Apple Arcade Adding Four Games Next Month, Including NBA 2K26

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced that four additional games will be added to the Apple Arcade library throughout October, including NBA 2K26 Arcade Edition.

On Thursday, October 2, three existing App Store games will be added to Apple Arcade, including the classic tile-matching game Dominoes by MobilityWare, puzzle game Piffle by Hipster Whale, and kids game Thomas & Friends: Let's Roll by StoryToys.

NBA 2K26 Arcade Edition arrives to Apple Arcade on Thursday, October 16, ahead of the NBA's 2025-26 regular season, which begins Tuesday, October 21. In the latest version of the game, you can relive the greatest eras in the NBA's history with the new "NBA Eras" option in The Association mode. And in MyCAREER mode, there are new player templates, so you can build players that look just like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander or other stars.

As always, team rosters have been updated, too.

Apple Arcade is a subscription service that provides access to hundreds of games across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. All of the games are free of ads and in-app purchases. In the U.S., Apple Arcade costs $6.99 per month, and it is also bundled with other Apple services in all Apple One plans.

Apple Arcade can be accessed through the App Store, and in the new Apple Games app.

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[Selena Agna]

I still feel like such a sucker when in the beginning I actually believed Apple Arcade would have real games, just because they got Sakaguchi and Konami on board ...

 

[breather]

I just want a spiffed up Fieldrunners.

 

[Parowdy]

Two tabs in the App Store and a dedicated Games system app…
I hate they they try to shovel games down people’s throats.
Personally, I’ve wasted many hours of my life with mobile games and hate that Apple tempts me and others so hard.

 

[turbineseaplane]

"Apple" and "Gaming"

The undisputed "Lucy and the Football" champion.

 

[attila]

Two tabs in the App Store and a dedicated Games system app…
I hate they they try to shovel games down people’s throats.
Personally, I’ve wasted many hours of my life with mobile games and hate that Apple tempts me and others so hard.

If only the games on Apple Arcade were tempting, I'd subscribe to it.

 

[Nom4d]

This is it. The games we were waiting on. Thank you Apple. Something decent and not pre school age games. How I can try out Apple Arcade after not trying it in a long time.

 

[groove-agent]

I hope Apple keeps pushing forward with gaming so I don't have to keep a PC around to play "real" games. They need to have a "gaming-class" GPU that isn't thousands of dollars, or simply create a thunderbolt 5 eGPU using Apple Silicon technology.

The best time for gaming was when we could dual boot Windows and us eGPUs. I wonder if we could see this come around again given the proliferation of ARM based Windows machines? Somehow I think it would be comparing apples to oranges hardware/ chipset wise.

 

[Unity451]

I think I speak for everyone when I say that we want an updated version of NBA jam. Maybe with Trump as a secret character. 🤔

 

[ThatGuyInLa]

I really like the more Arcade style sports games. We NEED MORE. I don't want to plan out each play, manage rosters, etc. JUST LET ME PLAY. It's fine if it's not "real." I am a 300lb+ neck beard, I have no illusions or than the ones I PAY FOR.

 

[rockosmodurnlif]

Was hoping to get the FM Touch 26 release, maybe next month. 🤞