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December 10th, 2011, 22:00
Square Enix (http://www.next-gen.biz/filter/all/tags/213)is among a number of developers Google (http://www.next-gen.biz/filter/all/tags/97)has signed up to develop console-quality games playable in its Chrome browser.
VentureBeat reports that CEO Yoichi Wada was at the GooglePlex headquarters in California yesterday, and revealed that the publisher has remade its 2009 action-adventure Mini Ninjas as a Native Client game. The client is Google's open-source technology that allows for web applications that execute native code in a browser.
"Let us begin this new era together," he said. "Google's native client will be welcomed worldwide as a truly innovative technology for the IT industry and game industry as well. It is an excellent solution for browser gaming."
A dozen other game companies were on hand, including Supergiant Games, developer of Bastion (http://www.next-gen.biz/filter/all/tags/2731), which is also being ported to Chrome. Google emphasised the ease of porting current console and PC games to the native client because of its support for familiar development tools. Chief among those is Unity - devs can export from Unity to Chrome by checking a single box.
The news is further evidence of Google's growing committment to, and Chrome's increasing suitability for, games. Last month we reported that the browser was soon to support gamepads (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/google-chrome-add-gamepad-support), microphones and cameras without the need for plug-ins.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/square-enix-develops-google-chrome
VentureBeat reports that CEO Yoichi Wada was at the GooglePlex headquarters in California yesterday, and revealed that the publisher has remade its 2009 action-adventure Mini Ninjas as a Native Client game. The client is Google's open-source technology that allows for web applications that execute native code in a browser.
"Let us begin this new era together," he said. "Google's native client will be welcomed worldwide as a truly innovative technology for the IT industry and game industry as well. It is an excellent solution for browser gaming."
A dozen other game companies were on hand, including Supergiant Games, developer of Bastion (http://www.next-gen.biz/filter/all/tags/2731), which is also being ported to Chrome. Google emphasised the ease of porting current console and PC games to the native client because of its support for familiar development tools. Chief among those is Unity - devs can export from Unity to Chrome by checking a single box.
The news is further evidence of Google's growing committment to, and Chrome's increasing suitability for, games. Last month we reported that the browser was soon to support gamepads (http://www.next-gen.biz/news/google-chrome-add-gamepad-support), microphones and cameras without the need for plug-ins.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/square-enix-develops-google-chrome