Here’s one hack you don’t have to wait for the jailbreak. BlueStacks GamePop Android console is being rebuilt to be compatible with iOS so it will be able to bring iOS App Store games to your TV.
BlueStacks’ GamePop for iOS games is the kind of app that shows there’s a change going on in the world of digital content via multiple platforms. Being able to build an API that allows devs to run on Android, or iOS games to your TV, is the kind of novelty that today’s smartphone and tablet owners will surely appreciate. According to BlueStacks’ plans, the aim with their app for iOS is to become a sort of “Netflix for games” and the company is already being backed by popular iOS and Android developers, including Gameloft, Glu, Jawfish Games and Subatomic.
BlueStacks’ GamePop for iOS games is the kind of app that shows there’s a change going on in the world of digital content via multiple platforms. Being able to build an API that allows devs to run on Android, or iOS games to your TV, is the kind of novelty that today’s smartphone and tablet owners will surely appreciate. According to BlueStacks’ plans, the aim with their app for iOS is to become a sort of “Netflix for games” and the company is already being backed by popular iOS and Android developers, including Gameloft, Glu, Jawfish Games and Subatomic.
The secret to BlueStacks’ ambitious plan of bringing iOS games to your TV via a new console is a virtualization tool called Looking Glass. According to Rosen Sharma, the BlueStacks CEO, “Looking Glass works at the API level – it’s not quite virtualization or emulation as you’ve known it. We recreate the API that iOS provides, but we don’t use any Apple bits to do it”.
The platform BlueStack is planning to release is appealing for game developers too, because their solution isn’t forcing them to remake their games. “Literally all developers have to do is change their payments backend so it works with our subscription model and that’s it. They don’t have to do anything else to their games” Rosen Sharma added. Game devs agree the upcoming console is a good idea. Jamie Gotch, CEO of Subatomic, says “the ability to bring iOS games to TV is unprecedented” but “at the same time, this is a natural evolution” seeing as “mobile games are providing richer graphics and gameplay and heading towards the living room fast”.
BlueStacks’s GamePop console for iOS is currently available for free. Hurry up though the offer stands only until the end of June, if you sign to preorder the $6.99 monthly subscription. As of July, the GamePop console will sell for $129. Seeing as the offer includes free access to all games from devs backing the project to already announced Fieldrunners games, the GamePop console for iOS games on TV could easily become a popular choice for the avid gamer.
The platform BlueStack is planning to release is appealing for game developers too, because their solution isn’t forcing them to remake their games. “Literally all developers have to do is change their payments backend so it works with our subscription model and that’s it. They don’t have to do anything else to their games” Rosen Sharma added. Game devs agree the upcoming console is a good idea. Jamie Gotch, CEO of Subatomic, says “the ability to bring iOS games to TV is unprecedented” but “at the same time, this is a natural evolution” seeing as “mobile games are providing richer graphics and gameplay and heading towards the living room fast”.
BlueStacks’s GamePop console for iOS is currently available for free. Hurry up though the offer stands only until the end of June, if you sign to preorder the $6.99 monthly subscription. As of July, the GamePop console will sell for $129. Seeing as the offer includes free access to all games from devs backing the project to already announced Fieldrunners games, the GamePop console for iOS games on TV could easily become a popular choice for the avid gamer.
