Game Developers Begin to Jump on The Facebook for iPad Train
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At a press conference today, Zynga announced three new titles that will be able to run across platforms and can be embedded in Facebook’s new iPad app. The new games use HTML5 web platform format, therefore can be used by different operating systems.
The much-anticipated Facebook app for iPad made its debut yesterday to much fanfare, and Zynga, the website’s most profitable game partner, couldn’t wait to tell the world it would be embedding its most popular Facebook games into the app.
VentureBeat reported on the announcement. From their website:
Cadir Lee, chief technology officer at Zynga, said that HTML5, CSS, and Javascript development technologies constitute Zynga’s “open web stack” that will allow it to create cross-platform games. Historically, HTML5 games have been fairly slow because they don’t take advantage of native hardware in each different device they are running on. But it is possible to do slow-action games with HTML5 and the format is improving over time.
The three games in question? (Drum roll please…) Zynga Poker, FarmVille Express and Words With Friends. #IDontHaveTheFactsToBackThisUp, but there is a rumor that Mafia Shakedown may make its way to Facebook for the iPad.
