Apple Arcade: This is how the game service works
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Apple Arcade is the name of the new game service that will be launched in September 2019. Apple promises access to over 100 games with the subscription. These can not only be played on the iPhone, but also on other devices.
This is how Apple Arcade works
The game service Apple Arcade was presented at the keynote in September 2019. We have collected all important information for you.
- Start: Apple Arcade officially starts on September 19, 2019. Initially, access is only possible from the iPhone. On September 30, iPad and Apple TV will be added and in October the game service will also be available on the Mac.
- Trial month : You can test the game service for a month for free. After that, the subscription is automatically extended to the paid version.
- Pricing: Apple Arcade costs € 4.99 per month after the trial period. The subscription is a family license that can be used with a family of 6 people with their own iCloud account.
- Games: Around 50 games are available to start with. An overview of which games are already included can be found below. Over the course of the fall, Apple plans to offer a total of over 100 games.
- Offline mode: The games can be downloaded and played offline at any time without an internet connection.
- Devices: You can play on your iPhone with iOS 13, iPad, Mac or Apple TV. The peculiarity is that you can switch between the individual devices at any time. Your saves are automatically synchronized.
- Controller: If you want to play on the Apple TV, you need a controller. You can use the Xbox Wireless Controller or the wireless PlayStation 4 controller. Both are compatible with Apple TV.
- Advertising: In contrast to several games from the App Store, the arcade games do not display any advertisements and you do not have to make in-app purchases.
- Security: According to Apple, you decide which personal data you want to share. So that children can also use Arcade without problems, there is a child lock and a screen time can be activated.
- Cancel: If you don't like the game service, you can cancel it at any time. To prevent the subscription from being renewed for another month, you must have canceled the day before the renewal date.
You can play these games
The following games are currently available on Apple Arcade:
- Agent Intercept (PikPok)
- Assemble With Care (usTwo)
- ATONE: Heart of the Elder Tree (Wildboy Studios)
- BattleSky Brigade: Harpooner (Battlebrew)
- Big Time Sports (Frosty Pop)
- Bleak Sword (Devolver Digital)
- Card of Darkness (Zach Gage)
- Cardpocalypse (Versus Evil)
- Cat Quest II (The Gentlebros)
- Cricket Through the Ages (Devolver Digital)
- Dead End Job (Headup)
- Dear Reader (Local No. 12)
- Dodo Peak (Moving Pieces)
- Don't bug me! (Frosty Pop)
- Down in Bermuda (Yak & Co)
- Dread Nautical (Zen Studios)
- Earth Night (Cleaversoft)
- Exit the Gungeon (Devolver Digital)
- Explottens (Werplay Priv.)
- Frogger in Toy Town (Konami)
- Grindstone (Capybara Games)
- Hexaflip: The Action Puzzler (Rogue Games)
- Hot Lava (Klei Entertainment)
- Jenny Leclue (Mografi)
- King's League II (Kurechii)
- LEGO Brawls (LEGO)
- Lifeslide (Block Zero Games)
- Mini Motorways (Dinosaur Polo Club)
- Murder Mystery Machine (Blazing Griffin)
- Mutazione (The Good Factory)
- Neo Cab (Surprise Attack Games)
- Oceanhorn 2 (Cornfox & Bros)
- Operator 41 (Shifty Eye Games)
- Outlanders (Pomelo Games)
- Overland (Finji)
- Over the Alps (Stave Studios)
- Patterned (Borderleap)
- Projection: First Light (Blowfish Studios)
- Punch Planet (Block Zero Games)
- Rayman Mini (Ubisoft)
- Red Reign (Ninja Kiwi)
- Sayonara Wild Hearts (Annapurna)
- Shantae and the Seven Sirens (WayForward Technologies)
- Shinsekai Into the Depths (Capcom)
- Skate City (Snowman)
- Sneaky Sasquatch (Rac7 Games)
- Spaceland (Tortuga Team)
- Speed Demons (Radiangames)
- Spec (Rac7 Games)
- Spelldrifter (Free Range Games)
- Spidersaurs (WayForward)
- Stellar Commanders (Blindflug Studios)
- Stranded Sails (Shift Eye Games)
- Tangle Tower (SFB Games)
- The Enchanted World (Noodlecake Studios)
- The Get Out Kids (Frosty Pop)
- The Pinball Wizard (Frosty Pop)
- Tint. (Lykke Studios)
- Towaga: Among Shadows (Sunnyside Games)
- Various Daylife (Square Enix)
- Way of the Turtle (Illusion Labs)
- WHAT THE GOLF? (The Label)
- Where Cards Fall (Snowman)
- Word Laces (Minimega)
In addition to Apple Arcade, the iOS 13 operating system and the new iPhone were also presented at the keynote in September 2019. In the next post we will show you all the new functions of the Apple iPhone 11.