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Apple Arcade Game Subscription Service Coming With 100+ Titles

Apple Arcade will allow you to stream games across iOS, macOS, and Apple TV. But if you don't have a great internet connection, you'll be able to download the games and play them offline.

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Apple's take on game streaming, Apple Arcade, will arrive this fall with more than 100 "new and exclusive" titles you won't find elsewhere.

At least one of the titles will be a Sonic the Hedgehog racing game from Sega, which Cupertino teased during a Monday event. A Zelda-like game called Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm was also shown.

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Apple Arcade will allow iOS, Mac and Apple TV owners to stream the games across their hardware. If you don't have a great internet connection, you'll be able to download games and play them offline.

Apple Arcade will also feature titles from Disney, Lego, and Konami. Other games teased in Monday's announcement include those from lesser-known developers Mistwalker, Sumo Digital, and Raw Fury.

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Apple Arcade will appear as a new tab in the App Store; like Apple Music, editors will offer recommendations. Many of the games will also be compatible with physical game controllers.

"Paid games are often critically acclaimed and beloved by the people who play them, but competing with free is hard, so even the best of these games have only reached a smaller audience. With the simplicity of a single subscription, Apple Arcade will bring games like these to the App Store's more than 1 billion gaming customers," Apple said in a statement.

Rivals like Google and Microsoft are creating their own cloud gaming services as a way to bring the most graphically intense games to hardware that wouldn't normally be able to run them. With Apple Arcade, you'll be able to download and play games offline, which suggests the service is more of a new business model.

Apple didn't mention pricing for Apple Arcade, but the company stressed it won't come at the cost of your privacy. Games over Apple Arcade will not be able to collect your personal information or track your details unless you given them explicit consent to do so.

In addition, games on Apple Arcade are barred from selling downloadable content. "Since every game includes access to the full experience, including all game features, content and future updates, no additional purchases will be required," the company said.

The company intends on adding new titles to Apple Arcade once it launches. It'll be available in more than 150 countries.

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Michael Kan

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I've been a journalist for over 15 years. I got my start as a schools and cities reporter in Kansas City and joined PCMag in 2017, where I cover satellite internet services, cybersecurity, PC hardware, and more. I'm currently based in San Francisco, but previously spent over five years in China, covering the country's technology sector.

Since 2020, I've covered the launch and explosive growth of SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet service, writing 600+ stories on availability and feature launches, but also the regulatory battles over the expansion of satellite constellations, fights with rival providers like AST SpaceMobile and Amazon, and the effort to expand into satellite-based mobile service. I've combed through FCC filings for the latest news and driven to remote corners of California to test Starlink's cellular service.

I also cover cyber threats, from ransomware gangs to the emergence of AI-based malware. In 2024 and 2025, the FTC forced Avast to pay consumers $16.5 million for secretly harvesting and selling their personal information to third-party clients, as revealed in my joint investigation with Motherboard.

I also cover the PC graphics card market. Pandemic-era shortages led me to camp out in front of a Best Buy to get an RTX 3000. I'm now following how the AI-driven memory shortage is impacting the entire consumer electronics market. I'm always eager to learn more, so please jump in the comments with feedback and send me tips.

The Best Tech I've Had:

  • My first video game console: a Nintendo Famicom
  • I loved my Sega Saturn despite PlayStation's popularity.
  • The iPod Video I received as a gift in college
  • Xbox 360 FTW
  • The Galaxy Nexus was the first smartphone I was proud to own.
  • The PC desktop I built in 2013, which still works to this day.

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