If you are a fan of video games, you probably know that mobile gaming is no longer a niche market. In fact, it’s now the largest segment of the video game industry, and it’s only getting bigger. According to different reports, mobile games generated more than $90 billion in revenue in 2020, accounting for 49%…
Matt Booty confirms Xbox’s focus is on other emerging markets. After many years, Apple made the decision to move into AR technology. Thanks to this, both the nascent AR and VR technology markets have been stirred. The focus of many users shifted to one of the most important companies in the gaming industry, Microsoft. Already…
Apple Arcade was in the news this week. First, 2K Games announced that NBA 2K23 Arcade Edition is coming soon to Apple Arcade. We also reported that Horizon Chase 2 just launched on Apple Arcade. We want to hear from you! Are you subscribed to Apple Arcade? Do you play on iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, or Mac?…
Play your favorite games with the Joy-Con and Nintendo Switch Pro controllers on your iPhone or iPad. Apple’s WWDC 2022 was full of announcements. For many, it was a difficult conference to follow because it was “boring.” Still, there is no denying that it was a conference full of Apple ecosystem announcements – ranging from…
Apple announced today that it is discontinuing the iPod. Before there was an iPhone, there was the iPod. Now that legendary product line is about to go out of production as Apple is discontinuing the iPod Touch with its latest iteration. “Music has always been part of our core at Apple, and bringing it to…
Experience the Lego Star Wars: Castaways multiplayer adventure exclusively on Apple Arcade. Lego Star Wars: Castaways, a new Apple Arcade-exclusive Lego game, is now available, according to Gameloft. Lego Star Wars: Castaways is the newest game to be released on Apple’s famous game subscription service, which provides unlimited access to a growing selection of more…
PS5 owners can now download an Apple Music app on Sony’s next-gen console. According to the official PlayStation Blog: Starting today, PS5 users with an Apple Music subscription can enjoy more than 90 million songs from Apple Music, tens of thousands of curated playlists, music videos in 4K, Apple Music Radio streaming today’s hits, classics,…
NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition is bringing authentic action optimized exclusively for Apple devices. 2K today released a trailer for NBA 2K22 Arcade Edition, a new edition of the title based on the game’s existing mobile version, NBA 2K Mobile, which has been optimized to the maximum for high performance and will be available only for…
We all know about the TV and video game console marriage. They are like Siamese twins. This is often a problem, in case you live in crowded houses. You may have to leave your games so that the rest can watch TV. Another issue could be when in the middle of the game, we cannot…
The popular survival city-building sim Frostpunk is out now on Mac OS. The much-anticipated Mac version of the game will also be available as Frostpunk: Complete Edition, which includes three expansions. Alongside its release on macOS, three expansions are available now as well. Two of the expansions broaden the lore and story of the Frostpunk universe and one…
The 2.5D JRPG Azure Saga: Pathfinder launches today for iOS devices. It retails for $3.99 on the App Store. The game features an isometric perspective and an intergalactic storyline about family, friendships, love, and loss. The developer says that the game “thoroughly modernizes” traditional turn-based combat. Here’s a description of the story from the developer: Far…
If you missed the news yesterday, Apple removed Fortnite from the App Store after Epic Games implemented its own in-game payment system. In response, Epic is suing Apple. For its part, the Open Markets Institute is supporting Epic’s fight challenging Apple’s App Store monopoly. The Verge has done excellent reporting on this, so I recommend…
In a somewhat unusual statement, Microsoft complains about Apple’s policies on the App Store. Specifically, Apple is preventing iOS users from using Xbox Game Pass. For some context, Microsoft released a beta version of its game streaming service, Project xCloud, on Android and iOS. This allows gamers to play Xbox games on their smartphones and…
Google is offering a 30-day free trial of Google Play Pass for new users. If you haven’t heard of it, Google Play Pass was released last September as Google’s Android equivalent of the Apple Arcade. Play Pass gives subscribers access to a catalog of games over 350 games and apps that are completely unlocked and ad-free….
When Apple Arcade launched earlier this fall, the subscription service cost $4.99 a month. Now Apple is also introducing a $49.99 annual subscription option. If you were to pay monthly, Apple Arcade would come to $59.88 a year. In comparison, the new annual subscription option will save you $10. Or put another way, for the…
Sega has quietly released two new games in long-standing franchises. Sonic Racing and ChuChu Rocket! Universe are the company’s offerings for the just-launched Apple Arcade service. ChuChu Rocket! is something of a cult favorite. The game debuted on Dreamcast as the first online game for that platform. This year marks the ChuChu Rocket! franchise’s and…
Apple’s new game subscription service, Apple Arcade, is now available for iOS 13 Beta users. The service officially goes live for all users on Thursday, offering up an all-you-can-game smorgasbord of games to play on your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV for $4.99 a month. So far, there are nearly 60 games available, and…
Apple is the latest tech giant to jump into gaming head first. Just one week after Google unveiled its Stadia streaming service, Apple revealed the Apple Arcade game subscription service. Unlike Stadia – which requires a speedy internet connection to stream games to existing phones, tablets, and other supported devices – the Apple Arcade requires…
