

Flagship games like Hot Lava, for instance, came in at 4.7 GB. The game sizes will obviously vary depending on the type of game, and the type of assets included within each title. Subscribe to 9to5Mac on YouTube for more videos Once the subscription was confirmed, the ‘Try’ buttons next to each game transitioned into the familiar ‘Get’ buttons, which allowed me to download all six games locally to my Mac. I simply clicked the Try button, entered my Apple ID password, and I was good to do. Subscribing worked just like signing up to any other subscription within the Mac App Store. Doing so provides early access users with one month of free Apple Arcade, with a $0.49 charge a month until iOS 13 lands. Subscribe to 9to5Mac on YouTube, and watch our hands-on video walkthrough, as we take Apple Arcade for a brief spin to highlight the six games - Way of the Turtle, Down in Bermuda, Hot Lava, Kings of the Castle, Sneaky Sasquatch, and Frogger in Toy Town - available during the initial early access period.Īpple Arcade can be found within the Arcade tab of the Mac App Store for early access members.īefore downloading any games to my Mac, I needed to click the Try It Free button to subscribe. As was noted by 9to5Mac’s Gui Rambo, Apple is charging a small subscription fee of $0.49/mo to test Apple Arcade until iOS 13 launches later in the fall.

We were able to gain access to a special internal early access program aimed at Apple employees, which allowed us to go hands-on with Apple Arcade on a MacBook Pro running the latest macOS Catalina beta. Apple Arcade is an upcoming $4.99 a month gaming service that will allow gamers to play over 100 new and exclusive titles across platforms like the iPhone and iPad, Apple TV, and Mac.

Today I was able to go hands-on with an early preview of Apple Arcade, which Apple announced back during its March services-oriented event.
