Game Center for Apple users will be replaced by Xbox-style gaming app
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Apple to Debut Dedicated Gaming App Within Days of Switch 2's Arrival - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-27/apple-to-debut-dedicated-gaming-app-within-days-of-switch-2-s-arrival
Apple is ready to replace Game Center with a more Xbox-like gaming app | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/675241/apple-game-center-app-replace-rac7-sneaky-sasquatch-acquisition
According to Bloomberg, Apple plans to unveil a gaming app for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV at WWDC25 , scheduled for June 2025. This app will not only include features such as achievements and leaderboards that are already available in Game Center, but will also be able to launch games installed on the device.
Apple plans to release the next iOS, iOS 19, in September 2025, and it seems that the Game Hub app will be released along with it. The new Game Hub app will also feature editorial content. Apple-related media 9to5Mac reported that the Game Hub app 'will work in the same way as the iOS Xbox app .'
According to Bloomberg, the new Mac version of the Game Hub app will also allow users to access 'games downloaded outside the App Store.'
It has just been reported that Apple has acquired RAC7, a game development studio that developed Sneaky Sasquatch , one of the popular game apps offered on the game subscription service Apple Arcade. Apple has acknowledged the acquisition of RAC7, and RAC7 will continue to operate as its own game development studio without being integrated into other Apple teams.
Sneaky Sasquatch Trailer — Apple Arcade - YouTube
In addition, the survey also revealed that Apple Arcade has a user base comparable to that of Nintendo Switch Online, another game subscription service, and Steam, a PC gaming platform.
Survey reveals that Apple's game subscription service 'Apple Arcade' has reached the same user scale as Steam and Nintendo Switch Online - GIGAZINE
