Apple's Only iOS Game Is No More

Texas Hold’em, the only iOS game Apple ever produced, is no more. The game was recently pulled from the App Store, according to MacRumors. Born in 2006 as a game for non-iOS iPod models, Texas Hold’em officially launched in iOS the same day as the App Store itself in 2008.

Apple's early interest in producing its own games for the iPod and later iOS appear to have stemmed from concerns over its ability to attract third-party developers to the platform, or at least to provide those developers with an example of what could be done on the devices. As large developers such as EA and Gameloft and a host of smaller developers all flocked to the platform, Apple undoubtedly quickly discovered that it did not need to support its devices with its own gaming content.

Priced at $4.99, the game was last updated in September 2008.

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