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Game Center out next week in iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch

iPad support delayed until 4.2 in November

Game Center out next week in iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch
By Jon Jordan
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At Apple's autumn Event, Steve Jobs announced that the company's integrated social gaming and multiplayer technology Game Center would be included in the iOS 4.1 updates due next week.

A free update for iPhone and iPod touch - iPad support will come with 4.2 in November - it will enable features such as achievements, high scores and leaderboards.

In addition, games that support its peer-to-peer multiplayer options - which will also be retrospectively fixed to titles such as Angry Birds and Fieldrunners - will enable push notifications so you can play head-to-head with your friends.

You can also set up games using Game Center's automatic matchmaking system with similar skilled players who aren't friends.

Jon Jordan
Jon Jordan
A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon can turn his hand to anything except hand turning. He is editor-at-large at PG.biz which means he can arrive anywhere in the world, acting like a slightly confused uncle looking for the way out. He likes letters, cameras, imaginary numbers and legumes.