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Apple Unveils a Dedicated Games App (engadget.com)

(Monday June 09, 2025 @11:30PM (BeauHD) from the new-and-improved dept.)


At WWDC 2025, Apple [1]announced a new dedicated Games app coming to Mac, iPhone, and iPad with features like leaderboards, matchmaking, and integration with Apple Arcade. Engadget's Jessica Conditt describes it as "a revamp of Game Center" that behaves "more like a modern gaming hub, a la Xbox or GOG Galaxy." From the report:

> You can see what your friends are playing and challenge them to specific feats in certain titles. The library tab will include every game you've ever downloaded from the App Store, allowing you to booth them up right there. On Mac, a Games app overlay makes communication tools, audio controls, Bluetooth connections and live battery levels accessible at any time.



[1] https://www.engadget.com/apps/apple-unveils-a-dedicated-games-app-at-wwdc-2025-174028901.html


Soâ¦. (Score:3)

by newcastlejon ( 1483695 )

How do I disable it? Game Centre was nothing but a nuisance to me and I don't expect this to be any different.

Games App (Score:1)

by divide overflow ( 599608 )

I don't care.

I'm an adult and my devices are tools.

Games are for distracting your children.

Re: (Score:2)

by viperidaenz ( 2515578 )

Look at Mr Serious over here.

They already made this app, forced us all to... (Score:3)

by PubJeezy ( 10299395 )

They already made this app, forced us to install it and we all absolutely hated it. Apple is in reruns. Every single aspect of this press release and product are identical to a previous, failed version of an identical product.

This is completely fucking ridiculous and implausible. This isn't even a product that we might not want, this is a product we have all demonstrated a complete and utter disdain for.

This is gross. This is a scam and Tim Cook is a grifter.

how about some dedication to gamers? (Score:2)

by drinkypoo ( 153816 )

Apple has consistently done nothing to help and everything to hurt gamers on their platform. They don't support anyone else's APIs for example, so every game engine has to be rewritten for their platform. This makes it a no-brainer to not bother to port games to it. If they would just support Vulkan it would help a lot, but they don't actually seem to care even slightly about their users who want to game.

Making a having hub application that no one asked for because no one wants it is not going to help even

sideloading and mods needs to be allowed for games (Score:2)

by Joe_Dragon ( 2206452 )

sideloading and mods needs to be allowed for games to be an thing.

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