Appcharge launches iOS payments SDK and AppDirect for mobile game web stores

Appcharge, a direct-to-consumer (DTC) platform, announced AppDirect and iOS Payments SDK to boost mobile game web store sales.

Like a number of other web shop companies like Xsolla, Coda, and Fastspring, Appcharge is taking advantage of a loosening of restrictions on off-store mobile game sales at Apple and Android, due to recent legal rulings in the Apple vs Epic antitrust case as well as related European regulations.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.