June 10, 2025
UPDATE
Introducing the Apple Video games app: A customized house for video games and taking part in with pals
At Apple’s Worldwide Builders Convention (WWDC), Apple unveiled Apple Video games, an all-new vacation spot designed to assist gamers bounce again into the video games they love, discover their subsequent favourite, and have extra enjoyable with pals, turning even single-player video games into shared experiences. The Video games app makes it simpler than ever for gamers to take pleasure in all their video games in a single handy place and see what’s occurring throughout their video games, together with main occasions and updates, so that they by no means miss a second.
Right here’s what builders are saying:
“As my pals have grown up and moved away, I miss listening to about what they’re taking part in on their telephones, and the Video games app is a good way I can get a window again into their gaming worlds. The app additionally helps us seamlessly combine and prolong the entire social neighborhood options we’ve constructed into Puzzmo immediately into the middle of our participant’s present every day play routine.” — Zach Gage, indie developer and cofounder of Puzzmo
“The introduction of challenges and a brand new social layer marks a significant leap ahead for each builders and gamers. Whereas creators keep centered on gameplay, these options carry individuals collectively in just some faucets, effortlessly deepening participant engagement — particularly necessary for video games like Thronefall.” — Glib Platonov, cofounder of Doghowl Video games
“The Video games app goes to be a recreation changer for taking part in on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. The app makes it straightforward for us to create moments only for teams of pals. The brand new challenges function works nice and feels pure for our video games on Apple Arcade, together with our newest launch, WHAT THE CLASH?, and we’ve been having plenty of enjoyable with it!” — Tim Garbos, inventive director and cofounder of Triband
The Video games app can also be one of the best ways to expertise Apple Arcade, Apple’s subscription service with greater than 200 award-winning and extremely rated video games for the entire household, together with Good day Kitty Island Journey, Sneaky Sasquatch, and Mini Motorways.
Launch Favourite Video games, Uncover New Ones
The Video games app permits gamers to see all of the video games they’ve ever downloaded from the App Retailer for his or her iPhone and iPad, and brings collectively all of the video games they’ve on Mac.
They will join any appropriate recreation controller for straightforward navigation across the app and to launch proper into their video games. Gamers can discover customized suggestions based mostly on video games they’ve performed, video games their pals are taking part in, and video games supporting Sport Middle options, that may be performed collectively.
Editorial collections additionally seem within the app to assist gamers discover new video games, together with a few of the most fun video games on the App Retailer, resembling Balatro, Crashlands 2, and DREDGE. If they’re an Apple Arcade subscriber, gamers will see curated collections of one of the best video games included within the catalog that assist them get essentially the most out of their subscription.
Play Collectively
Gamers now have all their Sport Middle pals and teams they’ve performed with in a single place, to allow them to simply take pleasure in their video games collectively. They will see their shared gaming historical past, evaluate achievements, and ship pals invite hyperlinks and occasion codes utilizing any messaging app, bringing them proper into a contest or multiplayer match.
The Video games app introduces challenges, a brand new strategy to compete with pals in score-based showdowns. Builders which have Sport Middle leaderboards for his or her video games can add these distinctive challenges which might be catered to a smaller group of pals. Challenges can flip single-player video games into shared experiences with pals, giving them much more methods to rally a bunch, crown a winner, and have a rematch.
Gamers can invite pals to challenges by choosing their pals or contacts. Whether or not competing to see who can survive essentially the most waves of enemies in Thronefall, or who can rack up the very best rating in every week’s featured course in Skate Metropolis: New York, challenges unlock a complete new degree of pleasant competitors.
Keep As much as Date with In-Sport Occasions
The Video games app introduces new options to assist builders maintain their gamers within the know in regards to the newest recreation updates and may’t-miss occasions. Sport pages within the app come to life, highlighting the newest exercise for that particular recreation. Gamers can see what’s most related to them and the video games they’re actively taking part in, entrance and middle, like updates, stay occasions, and well timed exercise from their pals.
Availability
The Video games app is accessible for testing beginning in the present day via the Apple Developer Program at developer.apple.com, and a public beta will likely be out there via the Apple Beta Software program Program subsequent month at beta.apple.com. The Video games app will likely be launched with the launch of iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe 26 this fall as a free software program replace. Options are topic to alter. Some options is probably not out there in all languages or areas, and availability might differ as a result of native legal guidelines and rules. For extra details about availability, go to apple.com.
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Peter Nguyen
Apple
Apple Media Helpline
