Apple Arcade gaming subscription coming Sept. 19 for $4.99/month
Frogger in Toy Town puts the classicarcade character into a new overhead platforming world.
Months after Apple Arcade was first unveiled, Apple announced today that the all-you-can-play service will launch on Sept. 19 in "over 150 countries.
The service will be price of $4.99 per month for a family subscription serving up to six people, and a one-month free trial will be available. That subscription provides access to over 100 games across iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, Apple says, all of which feature no ads or in-app purchases and are all playable offline with a single subscription. New games will be added to the selection monthly.
At the keynote, Apple highlighted three specific games that will be available on the service. Konami's Frogger in Toy Town is an isometric platform game reminiscent of the best-selling series for the original PlayStation. Capcom's Shinsekai: Into the Depths promises what Apple calls "console-quality graphics and gameplay" in a "beautiful but treacherous underwater world." And Annapurna's Sayonara Wild Hearts was described as a "playable music video" featuring a jet bike tilting through obstacles at high speeds in time to the soundtrack.
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