Months after Apple opened the App Retailer to game-streaming apps, the iPhone is about to get its first one. Retro gaming platform Antstream will arrive on iOS on June 27. Cult of Mac first reported on the information.
Antstream Arcade provides over 1,300 retro video games from old-school platforms like Atari consoles, Commodore 64, DOS and arcade. It even has a number of PS1 video games, however its fare is much less Metallic Gear Stable and extra… Hogs of Battle. You’ll be able to browse Antstream’s present library right here.
Though Apple cited developer suggestions for its loosening of guidelines, you possibly can probably thank the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Designed to spice up competitors and stop the all-too-common consumer-hostile practices in Large Tech, the DMA’s rules went into impact in 2023. Earlier this yr, Apple mentioned it might start permitting builders to submit single apps that stream whole libraries of video games, one thing it had beforehand resisted.
Antstream usually prices $5 month-to-month or $40 yearly, however Cult of Mac experiences that it’ll launch with an introductory provide of $4 monthly or $30 for a yr. You’ll be able to take a look at the corporate’s web site to see if it’s price it earlier than it launches subsequent week.
