Looking for new iPhone and iPad games to play? The App Store has plenty of games without ads and in-app purchases.
Apple Arcade is a great subscription option for families, though it’s not the only game in town. If you’re a Netflix subscriber, you’re also paying for a huge catalog of great iPhone and iPad games.
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Wikipedia has launched a daily historical facts game on iPhone called “Which came first?” The game is included in the latest version of Wikipedia’s iOS app starting today.
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Following the announcement that Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition would soon be coming to Mac gamers for the first time, the game is now available. Here are the details.
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Apple just sent press invites for the WWDC 2026 keynote, and the company has also unveiled the 30+ apps that are Apple Design Award finalists heading into this year’s conference. Here’s the full list.
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Apple has been pushing to expand Mac gaming in recent years, and a new high-profile title was recently announced: Age of Empires II is coming to macOS this month.
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Apple Arcade’s May lineup introduces four new titles today on the subscription gaming platform. Apple Arcade games have no ads and no in-app purchases.
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Apple Vision Pro will soon offer access to a lot more games than ever before, as visionOS is gaining a native Steam Link app. Here’s how you can start using the Steam Link beta today.
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Netflix has released a new iPhone and iPad app called Netflix Playground. Similar to Apple Arcade, the new Netflix Playground app includes ad-free games with no in-app purchase content.
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Update: Three more titles are now available on the service. Details below.
Apple Arcade’s April lineup will introduce three new titles to the subscription gaming platform. These include a couple of the most acclaimed indie games of the last few years.
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Meta has pulled the plug on its plan to, well, pull the plug on a big but unpopular part of its metaverse.
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Apple is attending this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco in an official capacity with three presentations on the calendar for March 11.
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Next week will be big for the Mac, with several new MacBooks launching. But another key moment is around the corner: Crimson Desert, a AAA game debuts next month with a day-one macOS release.
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Subway Surfers has been one of the most successful mobile games ever. And now its long-anticipated sequel—Subway Surfers City—is officially coming next month.
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iOS 26 introduces two brand new apps for iPhone users, one of which is called ‘Apple Games.’ Here’s what the Games app does, including recent iOS 26.2 updates.
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Update, November 18, 4:11 p.m. ET: The app is now available on the App Store. The original story follows below
Sony’s subsidiary Aniplex Inc. has made Resident Evil: Survival Unit available for pre-order on the App Store, ahead of its release. Way ahead, as it turns out. Here are the details.
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The iPhone is about to get another AAA console-quality game: Red Dead Redemption is launching on iOS in just a few weeks. Here are the details.
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iOS 26.2 is coming next month, and developer beta 2 just arrived today, highlighting three new improvements for Apple’s Games app.
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There are official ways to play Fortnite on a Mac, using one of three cloud gaming services. But you can also visit GitHub to install the real native mobile Fortnite on any Apple Silicon Mac …
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Recently, Backbone launched new Pink and Purple editions of their Pro and One controllers, with a focus on design and casual gaming.
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AirPods are always getting better, and iOS 26 recently added a bunch of new features. But a new game on the App Store, RidePods, takes AirPods in a unique and clever new direction as game controllers.
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Daily puzzle games are on the rise, including in Apple News+. And another new game just arrived on the App Store that pairs daily puzzles with cuteness and chill vibes: Pokémon Friends is here.
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Apple Arcade is getting four new games next month, with Play-Doh World topping the bill. Apple says this and the other games will be available from August 7.
The other new titles are Worms Across Worlds, the latest addition to the Worms franchise; the 3D puzzle game Let’s Go Mightycat!; and Everybody Shogi, described as a vibrant strategy game based on the traditional Japanese board game …
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Update 6/25/2025: Eight days later, version 36.10.1 on the App Store restores iOS 26 support.
Fortnite returned to the U.S. App Store last month after a five year hiatus over litigation between Epic Games and Apple. As of today, however, Fortnite is as good as gone on iPhones and iPads running the iOS 26 and iPadOS 26 beta.
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Apple’s relationship with gaming on the Mac has always been… interesting. While the company has spent a fortune trying to frame the Mac as a proper gaming machine, gamers have yet to embrace it like Apple had hoped. But with Metal 4, announced at WWDC25, Apple is introducing two practical moves that could help more AAA games run even better on the Mac. Here’s what they are.
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