![]() ![]() Of course, media buzz doesn't necessarily equal success, and neither Apple nor Netflix has made many details about individual games' performance public. Recently, Netflix Games have been generating more buzz among influencers and the press than what Apple has been putting out on Arcade. Games like Laya's Horizon are playable on the iPhone and downloadable via the App Store, but they require a Netflix subscription to play. That includes some that used to put their new games on Arcade, like Alto's Odyssey developer Snowman, which launched the new game Laya's Horizon via Netflix this week. There's also Netflix Games, which has rapidly grown over the past year and is pushing out titles from popular iOS developers. Advertisementįurther Reading Three years after launch, Apple Arcade loses 15 gamesApple Arcade is not the only game subscription service doing this, though. There were always good mobile games users just struggled to find them, and many threw their hands up and stopped trying after having too many bad experiences in the process. The service has recently seen more of a trickle, with one or a small handful of games popping up here and there.Īs in Apple Arcade's recent past, the content strategy here seems to be to try to take the best ideas and the best talent from the open App Store marketplace and leverage them to prove the idea that "mobile games are bad" is entirely wrong-in one part by curating for quality to counter mobile's signal-noise-ratio problem on that front, and in the other part to strip games of microtransactions-even in genres that were initially developed around that monetization model.Īpple correctly diagnosed that mobile games' reputation problem comes from users' inability to wade through a whole lot of bad games (whether they're bad because the content itself is bad or because monetization sabotages what would otherwise be a good experience) to find the good stuff. There are also a few updated versions of classic premium games from prior eras of iPhone gaming, like LIMBO, Kingdom Two Crowns, Farming Simulator 20, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, Temple Run, and Bennett Foddy's Getting Over It-think of those like Apple's equivalent of a TV-streaming service also offering episodes of classic TV shows like The Office or Star Trek.įurther Reading The hidden gems of Apple ArcadeIt's the biggest haul we've seen come out for Arcade in quite some time. The new games include (but aren't limited to) a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-branded battler titled TMNT Splintered Fate, a Disney-themed Scrabble-like game called Spellstruck developed in partnership with a Words With Friends co-creator, a city builder called Cityscapes: Sim Builder, and a follow-up to the Arcade smash hit What the Golf? titled What the Car? (If you haven't played What the Golf? yet, you probably should-it's available on other platforms now, too.) Apple has also bulked up the Apple Arcade games library with multiple Disney titles like Disney SpellStruck, Disney Coloring World+, and Disney Getaway Blast+.Apple Arcade is still around, and it's still a priority-at least, that's the message we imagine Apple's surprise launch of 20 new games on the same day seeks to send. This game by Paramount Global involves Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael in a co-op roguelike adventure.Īnother popular release will be the all-new What the Car? from the creators of What the Golf and What the Bat. With the latest update, the gaming subscription service is getting an exclusive TMNT Splintered Fate title from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe. The iPhone maker on Thursday announced the addition of 20 new titles to Apple Arcade's games library via a post on its newsroom site. Apple Arcade offers access for up to six family members without ads and in-app purchases. ![]() The other new games coming to the platform include popular App Store titles like Temple Run+, Playdead's LIMBO+, PPKP+, and more. The latest update also covers the exclusive launch of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-op title TMNT Splintered Fate. The 20 fresh titles added on Thursday include What the Car?, Disney SpellStruck, and Cityscapes: Sim Builder. Apple's subscription-based gaming service Arcade has now reached more than 200 total games on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV with the addition of 20 new games. ![]()
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