Game Center

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Game Center
TypeOnline service
Launch dateSeptember 8, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09-08)
Current version18.1[1] (October 28, 2024; 20 days ago (2024-10-28)) [±]
Platform(s)iOS 4.1 or later, macOS Sierra or later
Operating system(s)macOS, iOS, iPadOS, tvOS, watchOS
Members67 million (as of October 22, 2011)[2][3]
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Game Center is a service by Apple that allows users to play and challenge friends when playing online multiplayer social gaming network games.[4][5] Games can share multiplayer functionality between the Mac and iOS versions of the app.[6]

Game Center was introduced to the public in iOS 4.1 after an earlier developer release. Game Center can be implemented by developers as of iOS 4.1 or later, and macOS 10.12 or later, through the GameKit framework. Game Center is available on iPod Touch 2nd generation and later (iOS 4.1 or higher required); iPhone 3GS and later (iOS 4.1 or higher required); all models of the iPad (iOS 4.2 or higher required); Mac computers running macOS 10.12 Sierra or later, Apple TV 4 running tvOS, and Apple Watch running watchOS 3.

  1. ^ Clover, Juli (October 28, 2024). "Apple Releases iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence". MacRumors. Retrieved October 28, 2024.
  2. ^ "Inside Mobile Apps · Apple's Game Center Gets Update, Has 67 Million Total Accounts to Date". Inside Mobile Apps. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ "Game Center has 67 million users, news, Game Center, PocketGamer.biz". PocketGamer.biz. October 4, 2011. Archived from the original on November 15, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2011.
  4. ^ "What's New in iOS 4". Apple Inc. Archived from the original on March 8, 2010. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
  5. ^ Brett Molina (September 1, 2010). "Apple's Game Center debuts next week". USA Today. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved September 1, 2010.
  6. ^ "Matchmaking Overview". June 30, 2015. Archived from the original on April 1, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2015.