8 games we can’t wait to play on Apple Arcade

Apple Arcade has has amassed nearly 200 games in its catalog since its launch in 2019. The subscription service has won long-awaited titles Fantastic by Mistwalker and Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi, as well as NBA 2K21 Arcade Edition, one of the service’s biggest headlines to date. You can also play remastered classics from the App Store like Angry Birds: Reloaded and Alto’s Odyssey: The Lost City. There are plenty of remastered games already available in the App Store, but they could include in-app purchases or ads.

Even after a busy first half of 2021, there are still more classics and new titles to come.

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Here are all the games we can’t wait to play on Apple Arcade.

Asphalt 8: Airborne

Developer: Gameloft

Asphalt 8: Airborne is a new physics-based racing game for Apple Arcade. Improve your virtual driving skills as you get behind the wheel of over 240 stylish vehicles like Ferraris, Ducatis, Lamborghini. Race over 50+ tracks, earn rewards, and try out hundreds of career events, challenges, and game modes. Asphalt 8: Airborne is already available in the App Store, but you’ll encounter in-app purchases.

Baldo

Developer: NAPS team

Embark on a new adventure in this RPG inspired by the Zelda games and the Studio Ghibli franchise. Stay true to the main story or embark on side quests, explore dungeons, solve puzzles, and meet a group of unique characters in a hand-drawn open world. Baldo is scheduled for release on Apple Arcade on August 27.

Monster Hunter Stories

Developer: Capcom

The world is filled with monsters and while most of the world stalks them, a quiet village instead bonds with the beasts and people become Monster Riders. Become a Rider, make friends with the “Monsties” and go on new adventures in this RPG. The game is already available in the App Store, but you will come across some in-app purchases. Monster Hunter Stories is due out on Apple Arcade on August 6.

Proxi

Developers: Will Wright and Gallium Artists

Proxi is an AI simulation game of The sims creator Will Wright. The game is built from the player’s memories, using them as building blocks in the 3D world. Instead of creating a city or a house, like a player would in The Sims, Proxi models the brain. You can store memories and millions of interconnected concepts, according to the website.

Super jump day

Developer: Nitrome

Super Leap Day is a colorful, one-button action platformer coming to Apple Arcade. Super Leap Day is scheduled for Apple Arcade on August 6.

Super Stickman Golf 3

Developer: Noodle cake

This new golf game features multiple courses, bonuses, different game modes, collectibles “and more”. What the Golf and Clap Hanz Golf fans might enjoy. The game is already available in the App Store, but you will come across some in-app purchases. Super Stickman Golf 3 is due out on Apple Arcade on August 6.

Tetris Beat

Developer: N3twork

Tetris Beat infuses music and rhythmic mechanics into the classic Russian game.

Word web

Developer: Aran & Adriaan

Fans of traditional Sunday morning crosswords, Dear Reader, and Apple Arcade’s SpellTowers, might enjoy this new word game from indie developers Aran Koning and Adriaan de Jongh.

You can get a three month free trial of Apple Arcade when you buy a new Apple device, or one month free if you sign up for the first time. To try out the service, open the App Store and tap the small joystick icon at the bottom of the screen. the Apple One The subscription offer was also launched last year, making it easier and more affordable to get up to six Apple subscription services, including Apple Arcade, for one price. Apple Arcade also recently partnered with Verizon to offer a free one-year subscription with unlimited plans.