Apple’s Game Center Impressions

[Cute Prince101]

After being announced at Apple’s iOS 4.0 keynote back in April as a new feature to be included with the upgrade, Game Center has finally arrived.

During the keynote, Game Center was briefly described as a social gaming platform for your iOS device where you’d be able to connect with friends to play games and challenge them for the top spots on the leaderboards. It was expected that Game Center would be one of the features bundled with the rollover to iOS 4.0.

Once 4.0 was released, Game Center was missing. The following smaller updates, 4.0.1 and 4.0.2, were also without the social gaming platform and left us wondering when this feature would see the light of day.

Finally, at Apple’s iPod and Apple TV September 1st keynote, the announcement of iOS 4.1 was detailed and set to release the following week and would to include Game Center – and it did.

So what is Game Center all about?

Once you update to 4.1, Game Center finds itself a home on the lower right hand corner of your main home screen, relocating what was there out of the way

Upon launching it, you are prompted to set up a profile with Game Center by linking a contact email to go with your Apple ID as well as picking out a username. Your username will be used for friends to find you and for leaderboards.You will have to confirm the signup via an email sent to the email address you linked to the Apple ID.

The aesthetic of the app reflects that of a game room. The background resembles green felt and is accented by a wood trim, like a pool table or cards table. There are carnival-esque accents like banners, and some of the fonts and colors to help build a game room atmosphere.

On the bottom, there are four menu icons to navigate through Game Center: Me, Friends, Games, and Requests.

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[howien212]

Thanks for the info. Was wondering what this new app was on my iPhone when I updated the OS on Friday