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Apple TV HD review (2021): Why is this still a $149 thing?

Apple currently sells two Apple TV streaming devices, but only one of them makes sense. That would be the Apple TV 4K, which got a recent update that added a redesigned and much improved Siri Remote as well as a more modern A12 Bionic processor. The other is the Apple TV HD, which I’m reviewing here. …

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Verizon’s latest promotion: Free Apple Arcade and Google Play Pass with unlimited plans

Verizon already offers a Disney bundle and a 12-month subscription to Discovery Plus with its Play More and Get More plans. On Monday, the carrier is adding a new perk: a free 12-month subscription to Apple Arcade or Google Play Pass.  Both programs normally run $5 a month, with Apple’s subscription getting you access to over 180 games that can …

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Call it Apple Arcade 2.0, with 32 new games, NBA 2K21, Fantasian and classic reboots

Apple Arcade on Friday made its biggest upgrade since it first launched in the fall of 2019, adding 32 new games to its $5-a-month gaming service. That’s roughly a third as many games as the subscription service unveiled two years ago, and it also includes some new strategies in the types of games available on Arcade. The new catalog includes …

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Apple Arcade: Fantasian is Final Fantasy creator’s returns to nostalgic roots

Fantasian, the new mobile RPG from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and Mistwalker — and one of Apple Arcade’s most anticipated games — arrived Friday alongside Wonderbox from Aquiris and a slew of new games. Since it was teased at the gaming service’s release in 2019, fans have eagerly awaited news on a potential release. Not ones to disappoint, Sakaguchi …

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Apple Arcade finally releases Fantasian and Wonderbox

Apple Arcade had a big Friday. The $5-a-month gaming service released Fantasian — the new RPG from Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and Mistwalker — as well as Wonderbox: The Adventure Maker from Aquiris. Both games were announced during Apple Arcade’s launch in September 2019. The platform also added NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition. On top of that, the service unveiled another 30 …

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Cozy Grove on Apple Arcade: Animal Crossing, but make it haunted

Animal Crossing: New Horizons was a comfort blanket for many at the onset of the pandemic. Players took solace in simple tasks like fishing, catching bugs and visiting each other’s islands. While I didn’t jump on the bandwagon and invest in a Nintendo Switch, I did check the “lite” version of Animal Crossing, the mobile app Pocket Camp. While it was …

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Hitchhiker, a road trip into your own mysterious past, is cruising into Apple Arcade soon

Hitchhiker — a new mystery game from Versus Evil and Mad About Pandas — is coming soon to Apple Arcade. In the game, you play as a hitchhiker with no memory of your past or your destination. By catching rides with five strangers across a landscape of rolling hills, you must try and figure out who you are as well as …

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New Apple Arcade game SP!NG is ‘a stress ball for your brain’

Apple Arcade on Friday added SP!NG from SMG Studio to its continuously growing catalog of games. Described as “a stress ball for your brain,” SP!NG is a physics-based game that lets you flow through hundreds of hand-crafted levels with just one touch as you collect crystals. You can try your hand at SP!NG this weekend across iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple …

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New adapter tech gives mobile gaming a desktop

Mobile gaming through platforms like Apple Arcade and Google Stadia has been slow to compete with traditional consoles like the Playstation 5 and the Xbox Series X. But a new keyboard and mouse adaptor from Kaliber Gaming and IOGEAR aim to change that.  The KeyMander 2 Mobile is a keyboard and mouse adapter for mobile devices like the iPhone, iPad …

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Puzzle game Lumen lights up on Apple Arcade

Apple Arcade on Friday added Lumen, a new light-based game from Lykke Studios, to its catalog of over 145 games. Lykke also created the meditative watercolor game Tint that’s available on Apple Arcade. You can try your hand at Lumen this weekend across iPhone, iPad, Mac, iPod Touch and Apple TV.  See at App Store In Lumen, when you open a mysterious …

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