But it would be really cool if we could get more cross-platform games that could be played seamlessly across all three platforms.
Additionally, Lucasfilm Singapore, produces digital animated content for film and television, as well as visual effects for feature films and multi-platform games.
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These accomplishments are in addition to a large range of other arcade and platform games I have played on Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii.
At the same time, it will probably lose a deal of its cross-platform games when AAA developers start to produce for hardware that the Wii U may not be able to compete with.
Namco joins a number of other game-makers trying to make multi-platform games, now that social games are spreading from browser to mobile, including everyone from the more traditional Electronic Arts to casual game-maker Bigpoint.
At next week's 2013 International CES event, NVIDIA will demonstrate the NVIDIA GRID Platform streaming games to an LG 55LA6900 Smart TV at 1080p resolution.
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His background is in music for TV and film but he has found a platform in games which lets him compose music for a new medium to a new audience.
In addition, this September, Microsoft will introduce 2-way TV experiences from renowned entertainment partners Sesame Workshop and National Geographic that will further expand the Xbox platform beyond games, offering entertainment options for everyone in the family.
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But the company is hoping to move beyond Zynga's games to become the default platform for mobile games from all developers.
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Over on Facebook Fred Skoler and his team at Global Mind Games are using Facebook as the platform for innovation games.
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DeNA's Mobage platform started offering games for Android in July 2011 and on Apple's iOS in March.
Expect Facebook to continue making changes to its games platform as it navigates these tricky, but important, waters.
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Zacconi said tablets are emerging as a key games platform for three reasons.
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Microsoft is essentially launching its version of a Facebook social games platform here.
Zynga was even reportedly considering starting its own social games platform, Zynga Live.
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Zynga now has its own games platform, but players will no longer be able to share their progress on Facebook.
Dad takes along his new nexus 7 which he uses as a compass, a flashlight, an book and a games platform.
All this obsession comes courtesy of the Mobage social games platform, run by DeNA, which is on a mission of global domination.
The internet has also become a games platform in its own right, making the hobby truly sociable by electronically linking gamers the world over.
Facebook has not announced plans to build its own games platform.
When you have a mainstream PC manufacturer and the leading digital distribution platform for video games both championing Linux, open-source proponents are bound to start cheering.
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"Palm webOS is the go-to platform for great games on two of the three leading carrier networks, " said Katie Mitic, senior vice president, Product Marketing, Palm, Inc.
While some games have been available on other smaller social sites besides Facebook and on destinations sites such as FarmVille.com, Facebook has been the dominant platform for social games.
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Three of the big wireless-telecoms firms, Motorola, Ericsson and Siemens, are already working on a standard platform for mobile games to be played on cellphones and other handheld products.
Now Wombat will be developing about a dozen such games, at least initially, for the US Airforce to teach players about different areas of cybersecurity under a new micro-games platform.
Zynga is almost six years old but Facebook is still its primary distribution, marketing, promotion and payment platform for online games like Farmville, Zynga Poker, Mafia Wars and Words with Friends.
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"I think we're seeing right now the first wave, with virtual goods and currencies limited to a certain game or context, " says Matt Berardo, vice president of product management at social-games platform GameHouse Fusion.
Facebook also makes some money off Facebook games like Farmville, which share revenue with the social network, but is hoping to move beyond just Zynga to become the "default" platform for mobile games from all developers.
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Called AdSense for Games, the platform will offer advertisers access to millions of Web-based Flash games.
OpenFeint is a social games development platform like an Xbox Live for the iPhone and Android phones.
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