Category: Mobile Gaming

Intel and Unity Technologies come together to make mobile gaming better

Intel has announced that it will be working with Unity Technologies in order to make mobile games better. The game industry has become awash with mobile developers eager to find success in the gaming field with their small, yet entertaining games. Mobile gaming has become quite lucrative for the industry overall and even large development studios and game publishers are entering into the mobile space to take advantage of the growing popularity of mobile games. In order for these games to continue finding success, however, they will need to perform better on mobile platforms.

Tablets will soon rule the mobile gaming field

The tablet market is growing at a rapid pace and these mobile devices happen to be quite popular with those interested in mobile gaming. Intel wants to ensure that games can be played well on any device that includes one of its chipsets. Unity has agreed to extend support of its technologies to Android, Intel-enabled devices. This will allow all games using Unity code to run faster on these devices and make better use of the device’s processor and graphic technology.

Unity game engine will support development of games for Intel-enabled Android devices

The Unity game engine has become a staple of the game development space. Many developers are beginning to use this engine to create mobile games that are visually appealing and enjoyable. The game engine is able to facilitate development of games for various platforms, and expanding the platforms it supports will allow for a wider range of games to be developed using the engine.

Intel plans to sell at least 40 million tablet processors by the end of this year

Mobile gaming is a big business and Intel has a stake therein. The company is the dominating force in the chip market and is well on its way to solidifying its position in the market through a stronger focus on mobile technology. Intel plans to sell 40 million processors specifically designed for tablet devices by the end of this year.

Skylanders Trap Team from Activision has gone mobile.

The complete console game, which is the latest in the Skylanders series, will not only be coming to Xbox, PlayStation, Wii consoles, and Nintendo DS, but will also enter the mobile gaming world and be made available for tablets when it is released this fall on October 5, 2014.

This game release is a notable first for mobile.

The full Skylanders Trap Team game and all of the console version’s content will be available for tablets, which make the new game one of the largest to ever be played on a mobile device. It will be playable on Android, iOS, and FireOS devices when it launches in October.

The game’s start set, which works with all three mobile operating systems listed above, is $75 and will include a game controller, a Portal of Power designed for tablets, a pair of Trap Stones, and the Snap Shot and Food Fight Skylanders figures. It is essentially just like the console-specific starter kit, with the exception that the game controller and Portal are battery powered and will only function with the game’s mobile version. Players only need one set to be able to play on all operating systems, which is a fabulous bonus for mobile users and extremely rare for mobile games.

Mobile gamers will also have the chance to download a free version of Skylanders Trap Team at their preferred app store, which will provide the player with a demo experience that relies only on Trap Stones and virtual characters, so the Portal isn’t needed. Currently, details regarding this demo version have yet to be finalized, but players will still be able to try the game for free using virtual controls.

Mobile gaming meets NFC technology.

One of the reasons why the console versions of the Skylanders games are so popular is they come with the Portal of Power, which contains a near field communications (NFC) transmitter that allows the player’s figurines to interact with the game. However, what makes the Portal designed for tablet mobile gaming so unique is not only does it work like the ones for consoles, but it also can be used as a tablet stand and underneath the Portal is a small Bluetooth controller that features all of the same buttons as an Xbox controller.