Most likely, in the next Keynote of those from Cupertino, with no specific date yet, Apple to announce its new gaming platform, Apple Arcade, and this week we found out that Tim Cook Signs Xbox Co-Founder For Apple Arcade: Nat Brown.
This platform, which is already well advanced in development, and which will be launched in the autumn of this year, will have more than 100 new and exclusive games. To collaborate on it Apple has hired Brown, one of the creators of Xbox and ex-Valve engineer.
As indicated Variety, Brown shared the news on Twitter, announcing their new collaboration with Apple this week. He comments: "I look forward to continuing to work on my goals by focusing on all graphics applications and working with all of you designing graphics for Apple 🙂 systems."
After working at Microsoft collaborating on the design and development of the Xbox console, Brown has held several important positions in the technology industry, becoming Vice President of Technology at Myspace. Lately, I was working on Valve's VR team.
Brown has always worked developing platforms and systems for video games. Without clearly specifying what his new role will be collaborating with Apple, it is not difficult to think that he will fully enter the Apple Arcade projects, Arkite, and possibly, in the development of virtual reality glasses rumored to be released in 2020.
He has also pointed out that will work on various Apple platforms, especially Apple Arcade and its new gaming service on iOS, iPadOS, macOS and tvOS. He adds: “AR / VR games and push apps are very complicated. Platforms for these types of games have to be designed very well, making them more powerful for all types of software. Often the development of systems for games, derives in new UX concepts, new GPU chips, which in the end drive completely new solutions like AI / ML ”.
It's certainly welcome news that professionals like Brown are joining the Apple team. Will we see a Counter-Strike for Apple TV? It would be cool.