日前，以色列手机及社交游戏开发商Skiller公司宣布，其运营的手机社交游戏平台自2008年启动以来，已突破500万游戏下载量。

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Skiller公司过去并不涉足智能手机游戏领域，主要面向诺基亚、摩托罗拉和索爱等在全球更为普遍的功能性手机平台，因此其选择的游戏多为构造简单的免费版本，比如《Break Out》、《俄罗斯方块》（Tetris）、《Connect Four》，以及《西洋棋》（Checkers）、《西洋双陆棋》（Backgammon）这类经典的技巧类游戏。

但Skiller也并非对智能手机市场视而不见，该游戏平台现已支持在J2me、Android和黑莓手机上运行，不久后还将出击iPhone平台。

Skiller平台的手机游戏已具有积分排行、任务挑战、同步体验等多项社交功能，并增加了信息沟通、好友列表、用户墙、用户虚拟形象、评论系统、定期锦标赛活动等额外功能，另外还提供虚拟商品交易以及“Skiller硬币”虚拟货币服务。

其虚拟货币可以通过游戏任务和虚拟商品交易获得，支持用户购买其虚拟形象的行头、手机壁纸等一系列商品。该平台网站最近已重新设计，其用户墙已和Facebook、Twitter的相关功能挂钩，用户通过这一平台还可以访问并添加这两个网站的好友。

目前为止，Skiller平台的游戏多为自家产销，但已制定了不同的发展计划。该平台现已提供一个开发商注册网页，通过注册的开发商可以下载其软件开发工具包以及分解工具。不过，Skiller公司还没有发出正式声明确认此事，我们也只是从这一迹象中初步推断Skiller意欲与第三方开发商共同合作。

虽然Skiller平台提供的游戏比较简单，但已遍及180多个国家和地区，和亚洲最大的移动社交网络mig33一样，在印度和马来西亚最受欢迎。相信有了Android和黑莓助力，以及iPhone即将提供的支持，再加上更新更出色的游戏，Skiller必将放眼世界，获得更大的发展空间。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译）

Skiller Brings Social Game Features to International Mobile Markets

An Israel-based company by the name of Skiller is talking for the first time about their progress as a mobile, social game developer today, announcing the milestone of over 5 million downloads since its platform’s inception in 2008.

Skiller hasn’t focused on the major smartphones in the past, building instead on “feature phones” from Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson that have remained more common around the world.

Skiller’s selection of games thus consists of simplistic, free titles reminiscent of Break Out, Tetris, and Connect Four, as well as classic skill-based games such as Checkers and Backgammon.

But Skiller isn’t blind to the smartphone market, and the company now also supports J2me, Android, and BlackBerry devices with iPhone support coming in the near future.

As for the social elements of the Skiller Platform, its games already have many of the more basic mechanics including leaderboards, challenges, and synchronous play. Skiller also adds more beyond just the games by offering messaging services, buddy lists, user walls and avatars, commenting systems, and even the occasional tournament. The platform also supports virtual goods and currency,dubbed “Skiller Coins.”

This virtual currency, both earnable in games or purchasable, is used to buy everything from vanity avatar items to mobile phone goods such as wallpapers. The recently redesigned website also boasts achievements, as well as Facebook and Twitter integration for wall and tweet postings as well as friend importation.

At the moment, the Skiller Platform games all appear to be by the company. For the future, Skiller may have different plans, as it has provided a developer registration page for downloading the SDK, and an analytics tool. We haven’t been made privy to any official announcements yet, so we’re simply assuming from the evidence that Skiller will work with third-party developers.

Regardless, Skiller’s platform, while consisting of simpler games, does reach 180 countries, and according to the company, it’s popular in areas that have been pining for social, mobile games for some time — like Mig33, Skiller says it’s popular in countries like India and Malaysia. Now, with added Android and BlackBerry support, coming iPhone support, and the possibility of newer and better games, Skiller is opening itself up to a whole new ball game.（source：nsidesocialgames）