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Google's dedicating more to gaming right now with free trials. Photo: Google

Google’s dedicating more to gaming right now with free trials. Photo: Google

Looks like Google’s figured it out: free trials for games from the Google Play Store will soon grace your Android handset.

Announced at Google Developer Day, the new service will be called “Search Trial Run Ads” and launch in a few weeks. It will let you stream a game right from the search results page in the Google Play app, letting Android gamers try out new titles before buying.

Play Games gets gameplay sharing. Photo: Google

Play Games gets gameplay sharing. Photo: Google

Google’s focus on gaming grows even greater today, with the company rolling out a new Play Games update that lets Android users record and share gameplay clips directly to YouTube. Players can even add face-cam footage and commentary.

Vulkan is coming to Android. Photo: Samsung

Vulkan is coming to Android. Photo: Samsung

Apple Metal, introduced at last year’s WWDC, gives developers low-level access to the GPU to maximize the graphics and performance potential of their games. Now Android gamers are going to get a taste of that, too.

No, Apple isn’t bringing Metal to Android — but Google is adopting an alternative called Vulkan.

Eat the world right from your smartphone or tablet with Pac-Man CE DX.

Eat the world right from your smartphone or tablet with Pac-Man CE DX.

Get ready to spend your time chomping dots and eating ghosts with this amazing version of arcade classic Pac-Man, one of the most recognizable games of the past 35 years.

Designed by the original Pac-Man creator Tōru Iwatani, Championship Edition (CE) came out for the Xbox 360 in 2007, and it was the best ever remake of the arcade original.

Now Pac-Man CE DX, an improved version of the game that released onto Xbox 360 in 2010, is here for your iPhone or Android smartphone, and I’m betting you’ll spend some serious time playing it.

Gameloft isn't swinging as high as it once was.

Gameloft isn’t swinging as high as it once was.

Gameloft, a.k.a. one of the most important publishers in mobile gaming, has announced that it’s closing its NYC studio effective immediately.

As the studio behind some of the best-selling games of the past decade-and-a-half, including the great Spider-Man Unlimited game, the announcement leaves close to 100 people without jobs.

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