How Google is Turning Chrome Into a Gaming Platform

[Guest]

Playing casual games in a web browser window is something many of us have been doing for years. But could you imagine playing a much more elaborate game of Call of Duty's caliber, for example, in your browser as well? Get used to the idea.

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[BlackHawk91]

"a much more elaborate game of Call of Duty's caliber" LOL

 

[ojas]

[citation][nom]blackhawk91[/nom]"a much more elaborate game of Call of Duty's caliber" LOL[/citation]

Actually if you think about it, it may actually be possible in a few years. I mean, CoD will still be using the same DX9 engine in a DX15 era... 😀

 

[RazberyBandit]

[citation][nom]blackhawk91[/nom]"a much more elaborate game of Call of Duty's caliber" LOL[/citation]
You've gotta admit CoD is far more elaborate than the old MS-DOS games (circa ~1994) we so often see demos of within browsers, and easily far more detailed than say... Battlefield Heroes?

I would very much like to see more progress within the realm of browser-gaming. Actual 3D visuals instead of NES/SNES-esque 8/16-bit scrolling 2D visuals would be a welcomed improvement. If such things can become standardized within HTML-5, then developers would have a solid, standardized platform on which to base game development as well.

 

[monkeysweat]

pcs 10 years ago would have had a difficult time with some of the games you can play in your browser now,,, heck my pc from 15 years ago had a hard time playing a Mp3 never mind a video....

 

[Trialsking]

[citation][nom]ojas[/nom]Actually if you think about it, it may actually be possible in a few years. I mean, CoD will still be using the same DX9 engine in a DX15 era...[/citation]

LOL thats funny,but true

 

[annymmo]

3. Joystick API

Last week, I noticed an interesting entry on the Webkit developer message board that discussed a Joystick API. The origin of this API is apparently a feature request that was posted on Mozilla's Bugzilla in October 2010 by Ted Mielczarek. Mozilla has started a Wiki about a "JoystickAPI", but it is not clear how far this idea has gone to date. What we know is that Google picked up the idea, threw it in a quick discussion in the Webkit forum, then subsequently submitted it as a discussion topic at W3C.

Somebody tell them Khronos is making streamInput.
Seriously, we have WebGL. Ask them for a WebInput

 

[Guest]

Did anyone ever play Tribes in their browser years ago?

 

[figgus]

"Native Client (NaCl)"

Sounds a little salty to me.

 

[chronium]

[citation][nom]blackhawk91[/nom]"a much more elaborate game of Call of Duty's caliber" LOL[/citation]

Well you already can Battlefield Heroes and PLay4Free and there's also Battlestar Galactica Online to name a few.

 

[reggieray]

Googles dumb terminal not picking up momentum in the business area so gamers are a logical choice to try and get the dumb terminal idea off the ground. Let Google and other companies (government) keep all your files in the Cloud, they promise never to read or look at them. really, Scouts Honor.

 

[southernshark]

im not sure what the big deal will be. Whether I load the game or play it in a browser.... kind of don't care.

 

[crewton]

Would this eventually lead to not having to rely on windows in order to play games? ie could I play all my games in chrome using linux? mmmm I'd love the day that I didn't need to keep a windows client for gaming. Apple people would probably like that option as well.

 

[dfusco]

Chromium is Linux based? So will I someday play modern games inside Firefox running on Ubuntu?
Microsoft is gonna love that...

 

[kinggraves]

[citation][nom]RazberyBandit[/nom]Actual 3D visuals instead of NES/SNES-esque 8/16-bit scrolling 2D visuals would be a welcomed improvement. If such things can become standardized within HTML-5, then developers would have a solid, standardized platform on which to base game development as well.[/citation]

Because games have gotten so much better since the SNES era.

-Insert oldschool rant-

 

[Prince_Porter]

[citation][nom]kinggraves[/nom]Because games have gotten so much better since the SNES era.-Insert oldschool rant-[/citation]

Amen. As an indie game developer myself, I can't agree more. I don't hate everything that's made these days, but most of it is just horrible.

 

[LORD_ORION]

Except Wildtangent tried this in IE a decade ago, and crashed and burned?

Maybe a little ahead of their time? Regardless, they probably have mucho patents waiting to ruin the 1st successful business that does this.

 

[eddieroolz]

I applaud Google's effort, though I'd rather prefer playing the game on my desktop. It just seems wasteful to duplicate the APIs already available in Windows.

 

[leper84]

Anyone remember hlep2? Unforeseen consequences? Yeah.. Sounds like it would make pc gaming much more simple for your average consoler... but somehow I think the DRM bulls**t the cloud it going to bring on will make Securom look childsplay.

 

[ohim]

why the hell would i load a web browser to play a game ? why not launch the game directly ?????

 

[Wish I Was Wealthy]

This is gotta be crap,I think that they're trying to tame us,so as to get us use to using this browser gaming (browser gaming which is a step closer towards the cloud). So once the Cloud becomes more established,they think that we'll just slowly melt to their cloud ideas & finally cave in to the cloud master of the cloud kingdom.

 

[upgrade_1977]

Performance?

 

[Ciuy]

interesting ideea.....will simplify things.

 

[dread_cthulhu]

Definitely want to see where this goes! I'm using Chrome right now, and it excites me to have the idea of running a game in one tab, then popping over to a website in another tab on the fly without even leaving the browser. I could finally drop windows and just get a decent Linux distro for the old school stuff I play on emulators! Gotta love it!

 

[zooted]

Has no one played quake live?