Kongregate brings Flash games to Android

To Flash, or not to Flash? Steve Jobs’ opinion on the matter is unequivocal: Apple’s portable devices will never support Adobe’s ubiquitous platform. Game over. No continues, thank you.

With a little help from some influential friends, the CEO of Apple hopes to eradicate any dependence on the Flash plug-in throughout the Web.

To this end, Jobs has already encouraged a number of high-profile sites in the US to adopt 'the latest web standards' on the iPad.

Unsurprisingly, not everybody agrees with Steve’s stance.

Even less surprisingly, it’s Apple’s frienemy in the portable space Google that's presenting the olive branch to Flash devs worldwide, with its support for the upcoming Flash Player 10.1, within Android OS 2.2.

First to announce support for this is popular indie games site Kongregate which offers 30,000 free-to-play Flash-based web titles, generating revenue through DLC, ads and sponsorship.

The ambitious game aggregator has teamed up with Google and Adobe to bring 100 of its browser-based offerings, including Assembler 3 and Talesworth Adventure, to Android via Adobe's technology, which will officially launch in June.

Helpfully, all of the games at Kongregate’s fully-optimised mobile site will also support its extensive community features.

"I think Apple's decision [to not support Flash] is ultimately about extending its lead in mobile apps by making it as hard as possible for developers to target multiple platforms," said Kongregate CEO, Jim Greer.

"Flash game developers and players have gotten caught in that crossfire.”

[source: Gamasutra]