Posted: December 03, 2008
Exit Games today announced that its online multiplayer gaming platform, Neutron, now supports the Android mobile platform. With Neutron, Android game developers now have the option to easily add online social gaming features to their next project. With a simple download of the Neutron SDK, mobile games can add any number of options including real-time multiplayer, in-game text chat, leaderboards, matchmaking, and microtransactions, among others, in addition to cross-platform capabilities between personal computers, Android, iPhones, a myriad of other mobile devices, and gaming consoles.
Some of the key features of the Neutron multiplayer and social gaming platform include, among others:
• Complete 24/7 hosting and operations management for online games
• Scalable to tens of thousands of concurrent users
• Richest ready-to-use feature-set: lobbies, matchmaking, buddy lists, leaderboards, etc.
• In-game credit support for subscriptions and item sales
The fully managed Neutron service platform minimizes risk and time-to-market for even the most complex multiplayer and community game development projects on all platforms. Neutron 5.0 SDKs provide a broad variety of connectivity features out-of-the-box, and together with its hosting services it enables game developers to integrate sophisticated online features at minimum time and cost investment. Neutron continues to leverage large user communities, supporting online browser-based gaming on personal computers, mobile devices, and game consoles including Flash, Win32, J2SE, .NET, J2ME, BREW, Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone, and now Android.