Google Play Games Leaks, Will Debut at Google I/O

Google is preparing a gaming service called Google Play Games and a leak reveals that this may make multiplayer gaming on Android a much better experience.

The leak comes via Android Police, which tore through the latest version of the Google Play Services app to find the Google Play Games. The teardown of the APK reveals a lot about Google's upcoming gaming service.

Android Police has a very technical breakdown and it shows some interesting screen shots as well but the gist is that Google Play Games will offer matchmaking, in-game chatting, lobbies, the ability to save games to the cloud, leaderboards and invitations. If you've ever played any type of online game on a computer or a console, these should all be very familiar to you.

We're expecting Google Play Games to be officially announced at next week's Google I/O conference, as it would be nice to get eager developers to utilize this type of service. Google will be doing the heavy lifting on the game service side and that should be a boon for smaller developers who may not have the resources or expertise to create their own sort of system. We've been hearing about this rumor for a while and it looks like it is finally coming to fruition.

Google Play Games will also bring Android up to speed with its competitors. Apple has its own Game Center service for gaming which does a lot of the same things that the rumored Google Play Games will do. Microsoft has also built in its Xbox services into Windows Phone 8.

This is just one of many new services and products that we're expecting Google to announce during its I/O conference. We're looking forward to some new Android-powered hardware, a new version of the software and a handful of surprises.

Thanks to AndroidPolice. :*

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