Apple Opens the App Store To Retro Game Emulators

In an update on Friday, Apple announced that game emulators can come to the App Store globally and offer downloadable games. 'Apple says those games must comply with 'all applicable laws,' though -- an indication it will ban apps that provide pirated titles,' adds The Verge. From the report: The move should allow the retro console emulators already on Android -- at least those that are left -- to bring their apps to the iPhone. Game emulators have long been banned from iOS, leaving iPhone owners in search of workarounds via jailbreaking or other workarounds. They're also one of the key reasons, so far, that iPhone owners in the European Union might check out third-party app stores now that they're allowed in the region. Apple's change today could head that off.

Alongside the new rules on emulators, Apple also updated its rules around super apps, such as WeChat. It now says that mini-games and mini-apps within these apps must use HTML5, clarifying that they can't be native apps and games.

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