Apple Arcade Unwraps New Games for the Holiday Season
Fifteen new games join the service, including Skate City: New York, Talking Tom Blast Park, Gears & Goo, and FINAL FANTASY IV (3D REMAKE)+
CUPERTINO - This holiday season, Apple is launching new games for everyone from solo players to family and friends who want to enjoy games together. On Apple Arcade, subscribers can look forward to 15 new titles, including Skate City: New York, Talking Tom Blast Park, FINAL FANTASY IV (3D REMAKE)+, Gears & Goo (Apple Vision Pro), and more, according to the official website of Apple.
Available on the App Store, Apple Arcade is a family-friendly gaming service and the perfect way to share fun gaming experiences with loved ones. Arcade’s incredible catalog is available to play on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro, and all 250+ games are free of ads and in-app purchases. Players can step into the shoes of their favorite sports stars in recent hits NFL Retro Bowl ’25 or NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition; score the highest hand in the poker-inspired, deck-building sensation Balatro+; sneak around as a mischievous Sasquatch in Sneaky Sasquatch; or explore hundreds of other games — both new and old — from their favorite genres.
As millions of Apple users spend fun-filled time over the holidays playing their favorite games, Arcade offers new titles every month for players to discover.
Skate City: New York by Snowman and Agens is the ultimate skateboarding experience, with players navigating the iconic streets of the Big Apple and mastering hundreds of tricks in real-world locations. The game launches on January 9.
In Talking Tom Blast Park by Outfit7, players can join Talking Tom and friends in an epic battle to save Blast Park from the mischievous Rakoonz on December 5. Armed with wacky blasters like the Duckinator and Power Plunger, players must blast through waves of Rakoonz and their trash to restore fun to the park.
FINAL FANTASY IV (3D REMAKE)+ by Square Enix is beautifully revived with updated graphics, and improved gameplay and voice acting for event scenes. The hit fourth game in the iconic FINAL FANTASY series is also the first title to introduce the Active Time Battle system that players have come to love in the franchise. The game launches on December 9.
Gears & Goo by Resolution Games, a new base-building and tower defense game, features interactive mechanics only possible in spatial computing. It will be available on Apple Arcade for Apple Vision Pro beginning January 9.
Over the coming months, the service will also release exclusive new games and award-winning titles from the App Store on Apple Arcade, including Boggle: Arcade Edition, PAC-MAN 256+, Hot Wheels: Race Off+, Barbie Color Creations+, and Little Cities: Diorama (Apple Vision Pro) on December 5; FF IV: THE AFTER YEARS+ on December 9; and Gears & Goo (Vision Pro), Three Kingdoms HEROES, FINAL FANTASY+, Trials of Mana+, Rodeo Stampede+, and It’s Literally Just Mowing+ on January 9.
More details can be found on the Apple Arcade tab on the App Store. For other great titles to dive into this holiday, check out these hot games on the App Store. There are so many exciting ways to game this holiday on Apple platforms.
