As part of its big push into subscription services today, Apple announced Apple Arcade. From the sound of things, it’s going to be a “Netflix for games” that lets users pay a monthly rate to play as many different participating games as they want. And from the sound of things, it’ll work on the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. For starters, more than 100 new and exclusive games will be included. It’ll live inside the App Store as its own dedicated tab, rather than launching as its own app.
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As with Apple News+, Apple Arcade works with family sharing — so you can buy once and share the service with your family. Once signed up, there are no ads and no additional purchases needed in any of these games. And to keep kids from playing too much, parental controls will be available inside the Screen Time tool in settings. And if you’re a frequent traveler, all these games will be available offline as well.
Apple says that it’s not only curating the games it offers in the Arcade, it’s also contributing to development costs and “working closely with creators” to bring these games forward. As for the studios involved, Apple cited Annapurna Interactive, Bossa Studios, Cartoon Network, Finji, Giant Squid, Klei Entertainment, Konami, LEGO, Mistwalker Corporation, SEGA, Snowman and ustwo as its first development partners.
When Apple Arcade is ready, it’ll launch in more than 150 markets, but it won’t be out until this fall. At this point, there aren’t any pricing details, either — we’ll, unfortunately, have to wait a while to try this out.
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