By Jared Newman
Google may be planning some big moves into video games, based on a few recent developments.
As TechCrunch reports, Google has hired Noah Falstein to be the company’s “Chief Game Designer.” Falstein is best-known for his work on the arcade classic Sinistar, and on the Indiana Jones series of adventure games for DOS.
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Google Is Making Gaming Moves
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Re: Google Is Making Gaming Moves
Interesting news, but I also seem to recall Google making similar noises several years ago. With the impending release of Glass, is Google going to show the world the gaming potential of AR, or shove out a bunch of mobile phone games, or simply fall into their typical infrastructure-builder role? I would be surprised if they started making first-party or closely knit third-party "social" games a la Facebook even considering the huge advantage they have in Android, but Google is one company still entirely capable of surprising me.
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