Apple announced a number of new Arcade games today. There are a number of classic titles, including Cut the Rope, Oregon Trail, Chameleon Run, Don’t Starve, Fruit Ninja, Monument Valley, and the excellent Threes.
I’m not sure if they were underwhelmed with the games developers were offering or if it was a negotiation all along, but almost all of these are phone-friendly games that found life in the touchscreen, casual-gaming era ushered in by the iPhone. Having sunk many nights on the sofa feeding Om Nom, I recently peeked at Cut the Rope for a dip into nostalgia, only to find that the game had flipped over to a subscription model. This is good news for Apple Arcade subscribers.