Solana Labs and Google Cloud recently launched Gameshift, a gaming development API that aims to bridge traditional Web2 experiences with Web3 services such as blockchain technology and digital asset management, reports Cointelegraph.
The new suite of tools was announced at the 2024 Solana Breakpoint conference during the “Gamer Village” side stage events. Gameshift is the next stage of the two companies’ extended partnership and is currently available on the Google Cloud Marketplace.
According to a blog post from Google Cloud, Gameshift is an API that provides a full suite of foundational Web3 services to projects hosted within the cloud ecosystem.
The tool is largely aimed at developers working on traditional games who want to add Web3 components such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs) or other digital assets to their experiences. It’s purported to do much of the heavy lifting when it comes to integrating blockchain-based services from one platform to the other in a secure pipeline.
Jack Buser, director for Games at Google Cloud, described the challenge of integrating the two worlds as one of building nascent technology into established industries one step at a time:
“Game studios have recently been considering Web3 for new approaches to growth and development but are often discouraged by the seeming complexity of the technology and the Web3 community. Game studios are already overburdened and need solutions like GameShift that provide simplified technical and cultural interfaces to Web3.”
