Old-school
Khai’s 2021 Mobile Game of the Year: Fantasian
The Apple Arcade-exclusive is editor Khai Trung Le’s mobile game of 2021.
Making Of
How Lego Star Wars: Castaways was built "from the ground up" for Apple Arcade
Gameloft Montreal's Lee Kaburis and Jacques Durand discuss the challenges of working with a beloved franchise
Wicket Replaces Wilson
Gameloft to launch Lego Star Wars: Castaways on Apple Arcade
Arrives exclusively on November 19th
Making Of
How LEGO Star Wars Battles was reinvented brick by brick
TT Games Brighton studio head Jason Avent talks iteration
Making Of
How World of Demons was summoned from an unreleased mobile game
"I gave it my all, right up until the end..."
Top 20 Partnerships
Top 20 Apple Arcade partnerships
From Sonic Racing and Oceanhorn 2 to Sayonara Wild Hearts and Layton's Mystery Journey
Reality Bites
Apple removes Rosie's Reality from Apple Arcade after dev becomes unable to support game
"We're focusing our efforts on different topics…"
The Big Apple
Monster Hunter Stories pushes Apple Arcade to over 200 games
Service launched on September 19th, 2019
All You Can Play
Netflix rumoured to be considering a game subscription service
Expansion into non-linear content?
Indie Spotlight
Why Apple Arcade brought Spry Fox CEO David Edery back to mobile
"I'm glad Apple is making a major effort"
Making Of
How Gameloft looked to capture the spirit of the original Oregon Trail
"We had always envisioned this as an Apple Arcade exclusive"
Making Of
How Super Monkey Ball and Zelda: Four Swords inspired Marble Knights
Austin Ivansmith dives into the Apple Arcade exclusive
More Games!
Apple Arcade expands with 30 new games
Now offers more than 180 titles
Indie Spotlight
"Success is in the harmony of making something valuable and being happy with the process"
Studio FiftyTwo co-founders discuss partnering with Apple Arcade
Making Of
Nuts - A Surveillance Mystery designer Jonatan Van Hove on seeing a game world through a different lens
Noodlecake Studios published the Apple Arcade and Switch title
Making Of
Alba: A Wildlife Adventure's journey to plant one million trees around the world
"We’ve already planted over 450,000 trees so we’re almost halfway there!"
Pgc Digital
PGC Digital: Understanding player motivation
"I think the future of audience demographics is going to rely more on personality"
Indie Spotlight
How Apple Arcade's Secret Oops started life as a PlayLink game for PlayStation
"AR technology was progressing very fast back then and we were fascinated by the shared experience capabilities"
Switching It Up
Bringing Breath of the Wild-inspired Oceanhorn 2 to Nintendo Switch
"I will always remember the nice email we got from Nintendo"
Making Of
Inspired by Jet Set Radio, Apple Arcade racer Warp Drive brought composer Hideki Naganuma onboard
"We were thrilled when he agreed"
Making Of
How Apple 'featuring' helped The First Tree rival sales to PS4 and Xbox One on iOS
"Having a powerful ending can help people look past the flaws so much easier"
Making Of
How a trip to Antarctica helped bring authenticity to South of the Circle
We speak to State of Play Games co-founder Luke Whittaker regarding the development of South of the Circle on Apple Arcade
Indie Spotlight
Q-Games founder Dylan Cuthbert on the allure of Apple Arcade
"We are developing another Apple Arcade title"
Making Of
The adventure of developing Slash Quest for Apple Arcade
"As much as I loved the talent everyone brought to the project, expanding the team was a big challenge to overcome"
What A Sneak
Apple names Sneaky Sasquatch as Apple Arcade Game of the Year
Genshin Impact picked up iPhone Game of the Year
Breath Of The Who?
The Pathless: From Abzû to Apple Arcade headliner to launch
Giant Squid founder and creative director Matt Nava details the four-year journey
Indie Spotlight
How John Evelyn ended up making a hand-drawn, first-person adventure for Apple Arcade
"I’ve been working more hours than I would ever encourage other people too."
All About Survival
The Escapists universe expands as The Survivalists hits Apple Arcade
Various Apple Arcade games have recently recieved updates
Walk The Path
Annapurna Interactive launches The Pathless for Apple Arcade on November 12th
It was first announced for the service one year ago
Making Of
How Mega Man inspired Apple Arcade title Fallen Knight
"To be honest, we greatly underestimated the amount of work needed to be done."
All In One
Apple to roll all services into one subscription
Apple One will have a starting price of $14.95 per month
Arcade Anniversary
Apple Arcade is a "welcome alternative to the free-to-play title", says Sega Hardlight's Neall Jones
Sonic Racing and ChuChu Rocket both launched with Apple Arcade
Arcade Anniversary
How Apple Arcade helped Grindstone find an audience
"We got reviews on nearly every major site, print magazines and newspapers"
Making Of
How a Global Game Jam lead to the creation of The Lullaby of Life on Apple Arcade
"We had no experience of building a game that could be played on different devices"
Apple Arcade Debut
Hello Games' Sean Murray talks the "emotional rollercoaster" of shipping a game and how The Last Campfire came to light
"As challenges go, I don't think you can get much bigger than Covid-19"
Arcade Anniversary
Frosty Pop's Faisal Sethi is confident Apple Arcade is going nowhere but up
"The five titles we launched would not have had the same success"
Grindstone To A Halt
Opinion: One year on, Apple Arcade is still great but it's lost momentum
Set to celebrate one-year anniversary on September 19th, 2020
Night And Day
Indie Spotlight: Why Cleaversoft founder Rich Siegel thinks going console first is the best route to mobile
"If we had finished one year later, E3 would have been cancelled and EarthNight would not have reached even a fraction of its current audience"
Above And Beyond
Making Of: Revolution co-founder Charles Cecil details why a sequel to Beneath a Steel Sky took 26 years to get made
"The game has kept the most extraordinary level of enthusiasm and became a cult adventure game"
Switching Allegiances
Capybara Games' Grindstone is the latest Apple Arcade exclusive to jump to Switch
Joined by Takeshi & Hiroshi and Manifold Garden
Apple Arcade
Indie Spotlight: How Amanita Design's Radim Jurda created the prototype for Creaks as his diploma thesis
"The games that have impacted me the most are usually indie games"
Bringing Back The Dodo
Indie Spotlight: How Moving Pieces pitched Dodo Peak for Apple Arcade
"I think what's really exciting about mobile games right now is that the line is blurring between mobile gaming and games in general"
Legend Of The Skyfish 2
Indie Spotlight: Crescent Moon Games founder Josh Presseisen on pitching to Apple Arcade as a publisher
"I think premium has really died for most developers over the past few years"
Doomsday Preppers
Indie Spotlight: Flightless' John O'Reilly and Greg Harding on building Doomsday Vault from the "ground up" for Apple Arcade
"Getting to where we are now has been a long path with many ups and downs"
From New Zealand With Love
Making Of: Agent Intercept's race to Apple Arcade
"We expect we will always hold a focus on mobile"
Change It Up
Apple reportedly cancels contracts with Arcade developers as it shakes up its strategy
"Apple Arcade has redefined what a gaming service can be"
Winding Worlds
Indie Spotlight: Why KO_OP believes Apple Arcade is the perfect introduction for non-gamers
KO_OP art director and game designer Sam Boucher on the forming of the studio
Tales Of Memo
Indie Spotlight: How a school maths assignment inspired Tales of Memo
"The game originated from a conversation I had with my daughter"
Back From The Brink
Indie Spotlight: Efecto Studios CEO and co-founder Eivar Rojas Castro on bouncing back from closure
"It was a six-person team with no clients and no local industry"
Making Of
Making Of: How A Fold Apart used Lightning Rod Games co-founder Mark Laframboise's own long-distance relationship as its basis
"I was working at Disney Interactive/Playdom in California while my significant other was still living in Ontario, Canada"