Apple is expanding its presence in the video games industry with its own game subscription service called Apple Arcade–designed to provide access to a variety of titles that will be accessible on mobile, desktop, or in the living room. Unlike Google’s Stadia, Apple Arcade will not be a cloud streaming service.
Essentially, Apple’s service takes the form of a monthly subscription that provides unlimited access to a curated selection of paid titles on the App Store; it sounds sort of like Xbox Game Pass. Development partners include Sega, Konami, Disney, Sumo Digital, and Cartoon Network, among others, and more than 100 exclusive games will become part of the service. Additional games will also be added “all the time,” the company said, although an exact cadence for new releases was not shared.
Sumo Digital, part of the Sumo Group PLC (LON:SUMO) is an award-winning business providing creative and development services to the video games and entertainment industries, from studios in Sheffield, Newcastle, Nottingham, Pune (India) and Vancouver (Canada).
