---
title: "GameSnacks Game Platform Launched"
subtitle: "Read about Google's new casual web gaming platform."
date: 2021-02-24T00:00:00.000Z
category: news
url: https://phaser.io/news/2021/02/gamesnacks-game-platform-launched
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
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# GameSnacks Game Platform Launched

*Read about Google's new casual web gaming platform.*

![image](gamesnacks-game-platform-launched.png)

From GamesBeat: "GameSnacks is broadening the launch of its HTML5 gaming platform to bring lightweight, casual games to places where people have slow networks and low-end devices.

The GameSnacks team is part of Google’s internal accelerator, dubbed Area 120, for experimental products. It was started by Ani Mohan, the general manager of the GameSnacks team of a half-dozen people.

“We are excited to share how we have been building out Google’s casual web gaming platform,” Mohan said in an interview with GamesBeat."

Read the full interview to find out more about this exciting new HTML5 games platform.

[Read More](https://venturebeat.com/2021/02/23/gamesnacks-launches-ad-based-html5-game-platform-on-google-products/)

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