Those of you who like your games served fresh while you peruse the day's social updates might want to sit down. Google+ Games will shut down on June 30, taking users' game data with it. But social gamers aren't aren't entirely without hope. Some developers will designate new destination sites for their games, and a few games already have alternative links set up.
In-game payments inside any of the games that are set to disappear will have to be used up before June 30 arrives. There will be no refunds. Sucks, but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Anyone who wants to chew out a particular developer can pick out their name from the list below:
- 50Cubes
- Digital Chocolate
- Game Insight
- Gameloft
- Glu Mobile
- Halfbrick
- Happy Elements
- JamRT
- Kabam
- King
- Playrium
- Playrix
- Playtika
- Rovio
- Spry Fox
- Vostu
- Zynga
Why is Google shutting down its first attempt at social gaming?
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- Google Working On Its Own Version Of Game Center, Says Business Insider
- [I/O 2013] New APIs For Location, Single Sign-On, And Google Cloud Messaging
- [I/O 2013] Google I/O Day 1 Roundup: Keynote, Music, Games, Google+, Hangouts, Play Store, And More
PSA: Google+ Games Will Disappear June 30, Google Play Games To Blame was written by the awesome team at Android Police.