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Game Center is live... mostly

by Victor Agreda, Jr. Sep 7th 2010 at 6:45PM

iPhone developers report that Apple's Game Center has finally gone live. Formerly limited to a sandbox-only development environment, accounts and friends that were created for the sandbox will not apply to the live production system on Apple's servers. Game Center is now prompting for new credentials -- and developers are sharing usernames on Twitter. Older accounts and friends were wiped out yesterday to prepare for the live system.

The server is reportedly having some start-up issues, including connectivity and crashing issues, but developers who were limited before are now able to create full accounts and full-on matchups. Currently, Game Center is live in 4.1, which we expect to arrive soon. Developers can submit Game Center applications to iTunes Connect using the 4.1 GM seed.

Once the app and iOS 4.1 are available, we'll have a full review.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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November 12 2010 at 12:45 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
digitalsedition

Unlike many things that I've seen Apple do, Game Center is one of the least attractive solutions I've seen.

September 08 2010 at 12:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Adrian vG

iAgree.

September 08 2010 at 3:27 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
silvio

Awesome, cant wait to see how this will play out hope that it will have the same style and feel that xbox live has

September 07 2010 at 7:53 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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macserv

Considering that I can't see my friends' achievements, or see who their friends are, it's not much like XBL at all yet. Still, there's tons of potential.

I'd like to see the two aforementioned features added post haste, and also the ability to see your friends' ratings and reviews directly for the games they've played.

September 09 2010 at 1:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Matthew

Is this available on an iPhone 3G or only the 4 and 3GS?

September 07 2010 at 7:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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silvio

Engadget confirmed that it will NOT be available for 3G you will need to upgrade....

September 07 2010 at 7:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ruefus

Yes. It's called upgrading to 4.1

September 07 2010 at 7:36 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brandon

Is there going to be a way to get it on a 4.0 jailbroken iphone or ipod touch??

September 07 2010 at 7:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
bibi-pov

And like Ping it's lame because you can't connect using Facebook?

September 07 2010 at 7:00 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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