Google wants Chrome to position itself as a gamesplatform and has the support of several game developers. The Xbox Live Arcade game Bastion is now playable in Chrome; Square Enix is developing games for Google’s browser.
Several game developers have at a Google press conference expressed their support for Chrome as gamesplatform, writes VentureBeat. According to the internetgigant have various improvements to the web browser suitable for games run that formerly were reserved for game consoles.
The main functionality is native client in Chrome 14 debuted. With native client, demanding web applications, C or C++code in the browser to run. Previously added Google WebGL to the browser, and recently was support for gamepads announced.
To Chrome as gamesplatform to put down, has Google with various developers worked together to make games porting. Super Giant Games brings the action-rpg Bastion for Chrome, that has appeared on Xbox Live Arcade and the pc. Square Enix will soon launch Mini Ninjas and has promised more in the future games for Googles browser will develop.
According to Google, is to write native client-applications for Chrome will be relatively simple and developers have the choice of which tools they want to use the native client sdk. Further, game engine Unity 3D also Chrome support it as the target platform.
