{"id":100525,"date":"2019-09-20T15:49:04","date_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pockettactics.com\/articles\/ios-android-new-releases-september-20th-2019\/"},"modified":"2019-09-20T15:49:04","modified_gmt":"2019-09-20T15:49:04","slug":"the-weekender-lets-go-to-the-arcade-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/09\/20\/the-weekender-lets-go-to-the-arcade-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weekender: Let’s go to the Arcade Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Coming back from a holiday is always a bit of whirlwind of catch-up and trying to make sense of what happened while I was away. Turned out Apple Arcade happened, so now we have a whole new thing to look at and see what it brings to our favourite hobby. As essentially a friendlier home for premium games, I hoping we’ll see more of the games we really want flock back to iOS… although I know many have separate reservations about subscription models in general.<\/p>\n

Since I wasn’t back until Wednesday the first half of the week was still being ‘covered’, which is why we had a couple of older list refreshes we hadn’t seen in a while and some news. The later half of the week was rounding off some gaps I wanted to fill. Mario Kart Tour<\/em><\/a> is coming and we haven’t really talked about it much until this week, and then there was the Talisman<\/em> DLC<\/a> we missed out on from the end of August. Finally, I’m kinda digging Pokemon Masters<\/em> at the moment, so you’ll see me doing stuff there.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in mobile gaming…<\/p>\n

Apple Arcade<\/h2>\n

The biggest news this week doesn\u2019t have anything to do with a single game, but many. Apple\u2019s new premium subscription service Apple Arcade. It\u2019s now been released into the wild where you can get access to a wide range of games for just $4.99 usd a month. Apple have around 100 games already in place for launch, and we imagine more will come. I might even need to add a new section to this column covering new Apple Arcade releases.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve got Michael working on a new guide that\u2019ll sift through some of the Arcade\u2019s more desirable releases, but right off the bat you can get access to the likes of MiniMotorways<\/em> (Mini Metro<\/em> sequel), Cat Quest 2<\/em>, Beyond a Steel Sky<\/em> and Cardpocalypse, <\/em>to name but a few.<\/p>\n

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iOS 13<\/h2>\n

We thought we\u2019d also remind our iOS users of a bit of tech related news – iOS13 has also dropped. Anyone with an iPhone 6S or iPhone SE or newer phone will be able to get it.<\/p>\n

Updates for GameCenter, the ability to use console controllers, Dark mode and more are part of the update, so make sure you have a poke around when you can to see what\u2019s new. For the first time, this update is NOT being rolled out to iPads. Apple tablet devices are getting their own bespoke OS called \u2018iPadOS\u2019 which will have dedicated features – that\u2019s due to drop at the end of the month on September 30th.<\/p>\n

New Game App Releases<\/h2>\n

We\u2019re a little behind catching up on new game releases this week, so while there are a few things worth highlighting I haven\u2019t had a chance to take any of them for a spin or do a top-line overview. Still, these are the ones you should be interested in, and we\u2019ll endeavour to get full reviews and\/or in depth articles as soon as we can:<\/p>\n