes)
- Chip Chain
- Super Stickman Golf 2
- Wind-up Knight
- Plague Inc.
- Mega Run
- GRave Defense HD
List Credit - AndroidPolice
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