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Intel teams with Unity to support mobile games

| August 22, 2014

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

Mobile Games - PartnershipThe 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.

Baidu seeks mobile games talent from Canada

| July 16, 2014

Baidu aims to take advantage of foreign talent in order to excel in the mobile gaming market

Mobile gaming is becoming more popular in China and companies that have helped the growth of these games, such as Baidu, are beginning to seek expansion beyond the country’s borders. Baidu is China’s largest search engine company and has played a pivotal role in the expansion of the mobile games sector. The company operates a mobile gaming platform that accounts for some 100 million application downloads each day. Baidu recently visited Canada in order to spark relationships with talented game developers.

Company meets with developers from Vancouver and Toronto

Representatives of Baidu Mobile Games met with more than 20 game developers in Vancouver and developers from Toronto. Both Vancouver and Toronto are considered “hot spots” when it comes to animation talent and mobile game development and, as such, Baidu has been making an effort to connect with this talent in the hopes of making new mobile games more available in China. Competition in China’s mobile gaming space is beginning to grow at a rapid pace and more companies are looking for foreign talent to give them the edge in the booming market.

China is an attractive market for ambitious game developers

Mobile Games - CanadaChina is a very attractive market for the game industry as a whole. An estimated 300 million people play mobile games every day. These people are willing to pay for the games they play, if these games are able to hold their attention and are not too big in terms of data. Many foreign development studios have been trying to break into the Chinese market, but doing so has been quite difficult. Having the backing of a company like Baidu can make this process much simpler and give developers access to a huge demographic that is hungry for mobile gaming.

Baidu has yet to announce partnerships with Canadian developers

Things move quite quickly in the mobile gaming world, so the developers that Baidu has met with may already be creating games for the Chinese company. These games may be released in a matter of months, but Baidu has not yet made any official announcement concerning any partnership it has made with Canadian game developers.