{"id":658400,"date":"2013-05-16T09:45:35","date_gmt":"2013-05-16T13:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/?p=230307"},"modified":"2013-05-16T09:45:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T13:45:35","slug":"still-playing-games-on-google-you-have-until-june-30-to-clear-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/658400","title":{"rendered":"Still Playing Games On Google+? You Have Until June 30 To Clear Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does anybody still play games on Google+? If you do, Google&#8217;s got some bad news. <\/p>\n<p>Google announced at Google I\/O that it&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/plus\/answer\/3123176?p=plus_games&#038;rd=1\">shutting down Google+ Games<\/a> on June 30. Now, it doesn&#8217;t mean that the games on Google+ will cease to exist. They&#8217;ll just cease to exist on Google+. As such, Google recommends that players get in touch with the developers of their favorite games to find out where their favorite games will be hosted after June 30. <\/p>\n<p>Why is Google shutting down Google+ Games? The short answer is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-google-play-game-services-2013-05\">Google Play game services<\/a>. It&#8217;s a rich set of APIs that allow game developers to offer a googlified game experience across Android, iOS and the Web. The games even have built in Google+ support for matchmaking and other services so those who still play games with friends on Google+ will be able to continue to do so on the new service. <\/p>\n<p>Google Play game services may be making Google+ Games redundant, but it&#8217;s probably not the only reason for the closure. Around this time last year, Google+ Games <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webpronews.com\/google-loses-two-major-game-developers-2012-06\">lost two major developers<\/a> &#8211; Wooga and PopCap. Both developers said that they were removing their games from the service after finding that the player base on Google+ wasn&#8217;t worth their time. There haven&#8217;t been reports of any major developers leaving Google+ Games since then, but it might have been a sign of things to come as Google itself apparently feels the player base on Google+ isn&#8217;t worth supporting. <\/p>\n<p>So, what happens to the players who have invested hundreds of hours, and maybe even hundreds of dollars, into Google+ Games? Google says that &#8220;some games will be migrating data to an alternative destination where you can continue to use your unused payments.&#8221; You&#8217;re going to have to contact the developer of your favorite games to find out all the details though. <\/p>\n<p>[h\/t: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2013\/05\/16\/google-plus-games-shutting-down-after-june-30th\/\">Engadget<\/a>]<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1K00ynXaFpY:DSqzQQyGztw:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1K00ynXaFpY:DSqzQQyGztw:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=1K00ynXaFpY:DSqzQQyGztw:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1K00ynXaFpY:DSqzQQyGztw:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1K00ynXaFpY:DSqzQQyGztw:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=1K00ynXaFpY:DSqzQQyGztw:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1K00ynXaFpY:DSqzQQyGztw:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?a=1K00ynXaFpY:DSqzQQyGztw:mfZ73u_VV2s\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/webpronews\/all?i=1K00ynXaFpY:DSqzQQyGztw:mfZ73u_VV2s\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/webpronews\/all\/~4\/1K00ynXaFpY\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does anybody still play games on Google+? If you do, Google&#8217;s got some bad news. Google announced at Google I\/O that it&#8217;s shutting down Google+ Games on June 30. Now, it doesn&#8217;t mean that the games on Google+ will cease to exist. They&#8217;ll just cease to exist on Google+. 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