One of the interesting areas in iPhone gaming next year could be the development of platforms and middleware around it.
We've already seen Trism developer Demiforce launch an Xbox Live-style community platform called Onyx Online, and now US firm Geocade has unveiled what it calls a "location aware gaming community".
What's that? Essentially, it's location-based leaderboards - high-score tables based on where someone's playing an iPhone game.
The company says it's harking back to the days when players competed to have the highest score in their local arcade, and claims that its platform will be used for a dozen upcoming iPhone games for starters.
Advertising can be incorporated, with Geocade sharing the revenues with partner developers, and the company claims incorporating the tech in games is a matter of placing "a couple of lines of code" in the title.
The first game to launch using the platform is a proof-of-concept title called Soft Landing. It'll be interesting to see how many developers adopt the technology in 2009 - it's certainly a nifty use of the iPhone's built-in location features.
News
Contributing Editor
Stuart is a freelance journalist and blogger who's been getting paid to write stuff since 1998. In that time, he's focused on topics ranging from Sega's Dreamcast console to robots. That's what you call versatility. (Or a short attention span.)
Related Articles
Top Stories
Feature
May 20th, 2024
Hot Five: AppLovin revenue surges 48% Y/Y, Plarium and Big Fish up for sale, and a look inside Merge Mansion's growth
Feature
May 20th, 2024
55 top mobile games in soft launch: Squad Busters, Battle Guys: Royale, Plants vs. Zombies 3, LEGO Hill Climb Adventures, and more
Events
Digital Dragons | Europe | May 19th |
GamesBeat Summit 2024 | North America | May 20th |
Mobidictum Meetup Tallinn May 2024 | Europe | May 21st |
Nordic Game Spring 2024 | Nordic | May 21st |
Impact 2024 - Indie Games | May 23rd | |
MomoCon 2024 | North America | May 24th |
Morocco Gaming Expo | Africa | May 24th |
For The Win 2024 | Europe | May 29th |