Good Friday Apple Arcade Drop

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.

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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.