Valve says Apple has revoked its original approval of the PC gaming giant’s new Steam Link app for the iOS App Store, blocking the rollout of the game streaming service on iPads and iPhones. In an unusual public statement Thursday afternoon, Bellevue, Wash.-based Valve said Steam Link was approved…
Valve says Apple has revoked its original approval of the PC gaming giant’s new Steam Link app for the iOS App Store, blocking the rollout of the game streaming service on iPads and iPhones.
In an unusual public statement Thursday afternoon, Bellevue, Wash.-based Valve said Steam Link was approved by Apple on May 7, and originally slated for release on iOS this week.
However, on May 10, the day after Valve announced plans to release the app, Apple “revoked its approval citing business conflicts with app guidelines that had allegedly not been realized by the original review team,” according to the Valve statement.
Steam Link previously worked via a dedicated box that streamed games from a PC to a television. The new app does the same thing, letting gamers stream from a PC over a local network to a phone, tablet or TV, allowing them to game on an alternative device, with the ability to pair a Bluetooth controller.
Valve’s massive Steam gaming platform has been dubbed the “iTunes of video games,” and its presence on iOS would create competition for games made natively for iOS. Steam Link is available for Android devices via the Google Play Store.
We’ve contacted Apple for comment on Valve’s statement.
