How to see what your Game Center friends are playing on Apple Arcade
Learn how to see which games your Apple Arcade friends are playing on the service via your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac or Apple TV.
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How to see available achievements in Apple Arcade games
If you want to check out all available game achievements for Apple Arcade challenges or Game Center games, it’s easy and we’ll show you how.
PSA: Game Center and some iCloud services experiencing issues [Updated: Fixed]
Some of Apple’s iCloud services and Game Center are currently experiencing some issues.
Apple is breathing new life into Game Center with a refreshed experience and much more
Game Center is getting revitalized with the upcoming launch of iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, and tvOS 14, with an all-new look, new multiplayer support, and much, much more.
Apple forgot to strip iOS 11’s non-functioning Facebook Like button from Game Center
Native social media accounts are no more in iOS 11, but Game Center still includes a Facebook Like button that doesn’t work.
Super Mario Run gains Game Center achievements, new buildings & other perks
Super Mario Run for iPhone was bumped to version 2.1 late yesterday, bringing support for Game Center achievements, new buildings like the 8-bit Bowser Statue and more.
How to remove all your Game Center friends
You can remove friends from your Game Center friends list if you’re no longer playing games with them or if they displease you. Here’s how.
Apple removes Game Center app from iOS 10 and macOS Sierra betas
Apple has removed the Game Center app from the first betas of iOS 10 and macOS Sierra. The change appears to be permanent, according to the iOS 10 Preview release notes. Although it’s still available in Settings, “the Game Center app has been removed,” reads the document.
That doesn’t mean that developers can no longer use the Game Center service or implement Game Center features—quite the contrary—it’s just that the user-facing Game Center app is no longer available.
How to remove games you’ve uninstalled or no longer play from Game Center
With Game Center, you can play your favorite games with friends who have an iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Mac. Game Center is also where your global leaderboards, achievements, challenges, high scores and other data are stored for each Game Center-compatible game you play.
Some people also find this particular feature a major nuisance over being bugged with notifications and invites for the games they no longer have installed on their device.
Thankfully, you can easily remove any game that you no longer play from Game Center with a quick swipe.
Apple engineer explains how FaceTime came out of work done for Game Center
When Apple was unveiling a new video-calling capability on the then new iPhone 4 at the WWDC 2010 keynote, Steve Jobs presented the feature as one of his famous ‘one more thing’ moments.
FaceTime debuted as a hassle-free video calling service between iPhone 4 devices and was initially Wi-Fi-only, but Apple eventually rolled it out across the lineup so it’s available across Mac, iPhone, iPod touch and iPad devices on both Wi-Fi and cellular.
The engineer behind the feature, Roberto Garcia, was forced to spill the beans on how FaceTime came out of work done for Game Center in his testimony during the fourth week of the second Apple vs. Samsung trial in California, here are the juiciest bits…
iOS 8: better inter-app sharing, improvements to Messages, Notification Center, CarPlay and more
Continuing on his series of iOS 8 scoops, the usually reliable Apple blogger Mark Gurman is out with a new story offering alleged new findings pertaining to iOS 8’s Notification Center, Messages, Game Center, Voice Memos, CarPlay and inter-app communication.
The latter is obviously the highlight of the report because unlike Android, iOS has been plagued with very limited inter-app sharing. As a result, operations that are normally trivial on Android are virtually impossible on iOS.
For instance, there’s no way to edit a photo in one app and send it, say, to the Instagram app without having to go through the cumbersome process of exporting the image to your Camera roll first and then manually importing it into Instagram.
According to the report, iOS 8 could finally fix this problem. Jump past the fold for the full reveal…
Developers now able to delete fake Game Center scores
Great news gamers! Apple has finally given developers the ability to manage their Game Center leaderboard listings for their games. The company posted the announcement yesterday afternoon on its developer portal.
Of course, the big deal here is that game-makers can now delete all of those ridiculous fake scores you see sitting at the top of various leaderboards, but the change will also allow them to block players who post them…
