Premium games section headed to App Store? free download

Premium games section headed to App Store?

According to PG.biz, Apple is set to add a “premium games section” to the App Store which will offer games for the iPhone and the iPod Touch for about $19.99 USD.

The section will be open to a restricted number of large publishers such as Electronics Arts, and would set the iPhone apart in the smartphone market as a “serious gaming” handheld.

Most games in the App Store currently come from low budget publishers or casual coders, and many sell for 99 cents to $9.99 USD. Apple recently noted that the store had hit a half billion downloads and was home to 15,000 applications.

Apple has not confirmed the report, and neither has any large publisher, but PocketGamer believes Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) would be a likely launch date.

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