Apple Arcade Offers Dozen Games for Apple Vision Pro

<p>Apple Arcade is offering a catalog of games for players to enjoy on Apple Vision Pro&comma; the company&&num;8217&semi;s new spatial computing device&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spatial games built specifically for Arcade on Apple Vision Pro unlock new gameplay opportunities by blending digital content with the physical world&period; visionOS delivers powerful spatial experiences with a brand-new three-dimensional user interface and input system controlled entirely by a user’s eyes&comma; hands&comma; and voice&period; Players are able to slice apples with their hands as their living room transforms into their very own dojo in Super Fruit Ninja&comma; tee up the perfect shot as they move freely around a quirky golf course right in their home in WHAT THE GOLF&quest;&comma; escape into a mesmerizing audiovisual experience in Synth Riders&comma; and so much more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This is just the beginning of a new era in gaming&comma; with players being fully immersed in stunning game worlds and interacting with games in their physical environment in amazing new ways&comma;” said Alex Rofman&comma; Apple’s senior director of Apple Arcade&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’re leading the way in offering players unique spatial games on Apple Arcade that are only possible on Apple Vision Pro&comma; and we’re excited to bring even more magical spatial gaming experiences to our customers soon&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Apple Arcade costs &dollar;6&period;99 per month and a new Vision Pro is priced at &dollar;3&comma;499&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve designed Game Room to provide the most authentic digital game night to date&comma; with gaming experiences that are practically indistinguishable from their real-world counterparts&comma;” said Tommy Palm&comma; Resolution Games’ CEO and founder&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;By reproducing classic gaming pieces that players can interact with in new ways&comma; from playing cards to pawns&comma; we’re excited to be able to showcase the incredible capability of Apple Vision Pro to deliver lifelike immersion in real-wold environments&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Spatial games available now on Apple Arcade include Game Room&comma; WHAT THE GOLF&quest;&comma; Cut the Rope 3&comma; Jetpack Joyride 2&comma; Patterned&comma; Illustrated&comma; Wylde Flowers&comma; stitch&period;&comma; Synth Riders&comma; LEGO Builder’s Journey&comma; Bloons TD 6&plus;&comma; and Super Fruit Ninja&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Super Fruit Ninja by Halfbrick Studios<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Players are immersed in a new world of fruit-slicing fun as they cut up fruit with their hands&comma; throw ninja stars&comma; backhand bombs&comma; and train in the powerful art of juice jitsu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Synth Riders by Kluge Interactive<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Turning the space around the player into a retro-futuristic world&comma; this reimagined hit spatial rhythm game will have players catching notes with their hands&comma; riding the rails&comma; and dodging obstacles in the game’s brand-new audio-reactive spatial environment with dynamic visuals custom-built specifically for Apple Vision Pro&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Wylde Flowers by Studio Drydock Pty Ltd<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In this cozy life and farming sim with a witchy twist&comma; players can tend their garden and cast spells right in their living room&comma; in addition to exploring the friendly town of Fairhaven and its charming voice-acted cast of characters&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>WHAT THE GOLF&quest; by Triband<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A physics-based golf parody&comma; this indie hit is fully designed for laughs in spatial gaming as players golf with horses&comma; cars&comma; houses&comma; planets&comma; and other extremely normal things&period; Mini-golf courses appear in the physical space&comma; allowing for players to freely move around to tee up the perfect shot&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>LEGO Builder’s Journey by LEGO<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In this aesthetic and atmospheric geometric puzzle game set in a completely LEGO brick-based environment&comma; players can pick up&comma; twirl&comma; and place LEGO bricks with their fingers as they solve puzzles brick by brick to progress through levels interconnected via subtle narrative storytelling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>stitch&period; by Lykke Studios<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thread embroidered puzzles on a 3D hoop in stitch&period;&comma; a beautiful and calming puzzle game&comma; featuring a realistic embroidery engine that allows players to enjoy the feel of playing with real embroidery thread on Apple Vision Pro&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve rebuilt our beloved rhythm game Synth Riders for Apple Vision Pro from the ground up to deliver an even more immersive experience&comma;” said Arturo Perez&comma; Kluge Interactive’s CEO&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;For the first time&comma; players will interact with the notes and rails with unique hand tracking and interactive effects that let them feel the music in a whole new way as they lose themselves in the &OpenCurlyQuote;flow state’ of a perfect combination of movement&comma; visuals&comma; and music&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Players on Apple Vision Pro can expect more great content&comma; with exciting spatial games coming soon&comma; including Alto’s Odyssey&colon; The Lost City&comma; Gibbon&colon; Beyond the Trees&comma; and Spire Blast&period; Players will soar above windswept dunes in a fantastical place far from home&comma; dive into an immersive jungle with a family of gibbons&comma; and collapse vibrant towers of all shapes and sizes that appear in their physical space in a fun physics-based puzzle game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Coming Soon for Apple Vision Pro<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Alto’s Odyssey&colon; The Lost City by Land &amp&semi; Sea&sol;Snowman — Join Alto and his friends on an endless sandboarding journey to find The Lost City and unearth the secrets hidden within as Alto’s mysterious world intersects with the player’s room&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Gibbon&colon; Beyond the Trees by Broken Rules — Embark on a beautiful&comma; heartfelt adventure where a family of gibbons finds themselves lost in a dangerous world beyond their understanding&period; Players will experience free-flowing dynamic movement based on the way real gibbons swing through the trees&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>Spire Blast by Orbital Knight — Mysterious towers of all shapes and sizes have risen all over the kingdom and are appearing in the player’s room&period; With an ever-hungry dragon companion&comma; players will walk around the towers to line up their best shots and use their wits and skills to collapse them and emerge victorious&period;<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ul>&NewLine;

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