Apple will soon permit Game-Pass-style game streaming apps on its App Store

With new EU rules against anti-competitive practices looming, Apple has announced it'll soon be permitting developers to release Game-Pass- and storefront-style catalogue apps, containing multiple streamable and installable games and programmes, onto its App Store.

These new apps can include "streaming games, mini-apps, mini-games, chatbots, and plug-ins", and Apple says developers "will be able to" incorporate its In-App Purchase system to offer users paid digital content or services "such as a subscription for an individual chatbot."

Its initial announcement doesn't highlight the cut Apple will want from this new style of app (currently it charges developers a 30 percent fee for paid apps and in-app purchases) - or if the use of its In-App Purchase system is mandatory - but it'll likely get into the specifics soon.

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