{"id":686294,"date":"2010-03-09T10:09:48","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T15:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/?p=13980"},"modified":"2026-10-04T11:18:50","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T15:18:50","slug":"googles-push-for-better-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/686294","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Push for Better Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"KonaBody\">\n<div class=\"tweetmeme_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/api.tweetmeme.com\/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidguys.com%2F2010%2F03%2F09%2Fgoogles-push-games%2F\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/api.tweetmeme.com\/imagebutton.gif?resize=50%2C61\" height=\"61\" width=\"50\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p class=\"first-child \"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/game_dev_conference.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12911\" title=\"game_dev_conference\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.androidguys.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/game_dev_conference-300x157.png?resize=300%2C157\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"157\" \/><\/a>The two-day Game Developers Conference <a href=\"http:\/\/www.androidguys.com\/2010\/01\/23\/google-free-nexus-verizon-droid-develop-games\/\">kicks off today<\/a> in San Francisco and Google will be there promoting Android. 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