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Apple Arcade’s South of the Circle redefines the adventure game

South of the Circle, a new narrative adventure from State of Play Games, is coming to Apple Arcade’s growing catalog of over 135 games on Friday. You play as Peter, a Cambridge scholar, who finds himself stranded in the vast wasteland of Antarctica after a plane crash. While trying to survive and ultimately escape, Peter’s …

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Apple One is launching Friday, Tim Cook confirms

The Apple One service bundle is launching Friday, Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during the tech giant’s quarterly earnings report on Thursday. That confirmation came shortly after Apple CFO Luca Maestri revealed the news to Bloomberg in an interview, during which he also said Fitness Plus is coming later this quarter. Apple One bundles together multiple services from the company, including Apple Music, Apple TV Plus, Apple …

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Collage Atlas on Apple Arcade is the hopeful game we all need right now

Apple Arcade on Friday added The Collage Atlas, a new entirely hand-illustrated adventure game from John Evelyn and Robot House Games, to its growing catalog of over 130 games. The Collage Atlas is a first-person narrative that works like a picture book.  See at App Store While labeled in Apple Arcade as an adventure game, The Collage Atlas is almost …

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Apple Arcade’s Slash Quest is a feel

Apple Arcade on Friday added Slash Quest, a silly new adventure game from Green Pillow, Mother Gaia Studios and Noodlecake, to its growing catalog of over 130 games. Slash Quest thrusts you into the role of Shep, an unlikely knight, who comes across the Queen’s lost — and quite chatty — sword, Swordie. See at App Store Over 12 levels …

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The Survivalists on Apple Arcade lets you test your skills on a deserted island

On Friday, Apple Arcade added The Survivalists, a new adventure game from Team17, the venerable British studio behind Worms and more recently Overcooked. It’s a follow-up to the studio’s previous game The Escapists. The Survivalists joins Apple Arcade’s growing catalog of over 130 games.  See at App Store In The Survivalists, you find yourself shipwrecked on an island with no memory and scant …

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Apple Arcade one year later: Still delivering for casual gamers

Apple Arcade burst onto the mobile gaming scene in 2019 and made such an impression on me — a committed Android user — that I snagged a third-gen iPad Air on sale and subscribed.  Since the service’s release, it has amassed a catalog of over 130 new and exclusive games, and with the release of iOS 14, you can see …

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More than card tricks: How Where Cards Fall fits into Apple Arcade’s diverse set of games

This story is part of Tech for a Better World, stories about the diverse teams creating products, apps and services to improve our lives and society. At some time or another, we’ve all lain awake at night and replayed memories in our heads: That one great birthday, or the first time seeing the beach. Not all of them are good …

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Fantasy adventure game Marble Knights rolls onto Apple Arcade Friday

Apple Arcade on Friday added Marble Knights, a new fantasy adventure game from WayForward Technologies, to its growing catalog of over 130 games. Marble Knights joins Wayforward’s other games on the platform, Shantae and the Seven Sirens and Spidersaurs. See at App Store In Marble Knights, you play as one of the Knights of the Round on a quest to …

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Razer Kishi game controller comes to iPhones

On the heels of Apple’s halfhearted relaxation of its App Store rules to allow cloud gaming services, Razer has launched the iPhone-compatible version of its Kishi game controller for $100. (International prices aren’t currently available, but that’s approximately £80 or AU$140.) Similar to the $80 Android-compatible model the company shipped in June, the iPhone version is MFi-certified and will work with the …

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Apple Arcade’s World’s End Club is a dark, underwater anime fight for survival

Apple Arcade on Friday added World’s End Club, a new game from Japanese studio IzanagiGames, to its growing catalog of over 130 titles. In the game, a busload of ragtag students known as the Go-Getters Club are on a field trip when a mysterious meteor causes the bus to crash. See at App Store The kids awaken in a creepy …

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