10th June 2025
Update
Apple Games: Personalized Home for Games and Playing with Friends
At the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple Apple Games introduced a brand new goal designed to help players back into the games they love, find their other favorite and have fun with friends and turn games for one player for shared experiences. The gaming app makes it easier for players to enjoy all their games in one comfortable place and see what is happening in their games, including major events and updates, so they never miss.
Here’s what developers say::
“” “”When my friends grew up and moved out, I lack hearing about what they play on their phones, and game applications is a great way to get the window back to their game world. This application also helps us smoothly integration and expands all the functions of the social community that we have built into the Puzzle directly to the center of the existing routine of our player. – ZACHRANTIA, Independent Developer and co -founder of PUZZMO
“The introduction of challenges and the new social strata is a big leap forward for developers and players.
“” “”The gaming app will be a change in playing for iPhone, iPad and Mac. This application makes it easier for us to create moments for groups of friends only. The function of new challenges works great and feels natural for our Apple Arcade games, including our latest version, what Clash?, And we talked to it! “ – Tim Garbos, creative director and co -founder of Triman
The game application is also the best way to experience Apple Arcade, Apple subscription with more than 200 award -winning and highly rated games for the whole family, including adventure on Hello Kitty, Sneaky Sasquatch and Mini Highway.
Start your favorite games, discover new
The game app allows players to see all the games they have ever downloaded from the App Store for their iPhone and iPad, and combines all the games they have on the Mac.
They can connect any compatible game controller for easy navigation surround the application and to start directly into their games. Players can explore personalized recommendations based on the games they played, games playing their friends, and games supporting the features of the game center that can be played by Togger.
Editorial collections also appear in the application that help players find new games, included some of the most interesting games in the app stores such as Balatro, Crashlands 2 and Dredge. If Apple Arcade is a subscriber, players will see the curatorial collections of the best games involving the catalog that helps them get the most out of their regulation.
Play together
Players now have all their friends of game centers and groups they played with in one place so that they could easily enjoy their games. They see their shared game history, compare successes, and send friends to invite links and sides with any message to send messages, bringing them directly to the competition or multiplayer match.
The game application represents challenges, a new way to compete with a score -based friends. Developers who have a game center charts for their games can add these unique challenges that are a category of a smaller group of friends. Challenges can turn games for one player for shared experience with friends, giving them even more ways to gather a group, crown winners and have retaliation.
Players can invite friends to choose their friends or contacts. Whether it is competent, who can survive the most waves of enemies in Thronefall, or who can accumulate the highest score in every weekly Skate City race: New York, challenges unlock a completely new level of friendly competition.
Stay up to date with events in the game
Gaming applications introduce new features that help developers keep their players to know about the latest games updates and we can’t miss events. Gaming pages in the app come to life and emphasize the latest activity for this particular game. Players can see what is most for them and games that actively play, front and center, such as updates, live events and timely activity from their friends.
Availability
The game application is available for testing today via Apple Development Program at Developer.apple.com and public beta will be available through the Apple Beta software program next month at beta.apple.com. The gaming application will be released with iOS 26, iPados 26 and MacOS Tahoe 26 this fall as a free software update this fall. Functions may change. Some features may not be available in all languages or regions, and availability may vary due to local laws and regulations. For more information about availability, visit Apple.com.
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