{"id":230914,"date":"2024-12-05T14:40:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/?p=230914"},"modified":"2024-12-05T14:40:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T14:40:42","slug":"the-increasing-role-of-apps-in-online-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/gaming\/the-increasing-role-of-apps-in-online-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"The Increasing Role of Apps in Online Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gaming has been a vital part of people’s lives for generations. With how much being online is incorporated into our lives, it was only natural for the gaming industry to take advantage of it, with the majority of gaming sites and games having some form of app to go with it. Most of the population now owns or has access to a smartphone, it\u2019s never been easier for players to access their gaming apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As games have developed over recent years, apps have become more and more important for players to get the full experience, with different games having different apps to do certain roles. Let’s take a look at some games and what apps they have to go with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EA FC is the most popular soccer game<\/a> in the world, it is played by millions of people daily and is the closest most of us soccer fans will ever get to being a professional. The game is the host of the famous game mode Ultimate Team, a mode where you build your dream squad by collecting players along the way by playing games and completing various challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EA released an app called EA companion app, which is free to download and allows players to log in to see their squad, complete challenges and check objectives, as well as buy and sell players from your squad. The app is extremely popular as it gives players much more flexibility to control their club; if you\u2019re out and about or even on holiday, you\u2019ll still be sure not to miss out on any content or limited-time events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mobile gaming<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With more people than ever having access to a smartphone, compared to having a console or gaming computer, it\u2019s only natural that gaming developers would release games specifically for mobile gaming. For example, the likes of Activision and EA released mobile versions of their game, tailored directly for smartphones to allow those players to still get the full experience without having access to the full console games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Activision released the very popular Call of Duty Mobile, where players could get the full Call of Duty experience<\/a> from their small mobile device without needing to shell out hundreds on a gaming console to play the full version. This means anyone without a console is still able to join in on the fun and get a first-person shooter experience on their smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EA Sports are the same, with them releasing EA FC mobile<\/a>, a slimmed-down version of the full FC 25 game, but still having the full charm and fun of the full game. Like Call of Duty mobile, this allows mobile players to get the EA FC experience and play with their favorite players and clubs but just from a smartphone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Casino apps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Historically, to play your favorite casino games, you\u2019d need to physically go into your local casino and play. Even with the introduction of the internet, you would still need to play on a computer which limited how you could play as you\u2019d need to wait until you were home to enjoy it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, with smartphones being small computers in your pockets and the power they\u2019re able to put out, it\u2019s no surprise casino games have been moved over to apps. These days, you don\u2019t need to wait until you\u2019re home to play your favorite game of poker or blackjack; you can just fire up your casino app on your phone, and you\u2019re ready to go. A lot of online casinos now offer apps<\/a> that make them quicker to access with features like face ID to log in, rather than needing to head to their website, expediting the process even further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Retro games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For people who enjoy taking a step back a few years and playing some of the all-time classics, numerous apps are being released that offer both the original classic and redesigned fresh takes on them, meaning you have a choice if you want the original or a different take on your favorite classic games. Whether it\u2019s Snake or Tetris, you\u2019ll be able to find an app for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What developers will be able to see is that more people than ever are using apps to further develop their gaming experience, so providing the app is useful or a fun experience, there\u2019s no reason why developers won\u2019t continue to release apps to both support their existing games and also appeal to a different mobile audience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gaming has been a vital part of people’s lives for generations. With how much being online is incorporated into our lives, it was only natural for the gaming industry to take advantage of it, with the majority of gaming sites and games having some form of app to go with it. Most of the population […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-230914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gaming"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=230914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230915,"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230914\/revisions\/230915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}