With Apple’s flagship Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) occasion just a few weeks away, the corporate is signaling that it’s being attentive to the chance of cell gaming.
Apple already has a subscription-based Arcade product for iOS, which supplies customers entry to varied cell video games, together with cult-classic indie video games like Stardew Valley. But per a Digital Trends report, the corporate is taking issues a step additional by buying its first recreation studio, RAC7, which makes the hit Apple Arcade recreation Sneaky Sasquatch.
Apple joins another seemingly unlikely suspects of their funding in cell gaming — Netflix, for instance, acquired a number of gaming studios after launching Netflix Games in 2021, which makes cloud cell gaming obtainable to Netflix subscribers.
Meanwhile, Bloomberg confirmed a 9to5Mac report that Apple is growing a devoted gaming app for iOS 19. The app will reportedly change the Game Center app and combine with Apple Arcade to host options like gaming leaderboards, suggestions, challenges, and social options. The new app might additionally combine into iMessage or FaceTime to facilitate distant multiplayer gaming.
Apple’s further funding in cell gaming comes at a time when cloud gaming — which permits customers to stream video games to their gadgets with out downloading huge recordsdata — is on the rise. Microsoft has been a pacesetter on this shift with its Xbox Cloud Gaming choices.
