Last week, the seal of the secret bag began to open in the Epic Games lawsuit against Google. We after that Google had ever admitted that side loading was a less than desirable experience for some users and that it considered Epic Games to be a threat worth exploding. I mthere are ore revelations through the pipeline as additional documents and emails become a “need to know” for the court.
The new discoveries to include a presentation on a confidential idea Google has for a gaming suite called “Games Future.” The details look similar Stage is already trying Chrome and Android, but would also bring games to Apple and Microsoft ecosystems.
First reported by The Verge, Games Future was initially introduced internally with the idea that Google would pivot as a kind of gaming company. The “Games Future” includes a five-year plan to create “the world’s largest gaming platform” where developers can have a single place to target PC and Mac gamers and even smart screens. Of course, the search giant places the game’s future as dependent on the wealth of Google’s cloud-based services. The idea is that everything can be accessed through a universal game controller that can be combined with any device or TV. Sounds familiar?
There is also evidence that Google has been considering bringing “emulated, native, live games” to Windows. This means emulation on your device for your Android apps, which is now only possible with third-party apps such as Bluestacks. That exact feature will arrive in Windows 11 in the fall, though it will be made available through Amazon’s app store. Google could have beaten Amazon hard.
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The full 70-page document is included below for your reference. There’s a lot of juiciness that hasn’t been written down, including gems about Google’s plans for a system of satellite sports tournaments with hooks on YouTube. It also gives an idea of what the games would have looked like on a smart screen. Clearly, Google has been incubating plans to figure out how to index the world’s game library, in addition to everything else.