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HTML5 and the Gaming Industry

Posted By: Channel 5

Posted On: 07th Jun, 2012

The gaming industry has evolved in to a whale of a industry. With the rapid and massive advancement in technology, it has come a long way from the handheld devices with black and white displays and monotonous beep like sounds. Now the graphics and the sounds are much advanced and attractive. And with the popularization of smartphones, the gaming apps have yet another lucrative option to look forward to. The most popular games are coming out with gaming apps. There are several platforms on which the gaming apps are developed.

David Parker, in this article discusses one such platform called HTML5. It offeres a lot of options that were missing till now and thus helped the developers immensely. HTML5 has a leg-up in comparison with other platforms as it can run on multiple platforms smoothly.

The exclusion of need of third party plug-ins like Microsoft Siverlight and Adobe Flash is one the prominent feature embedded in it. As a result the web pages can now be downloaded more quickly. Many big names in the gaming industry like Zynga, Game Closure etc.are now banking upon HTML5 Multiplayer Games.

To read the full article visit: http://game.ezinemark.com/html5-and-the-gaming-industry-190e709d366.html

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