Monday, May 6, 2013

Google creates a game studio for Android - BBC News

Google, may soon begin to create their own games for mobile operating system Android. This assumption is due to the fact that the company has hired an experienced developer Noah Falsteyna as lead game designer for the subdivision Android Play Studio. According to TechCrunch, this is indicated by an entry in LinkedIn about his new job.

largest search engine pays special attention to games since the end of last year. In November, the department of NianticLabs @ Google released its first location-based online game Ingress for Android-based smartphones, and a few weeks ago there were rumors about the upcoming game center for Android. By analogy with the Game Center for iOS, it can combine many functions – Multiplayer, group chats, in-game leaderboard and achievements.

expected that an important announcement related to the development of mobile games, will be made at the conference Google I / O. The event will be held from May 15 to 17 in San Francisco.

Falsteyn working in the games industry since 1980. He was a designer and programmer in big studios like LucasArts, 3DO and Dreamworks. In particular, Falsteyn a hand in the arcade game Sinistar (started in 1983), Strategies Koronis Rift, PHM Pegasus spacecraft simulator and adventure game Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. In 1996, he founded The Inspiracy (lasted until April 2013th), which advises Cisco, Intel, Disney and Microsoft.

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