Online gaming is often about taking on an alternate identity striking fear into the hearts of your enemies with a name like rd0fDeath, soon you’ll be able to assign such a name to yourself with ay Games. is rolling out a new Gamer ID feature, giving you the chance to create a new hle pair it up with an icon that your competitors will see next time you’re blowing them to bits.
According to the Android Blog, you’ll see the option to create a profile choose an avatar once you sign in to your first app with ay Games integration, or when you launch a br-new game connect your ay Games account.
As is often the case, says the new feature is coming in the “next few weeks.” I tried to trigger it myself ran into an unusual bug: My ay Games profile remains hidden, no matter how many times I try to make it public (notice the time stamp below).
My ay Games profile wants to stay hidden, even though I’d rather it be public.
I haven’t seen this issue reported elsewhere, so there’s no telling just how widespread it is. If you happen to run into it yourself, give us a shout.
The impact on you: has put a lot of effort into appealing to gamers, with features like recording your gameplay finding others nearby for multiplayer sessions. The new IDs takes this one step further, as you can now craft an identity better suited for gaming domination.
