Apple and Sony Events – The TouchArcade Show #462

There were two pretty big events in the world of tech and gaming this week, so in this episode we discuss Apple’s latest event where they announced a new Apple Watch and a couple of new iPads as well as their decision to suddenly drop iOS 14 on everyone out of the blue. We then dive into Sony’s latest PlayStation 5 event and talk about our thoughts...

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TouchArcade Game of the Week: ‘Songbringer’

Mobile is home to a bunch of great original games, but equally important is the huge number of excellent games that have been ported over from other platforms. Back in 2015 Wizard Fu Games successfully crowdfunded a project for an idea that was essentially “What if the original The Legend of Zelda was different every time you played it?" A couple of...

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The Sublime ‘Skate City’ on Apple Arcade is Updated with a New Level Based on Miami, Florida

In case you were wondering, because I’m SURE you are, my far and away most played Apple Arcade game to date is Skate City from Norwegian developer Agens Games and Alto’s Adventure creators Snowman. And I mean it’s not even close. I couldn’t begin to count the hours I’ve put into Skate City since it launched alongside Apple Arcade about a year ago. Agens...

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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Monster Hunter Rise’ Announced, ‘Ori & the Will of the Wisps’, ‘Hades’, and Today’s Other New Releases and Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 18th, 2020. Yesterday’s Nintendo Direct Mini had a lot of great games in it, and a few of them dropped immediately after the video. Of course the highlight was Capcom finally bringing some original games to the Switch in the form of Monster Hunter Rise and Monster Hunter Stories...

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‘Minecraft Earth’ 0.25.0 Brings Challenge Season 9: Biomes, the Fancy Chicken Buildplate, Slime Blocks, New Challenges UI, and More

Minecraft Earth (Free) has been getting updated every few weeks with a new challenge season, new mobs, and a lot more. If you missed the last update, read about it here. Today’s update is the 0.25.0 (R25) update bringing in support for Challenge Season 9: Biomes in addition to the new mobs and blocks. The Fancy Chicken buildplate is arriving soon following...

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Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent, the Prequel Story to ‘Octopath Traveler’ Finally Has a Confirmed Release Date for Japan

Square Enix reveealed Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent () as a mobile exclusive prequel to the superb JRPG Octopath Traveler a while ago. Since the original announcement, details have been slowly revealed for Octopath Traveler: Champions of the Continent including a closed demo that some players could access in Japan. The game is set in...

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‘Marble Knights’ from WayForward Is a Multiplayer Fantasy Adventure Game Out Now on Apple Arcade

A little while ago, four Apple Arcade game releases alongside the dates were leaked by the iOS 14 App Store in the new coming soon section. Since then, a new game has more or less been revealed each week for the service. This includes the likes of the upcoming The Survivalists. A few weeks ago, Marble Knights () from WayForward had its release date...

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The ‘Brawlhalla’ Season 2 Battle Pass is Totally ’80s and is Now Live on All Platforms

It was almost a year ago that Ubisoft first announced that they’d be bringing their platform fighter Brawlhalla to mobile devices, but it wasn’t until just over a month ago that the dream became reality when Brawlhalla finally launched on both iOS and Android with full cross-platform multiplayer with the existing console and PC versions. While on first...

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SwitchArcade Round-Up: ‘Mini Motor Racing X’, ‘Super Punch Patrol’, and Today’s Other New Releases, Plus the Latest Sales

Hello gentle readers, and welcome to the SwitchArcade Round-Up for September 17th, 2020. By the time you read this, Nintendo will have shown their latest Nintendo Direct Mini: Partner Showcase. As I write this, however, it is in the future. We will therefore have to bravely take on the monstrous task of covering whatever massive news comes from the...

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‘Aruna’s Adventure’ is a Promising Zelda-Like Throwback Action RPG Launching September 23rd

Developer James Swiney, who you may be familiar with by way of the awesome Hectic Space retro-inspired shooter games, is working on yet another throwback to the earlier days of gaming, this time focusing on the action RPG genre. This new game is called Aruna’s Adventure and it harkens back to the original 8-bit The Legend of Zelda game with its top-down...

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