Following the success of Super Sync Sports, Google has released yet another browser-based, smartphone-controlled game. Called World Wide Maze, it turns every website on the Internet into a playable marble maze.
Popcap is continuing its tradition of making its hit games available on seemingly every available platform, today announcing that an HTML5 version of Bejeweled is now available on the Chrome web store and that both Peggle and Plants vs Zombies will soon be available on Android-enabled devices.
Google Chrome is a great web browser, but it's also picking up as a gaming platform. Not surprisingly, support for Chrome's gaming is increasing, according to Google developer advocate Paul Kinlan who was recently speaking at the Develop Liverpool conference.
When it comes to Google and games, a lot of the focus recently has been on the Google+ social network, which has slowly been building a respectable line-up of social games in an attempt to provide an alternative to Facebook. But while that was happening, the Chrome web store was quietly bolstering its library as well. In just under a year the service has added a ton of games. And while not all of them are particularly good, and many -- like Angry Birds, Monster Dash, and Steambirds Survival -- are already available elsewhere, there's still plenty of excellent, free-to-play games on the service that are worth checking out. Here are five of the best.