Is Google betting big ongaming?

Google is not really associated with
nurturing gaming ambitions of any
kind but that may be about to change.
TechCrunch is reporting that the
company has hired gaming veteran
Noah Falstein as the Chief Game
Designer. The website is reporting
Falstein has updated his LinkedIn
profile to indicate his new designation
as "Chief Game Designer" at Google
and has also mentioned that he joined
the company in April 2013.
Furthermore, in an earlier cached
version of his profile his position was
listed as "Chief Game Designer at
Android Play Studio."
For those who are unaware about
Falstein's breath of work, he has been
associated with the gaming industry
since 1980. He was initially working
with LucasArts Entertainment and
during the course of his career has
worked on gaming titles such as
Sinistar, Battlehawks 1942, Indiana
Jones and the Last Crusade: The
Graphic Adventure, and Hungry Red
Planet.
Falstein entry in Google's corridors is a
clear indication that search engine
giant is cooking something big on the
gaming front. Though it is a bit
premature to guess what Google has
up its sleeves but one cannot rule out
the possibility of augmented-reality
game in conjunction with Google
Glass.
The search engine giant has recently
issue schedule for its forthcoming
Google I/O conference, to be held later
this month. From this schedule to it
appears that this year Google will be
focusing heavily on 'gaming on
Android'. So we might see some
pieces of the puzzles being revealed at
the conference.
Earlier, there had been news reports
about Google working on its own
socially driven multiplayer gaming
network. Android Police in its
teardown of My Glass, had discovered
an alleged feature list related to a
service that could become Google's
answer to Apple's Game Centre.
So far the details regarding this
forthcoming gaming portal for Android
seem to be sketchy but it does help
cement the fact Google is ready to
take a big plunge into the gaming
world.