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The Vulkan cross-platform 3D graphics API enabled a 30% performance improvement in Summoners War Chronicles by Com2uS.
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Discover how you can use PGS as a companion to your existing sign-in mechanisms, and seamlessly sync players' sign-in information across devices.
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Improve graphics performance so you can reduce slow sessions or improve graphics quality.
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React to thermal changes to avoid slow sessions caused by thermal throttling with ADPF. ADPF will also help the system react to changes in the game workload for better performance.
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Make your game run everywhere with multiplatform support and optimizations for large screens.
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How game developers are finding success with Android tools.
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"Kakao Games's Ares was able to increase FPS stability to 96%by adjusting the workload at runtime in response to the thermal API."
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"Vulkan reduced development overhead and friction and enabled delivery of authentic, high-fidelity Call of Duty content and gameplay to Android players."
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"Vulkan allowed Com2uS to provide the best possible graphics quality for their key user demographic on both PC and mobile devices."
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Optimize
Analyze the impact your game has on Android devices by using this powerful graphics profiler, so you can identify performance issues and areas to optimize.
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Deliver
Add social and competitive game services such as profiles, leaderboards, and achievements, and then deploy your Android game through the Google Play store.
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