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Why game developers should be happy about Apple's WWDC announcements

Apple gave game developers a lot of presents on Monday during the keynote speech at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco.

If anything, game makers should be pleased that Apple cares enough about them to constantly tweak its platforms, so that it’s both easier to find games on the App Store and Apple’s software is better and better at running both high-end and casual games. On the other hand, Apple is playing catch-up on the App Store front, compared to the Google Play store.

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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.