Occasionally, Apple makes an try to push its platforms as a spot for critical gaming. If the newest report from Mark Gurman at Bloomberg is correct, the corporate will strive once more this yr with the launch of iOS 19, macOS 15, and its different yearly OS updates.
In accordance with the report, Apple plans a devoted, pre-installed gaming app on iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple TV. The app will debut at WWDC on June 9, and roll out to these gadgets with iOS 19 and macOS 15 (or a subsequent replace) later this yr.
The app will characteristic editorial content material about new video games (just like what you’d discover within the App Retailer at this time), entry to the App Retailer’s video games part and Apple Arcade, and centralize all of the stuff at the moment dealt with by Recreation Heart, like mates lists, achievements, leaderboards, and communications. The Mac model of the app is claimed to have the ability to “faucet into video games downloaded exterior of the App Retailer.” Doubtless, meaning that it’ll function a launcher for these video games, and that the core identification/achievements/leaderboards capabilities might be obtainable to builders through APIs even for these video games distributed exterior the App Retailer.
Apple just lately bought the two-person studio RAC7 Video games, whose Sneaky Sasquach was an Apple Arcade launch title. It’s unclear if that is the primary of many acquisitions as an try for Apple to construct an enormous first-party video games studio, however it doesn’t communicate to the sorts of premium video games that drive gross sales of PlayStation, Xbox, or Swap consoles. Somewhat, it signifies a drive for extra cell gaming, an space wherein Apple is already dominant.
To earn the respect of so-called “AAA” recreation builders, publishers, and gamers, Apple might want to do rather more than pre-install a gaming app on its gadgets. We are going to discover out extra about Apple’s gaming ambitions at WWDC on June 9, when the app and its options are mentioned to be revealed.
