There’s something for everyone on Apple Arcade. Brain teasers, magical quests, endless runners, sports games, beloved classics, and more — with new amazing games and updates added every week. Apple’s subscription gaming service has taken hold and it continues to grow.
CNET has published an interview with Matt Fischer, Apple’s vice president of the App Store about Apple Arcade.
As for one of the biggest knocks against the service — that it doesn’t have a flagship exclusive game like Halo on Xbox and Mario on Nintendo — Fischer says Apple sees a lot of potential in Sneaky Sasquatch from RAC7, one of the service’s top games, with a rating of 4.9 out of 5 stars. In the game, players explore campsites — undetected by the cranky park ranger or other campers —and fill their backpack with picnic leftovers for themselves and other animals. Since its launch with the service in 2019, Sneaky Sasquatch has received multiple updates expanding the game’s world with features like careers, vacation spots and vehicles options for Sasquatch.
In 2023, Arcade subscribers can expect more improvements to the service — potentially another big platform refresh like we saw in April 2021, which led to the release of 32 games along with better library organization. Arcade will also likely keep adding larger, more console-style, graphics-intensive games like NBA 2K23 as Apple improves the capabilities of its iPhones, iPads and Mac computers.
“We were defining a new category with the first gaming subscription service for mobile, desktop and living room, and challenged ourselves to launch with 100 brand new titles that would capture the quality and fun that we wanted the service to represent,” Matt Fischer, Apple’s vice president of the App Store, told CNET in an exclusive email interview.
MacDailyNews Take: Do you use Apple Arcade? If so, what’s your favorite Apple Arcade game?
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
I have two faves: Fantasian and Manifold Garden.
LifeLike
Works on phone and TV, a device not mentioned in the piece
MDN is the Sneaky Sasquatch of the tech world, putting as much leftover content into its backpack as possible.
El oh el. Apple Arcade is most certainly not working. Call me when they add AAA games and not leftover iOS shovelware
More importantly, my 12 year old thinks all the games are ‘rubbish’
I think overall it’s a decent service but it’s not one I would actively recommend to others. It’s part of my Apple One package but if not for that, I could live without it.
However, being a long time gamer, I do think Apple could change that by including an additional service called Apple Retro Arcade. Emulated classic arcade games packaged within a simple interface similar to what Atari just did with their fantastic Atari 50 compilation. Apple certainly has the resources to offer companies like Capcom, Namco, Sega et al attractive deals for the rights to their classic games. Personally, I’m tired of messing with emulators/ROMS and would love for Apple to offer a simple and legal solution to accessing to these classic games.