- Apple could push the games more with a center dedicated to the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV 4K
- It will be a showcase for new titles directly available for platforms and through Apple Arcade.
- It is rumored that it is announced on wwdc 2025, just after Nintendo Switch 2 is launched
Between Apple Arcade on the iPhone and iPad, as well as the resurgence of the game support in the MAC from the debut of Apple Silicon, the technological giant based in Cupertino is eager to boost the growth of the games through its various platforms. The adage you can play in the MAC has spread to almost all its other platforms apart from the Apple Watch.
Now, a new Bloomberg Mark Gurman report indicates that a dedicated application for video games for the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV 4K will be announced soon.
The report mocks that it will arrive later in 2025 and will serve as a unique window to play on these devices, offering easy access to games itself, as well as “achievements in the game, classification tables, communications and other activities.”
Hub will serve as a home for Apple Arcade titles, the service of $ 6.99 per month of Apple offers a variety of mostly family games. These titles will reside in this new application together with the editorial content, probably of the same team that admits the App Store, and will replace the game center.
The latter has been a characteristic of the social network for game titles on the iPhone for a long time, but never as an independent application; Instead, it flashes when a game that admits it is first opens, or can be accessed when looking for classification tables.
Taking into account that the MAC is included as a platform, and this dedicated game application is developing for it, it is aligned with the broader impulse of Apple so that the various Mac in the market are considered as powerful game devices. Baldur Puerta 3, Lies of p, Resident Evil 4and Death partyAmong many others, there are some AAA titles that have been launched for Apple Silicon, and Cyberpunk 2077 It will eventually arrive.
Since the report establishes that this dedicated application will also be integrated with the MAC Application store, where many of these titles are sold, Apple could be positioning this as an alternative to Steam, making the games more prominent and accessible in macOS.
The report also describes “A MAC version of the application that can take advantage of the games downloaded outside the App Store”, a movement that could attract players, developers and editors equally.
It will be interesting to see if this dedicated application for these platforms comes with a notable expansion of titles for Apple Arcade or some other reinforced features for transmission services.
Perhaps, it will be the first time that an AAA title is grouped, or rather, will be announced along with other important titles that will be launched in the Mac. A launch of one day and a date with other consoles has become more common, but it is clear that more work is needed to do more work so that they are more games in the MAC and more people playing.
The same could be said of the iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 4K and even the Vision Pro, although the last platform, visits, is not mentioned in the report as obtaining this dedicated application.
Bloomberg reports that, although the games application will be announced at the Apple World Developer Conference 2025, which will begin on June 9, 2025, it will not be sent until September 2025, together with the next version of iOS, Ipados and Macos. Of course, these dates slide and Apple’s plan could change, so we will have to track WWDC to see what occurs to him.
The time of this report and the rumored announcement on WWDC 2025 places it just before and immediately after the launch of Nintendo Switch 2, which is scheduled for June 5, 2025.
However, it will not be the only announcement that day. We already expect iOS 19 and iPados 19, as well as the next generation of visos, macOS and tvos. This report also promises a new battery tool with AI to help stretch the execution times, new health capabilities, a redesigned translation application and, perhaps the most exciting, a live translation function for AirPods. The latter would continue Apple’s tradition to implement important updates and software characteristics for its headphones at no additional cost.
If you are interested in this dedicated game application or new platforms, the good news is that the key opening note for WWDC 2025 is just 13 days away.
