Google Play Game Services gets officially official at Google I/O and it's going cross-platform

The worst kept secret from Google just became officially official. Google Play Game Services has just been formally announced by Hugo Barra in San Francisco. We'll be taking a more detailed look at this later on, but the service centers around a few key elements:

  • Cloud Save - progression and game states saved to the cloud and synchronized across devices. 
  • Achievements
  • Leaderboards
  • Google+ Circles to make connections

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