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Apple  Apple's AAA mobile gaming efforts seem to be failing

iOS ports of major console games like Resident Evil 4, Assassin's Creed Mirage, and Death Stranding have seemingly faced lackluster sales as recent sales estimates reveal low figures. If these figures are accurate, Assassin's Creed Mirage garnered only around $138,000 from 123,000 downloads, with less than 3,000 users opting to purchase the full game after a free trial. Analysts note that while these are estimates, they reflect a broader trend where mobile gamers may prefer simpler, indie titles that offer unique art styles and gameplay suited to shorter play sessions. Also, keep in mind that the games require the latest iPhone and iPad models, limiting their potential audience. According to the experts, the market segmentation is...
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Apple  Apple's Unreleased iPod Tetris Clone Has Been Discovered

When Apple released its iPod MP3 player, it was quick to find other uses for that LCD display, one of which was games. The company even went as far as to develop its own version of Tetris, named Stacker, which was intended to be released alongside the 3rd-generation iPod in 2003. However, that never happened – and a few years later, Tetris would be officially available on iPod, negating the need for an in-house clone. You'd think that would mean Stacker would be lost to time, but YouTube Apple Demo has actually managed to recover a version of the game. It all starts with a 3rd-gen iPod prototype model, made on week 14 of 2003 – mere months before the full release of the product. As you can see from the video, this is a pretty...
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Emulation Apple  "World's Most Accurate Game Boy Emulator" SameBoy Launches On iOS App Store

We've seen a flood of emulator options arrive on the iOS App Store recently, and the latest entry is SameBoy, a Game Boy emulator which covers the original 1989 handheld, the Game Boy Color and the Super Game Boy. Described by developer Lior Halphon as possessing the "world's most accurate Game Boy emulation core," SameBoy offers save states, rumble support, scaling filters, motion control emulation, rewind and external controller support. "A friendly and powerful Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator," says the emulator's App Store page. "SameBoy is a user friendly, powerful and open source Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and Super Game Boy emulator." It's worth noting that, unlike some other emulators which have been released on iPhone...
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News Apple  Arcade1Up "Surprised" To See Its Cabinet Crushed In Apple's Controversial iPad Pro Ad

Apple has caught a tremendous amount of heat for its new iPad Pro ad, which shows a bunch of items – including a piano, camera and TV screen – being crushed by a hydraulic press. The backlash against the commercial – which was shared by boss Tim Cook on social media – has been so bad that the company has actually issued a public apology and has stated that it will not be showing the ad on television. One of the items crushed in the commercial is a replica arcade cabinet, which is shown playing a fictional game, Space Imploder. However, Apple's attempt to disguise the cab with a made-up name didn't work – and the company which makes the unit, Arcade1Up, has commented on its inclusion. "We were surprised to see one of our Arcade1Up...
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Apple  Apple is opening up its App Store for video-game emulators

Apple has long been known for jailing off several off from its App Store according to their guidelines, and one such type of applications was video-game emulators. However, that all will change in the near future thank to a recent update in regards to Apple's guidelines regarding 3rd party applications, specifically emulators themselves. On Friday April 5th, 2024, Apple updated its guidelines for the App Store, and the focus for this update was section 4.7, which talks about Third Party Software, like mini apps, mini games, streaming games, chatbots, plug-ins, and the recently added game emulators. The exact excerpt for the update in regard to video game emulators specifies the following: One such known emulator that was recently...
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Apple  Apple Now Allows Game Emulator Distribution on App Store, But There's a Catch

Apple's latest update to the App Store's app and review policies has included a section about retro game emulation, meaning developers can distribute emulators through the App Store, though with a number of rules and regulations. Apple's devices have restrictions on running external source code, such as video game emulators. Due to the shaky legal and copyright issues that also come with video game emulators, Apple has never officially distributed them on the App Store. Despite this, gamers have gotten Apple devices to run various retro video game emulators like RetroArch and OpenEmu. Sometimes, developers would disguise their apps and hide emulators within them to bypass Apple's review process and have their emulators distributed...
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