Chillingo Announces Crystal - A Social Gaming Network
July 15, 2009
"Crystal will embrace the powerful features of the new iPhone OS 3.0 and provide developers with a fully integrated and transparent framework to include social features in their games."The service will allow players to create their own profiles, add friends, store achievements and game histories, and compete with friends via direct challenges. It will also fully integrate into Facebook Connect and Twitter. Chillingo promises that Crystal will provide new and innovative features never seen before on a social gaming platform.
“Crystal gives developers and gamers a bigger plus all round.” said Chris Byatte, Director and co-founder of Chillingo. “It is set to become the de-facto social gaming standard for iPhone and iPod touch.” he added.Crystal will apparently be open to all game publishers and developers. If you are a developer and you would like more information on Crystal, Chillingo has invited developers to register on their website to receive more information. The iPhone already has a bunch of social gaming networks, like OpenFeint, ngmoco's Plus+, and Firemint's Cloudcell. I don't know about all of you, but I would like to see one service grab hold so we don't have to enter separate information for each and every game we play. Is everyone enjoying AppAwards week? I hope so, because it's time for another download code! To win a download code for Vans Sk8: Pool Service, simply leave a relevant comment about this post or about Vans SK8: Pool Service itself. The winner will be chosen randomly at the end of the day today (end of the day means 11:59 PM ET). Download codes are only redeemable through US iTunes accounts. Please remember to include your correct email address so we can contact the winner.
