With business on iDevices looking complicated, thanks to Apple's forthcoming Game Center technology, social gaming company Scoreloop is extending its existing iPhone and Android support to five new mobile platforms.
Samsung's bada plus webOS, Symbian, Windows Mobile and Brew will now be provided thanks to integration between Scoreloop's technology and the Airplay development environment created by Ideaworks Labs.
This will enable studios to support communities across their games on all these platforms, in terms of features such as multiplayer modes, challenges, achievements, log-ins and leaderboards using one single binary.
Cash in
Equally important in terms of Scoreloop's business model, and that of developers, is the extension of Scoreloop's Coins virtual currency system that can be won and lost with challenges, used to customise your game experience, as well as purchased for real cash.
Obviously, the more devices and gamers using Scoreloop's system, the more activity and the more viable this currency will become.
"Game developers are looking for the best way to reach more users and increase game sales", said Marc Gumpinger, Scoreloop's CEO.
"Along with Ideaworks, we're now offering the industry's most comprehensive cross-platform social gaming service. This means new platforms, more users, increased engagement and new revenue streams for game developers."
"We're delighted that Airplay SDK and Scoreloop have integrated to bring social gaming to the widest possible consumer base," said Tim Closs, Ideawork Labs' CTO.
"No other solution allows multi-platform social gaming across such a wide range of mobile and handheld platforms, from featurephones to smartphones to tablets."
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