Apple introduced which new video games it’s including to its Arcade subscription service in January. It’s launching 4 new titles on the service this month, together with some of the attention-grabbing choices from Sport Freak and a brand new visible novel chapter. All video games launch on a Friday, with the primary one debuting tomorrow on January 6.
The primary recreation, which launches this week, is the most recent episode in visible novel Episode: Select Your Story. Referred to as Episode XOXO, it debuts with 5 new tales. Subsequent week, it’s adopted by Illustrated, a puzzler that mixes mind teasers with jigsaw puzzles. Every puzzles provides the participant info on the artist who created the picture.
Maybe essentially the most attention-grabbing entry is Pocket Card Jockey: Journey On!, a weird racing/card recreation from Pokémon developer Sport Freak. Initially launched on the 3DS in 2013, Journey On! sees customers play Solitaire whereas their chosen steed races. The end result of the cardboard recreation determines their placement. Sport Freak have additionally remade a number of the recreation’s scenes in 3D. Journey On! launches on Apple Arcade on January 20.
To wrap up the month, Apple launches physics puzzler Squiggle Drop, by which customers resolve puzzles by making a single form. Apple additionally revealed that it launched 50 Originals on Arcade in 2022 and over 300 updates. Final yr’s winner for Arcade recreation of the yr was fantasy life sim Wylde Flowers.
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