Apple today announced Apple Arcade,
a game subscription service that will feature over 100 new and
exclusive games, including original releases from renowned creators
Hironobu Sakaguchi, Ken Wong, Will Wright and dozens more. Apple Arcade
games will redefine games and be curated based on originality, quality,
creativity, fun and their appeal to players of all ages. Apple Arcade
will give customers the freedom to try any game from its handpicked
collection of titles that are all-you-can-play, have no ads, ad tracking
or additional purchases, and respect user privacy.
The App Store is the
world’s most successful and vibrant gaming platform with nearly 300,000
free and paid games. Free games, supported by advertising or in-app
purchases, are enjoyed by hundreds of millions of players around the
world. Paid games are often critically acclaimed and beloved by the
people who play them, but competing with free is hard, so even the best
of these games have only reached a smaller audience. With the simplicity
of a single subscription, Apple Arcade will bring games like these to
the App Store’s more than 1 billion gaming customers. Apple Arcade is
the perfect complement to the already enormously popular catalog of free
games on the App Store, making iOS the premier gaming platform for
players of all ages.
Apple is not just
handpicking the games in Apple Arcade, but also contributing to the
development costs and working closely with creators to bring the games
to life. Made by some of the most critically acclaimed game developers
in the world, Apple Arcade games will entertain customers with
incredibly fun gameplay and immersive stories, while capturing
imaginations with original art and music. The service will feature games
from Annapurna Interactive, Bossa Studios, Cartoon Network, Finji,
Giant Squid, Klei Entertainment, Konami, LEGO, Mistwalker Corporation,
SEGA, Snowman, ustwo games and dozens more.
“The App Store is the
world’s biggest and most successful game platform. Now we are going to
take games even further with Apple Arcade, the first game subscription
service for mobile, desktop and the living room,” said Phil Schiller,
Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “We are working
with some of the most innovative game developers in the world to create
over 100 new and exclusive games to play across iPhone, iPad, Mac and
Apple TV. Apple Arcade games will be great for families, respect user
privacy and will not have ads or require any additional purchases. We
think players of all ages are going to love Apple Arcade.”
Apple Arcade will
introduce an innovative way to access a collection of brand new games
that will not be available on any other mobile platform or in any other
subscription service. Rather than pay up front for each game, a
subscription to Apple Arcade will give players the opportunity to try
any game in the service without risk. Since every game includes access
to the full experience, including all game features, content and future
updates, no additional purchases will be required. Every game will be
playable offline, and many games will offer support for game
controllers. Because subscribers can play Apple Arcade games across
iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, they can pick up where they left off in a
game, even if they switch devices. New games will be added to the
service on a regular basis.
Apple Arcade
will launch in autumn 2019 in more than 150 countries from a new tab on
the App Store across iOS, macOS and tvOS. Developers interested in
being considered for Apple Arcade should visit developer.apple.com/uk/apple-arcade.
Apple.com
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