De Halleux, whose company has been involved with AdSense for Games since its early stages, says Google's platform appealed to Playfish because social games scale quickly and Google has a large ad sales team.
Google Play mobile games is only a tenth below the entire portable console game industry.
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The stakes are high in computer graphics, thanks to a growing number of three-dimensional applications ranging from games to Google Earth.
In one of the more extreme cases, it was reported that children had downloaded counterfeit versions of games from Google's Android app store.
And in South Korea - Samsung's home - video games from the Google Play store did outsell those from Apple's App Store.
And a potential bump in Android games deployment spurred on by the Ouya could only mean a richer potential selection of games available on Google TV.
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But if it does take off, game developers will be watching, and hoping that Google opens the doors to social games.
With today's announcement, it was revealed that 675, 000 apps and games now live in Google Play -- a healthy increase when compared to 600, 000 titles and 20 billion installs just three months ago.
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Google's push into social games represents the latest attempt by the Web-search leader to capture users and advertising dollars that are increasingly flowing to social networking, an area dominated by Facebook, Twitter Inc. and others.
For me, I want the following desktop apps to run on my tablet: Wizard101 and Pirate101 games for my son, Google Chrome web browser, and Evernote.
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Other competitors include: companies developing Linux in software, Sony in games, Nokia in phones, Google and Yahoo!
With the introduction of Google's Chrome and stepped-up games from the likes of Internet Explorer and Safari, Firefox is arguably not quite the darling of the browser wars it was when it first hit the scene in 2003.
The developers are the ones Google will need to woo in order to jumpstart games on the Android.
Mochi Media, which serves in-game ads to 60 million people, is granting Google access to its inventory across 5, 000 games as part of the Internet giant's European launch of AdSense for Games.
As well as keys representing the standard Android commands, the console also sports a "shield" button that takes users to a curated games store featuring titles selected from the Google Play marketplace.
AdSense for Games is "an extension of the Google content network that allows advertisers to very easily gain access to in-game inventory, " says Sebastien de Halleux, chief operating officer at social games developer Playfish.
Over 100 compatible games are available to download from the Google Play, including popular titles: Cordy, Sleepy Jack, Whale Trail, Asphalt 5 HD, R-Type, Reckless Getaway, Reckless Racing, Samurai II: Vengence, Guns'n'Glory, Wind-Up Knight, Sonic CD and Zenonia.
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And with Google Play, movies, books, apps, and games are all accessible from the Web or an Android device no cables, downloading, or syncing required.
It will also have a bearing on Google's attempt to block Microsoft's Xbox games console and other products from sale in the US and Germany.
Another feature of the custom OS is a special 3D game launcher, which includes sections for Nvidia's Tegra Zone, PlayStation Mobile games, GameStop-suggested titles, and Google Play.
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Google has been in discussions with top developers to offer their games on a new service it is building, these people said.
For now, know that Google's got a game industry vet leading up something involving games at the company.
Gift cards make it even easier to buy apps, games, books, movies, music and magazines from Google Play, Google's one-stop-shop for all your digital entertainment needs.
On Android devices: Android phone and tablet users can click on the Google Play store app to shop for books, movies, apps, games, magazines, devices and music.
Games will likely be designed around the phone's global positioning system and Google Maps "My Location" feature, says Webster.
Access to more than 600, 000 apps and games, millions of songs and books, and thousands of movies in the Google Play Store.
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The companies the Google alums work on are all Web-based, and increasingly about social media, including games, analysis of Web chatter and content.
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