元器件交易网讯  3月18日消息，据外媒the verge报道，在该星期游戏开发者大会上谷歌发表公告称Google Play游戏服务正在扩展至iOS端。游戏开发商可以选择将引扩展服务与他们的游戏进行整合，玩家将能够在Android和iOS设备跨平台进行游戏。

　　Google Play游戏服务是Android在线游戏不可或缺的服务。而微软也正计划将Xbox扩展到移动平台上，以方便多人可以跨平台可以共享成就和朋友列表， Xbox Live的一此游戏已经在微软的Windows Phone平台上发台，但新关注点将会是iOS和Android。

　　现在Google Play游戏服务仍处于跨平台初期。我们希望在GDC上听到更多关于谷歌的跨平台游信息戏。（元器件交易网   白玉涛译）

　　以下为外文：

　　Google Play game services, the backend that powers online features for many Android games, is expanding significantly to iOS. In an announcement timed for the Game Developers Conference this week, Google says it's bringing turn-based and real-time multiplayer capabilities to iOS. Should developers choose to integrate the service with their games, they'll be able to enable gamers with Android and iOS devices to play against each other cross-platform.

　　Play Games already supports iOS through a plug-in for the Unity game engine that supports achievements and leaderboards, and that plug-in will be updated soon adding the multiplayer element. An early version of a separate SDK for non-Unity games is also being released, but at launch it won't support multiplayer gaming. As we exclusively revealed recently, Microsoft is planning to expand Xbox Live to mobile platforms in order to facilitate multiplayer matchmaking, achievements, and friends lists. Xbox Live already powers some games on Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, but the new mobile push will focus on iOS and Android.

　　BOTH GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT WANT TO POWER CROSS-PLATFORM GAMING

　　Google's decision to expand multiplayer capabilities to iOS, coupled with Microsoft's anticipated announcement, could signal a change in the way the big three mobile operating systems approach gaming. Until now each company did its own thing — iOS has GameCenter, Android has Google Play game services, and Windows Phone has Xbox Live — while third parties like Facebook power the social and leaderboard aspects of popular games like Candy Crush Saga.

　　It's early days for Google Play game services' cross-platform expansion. Although it's a popular game engine, a Unity plug-in won't cut it for many developers, and its non-Unity efforts are still in the early stages of development. We expect to hear more about Google's new cross-platform gaming this week at GDC.