Turn notifications on or off: In Settings, choose Notifications. Turning off Notifications disables all notifications for all apps.

Specify which notifications you want for Game Center: In Settings, choose Notifications > Game Center, then configure the Sounds, Alerts, and Badges settings. If Game Center doesn’t appear, turn on Notifications.

Set up Game Center information in your Apple account:

1Sign in to your Apple account by entering your username and password and tapping Sign In.

If you don’t have an Apple account, you can create one by tapping Create New Account.

2Tap Agree to accept the Game Center Terms & Conditions.

3Enter a nickname—the name others will see and know you by.

4Configure your Game Center settings:

ÂÂ To allow other users to invite you to play a game, leave Allow Game Invites turned on. Otherwise, tap to turn it off.

ÂÂ To allow other users to find you by your email address, leave Find Me By Email turned on. Otherwise, tap to turn it off.

ÂÂ Verify your account email. You can enter a different address if you don’t want to use the one from the Apple account you used to sign in. To confirm this address as yours, you’ll need to respond to the email that is sent to that address.

ÂÂ To add more email addresses that people can use to contact you in Game Center, tap Add Another Email.

5Tap Next when your account is configured.

Change account settings:

1Tap Me at the bottom of the screen, then tap your account banner.

2Tap View Account.

3Make your changes, then tap Done.

Sign in to a different account:

1Tap Me, then tap the account banner at the bottom of the screen.

2Tap Sign Out.

3Enter the username and password for the account you want to use, then tap Sign In.

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