'Asphalt 8: Airborne' and Zelda-Inspired 'Baldo' Coming to Apple Arcade on Friday

[MacRumors]

Gameloft's classic racing game "Asphalt 8: Airborne" and Zelda-inspired roleplaying game "Baldo" are coming to Apple Arcade this Friday.

Originally released on the App Store in 2013, "Asphalt 8: Airborne" features more than 240 real cars to select from automakers and brands such as Ferrari, Ducati, Lamborghini, McLaren, Bugatti, Mercedes, Audi, Ford, and Chevrolet.

Interactions between the vehicles, environments, and over 50 high-speed tracks in "Asphalt 8" are a fully physics-based experience. Players can participate in limited-time events to earn rewards, and try their hand at over 400 career events, 1,500 car mastery challenges, six unique game modes, and additional single-player content.

"Baldo: The Guardian Owls" hails from Italian studio NAPS team. The original game will task players with completing puzzles, exploring, and battling in a hand-drawn open world, with both a main story and several side quests.

Priced at $4.99 per month or $49.99 per year, Apple Arcade provides access to a catalog of over 200 games without ads or in-app purchases across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV, with additional titles added periodically.

Article Link: 'Asphalt 8: Airborne' and Zelda-Inspired 'Baldo' Coming to Apple Arcade on Friday

 

[farewelwilliams]

very good. i will try out arcade.

to others complaining about freemium games and microtransactions, this is your time to show developers like gameloft that we absolutely hate freemium games and we are 100% willing to pay for games that don't beg us for constant IAP. sign up and play asphalt to make their analytics show that there's a huge market out there for premium games on mobile.

 

[ikir]

Baldo is very interesting

 

[JMacHack]

“Baldo” even sounds like a knockoff “Zelda”
Like “The Legend of Baldo: Blockarina of Limes”

 

[Zoboomafoo]

Baldo looks pretty, nice art direction

 

[!!!]

"Asphalt 8: Airborne" is not coming to Apple Arcade (that doesn't make sense, it's a free to play game). "Asphalt 8: Airborne+" is coming. I'm assuming the "plus" variant won't be filled to the brim with microtransactions.

 

[RoboCop001]

“Baldo” even sounds like a knockoff “Zelda”
Like “The Legend of Baldo: Blockarina of Limes”

Hopefully they'll follow up with The Legend of Baldo: Bajora's Flask

 

[zapm]

Ducati makes cars now?

 

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Ducati makes cars now?

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[cateye]

Yeah, but are they highly anticipated?

 

[Jeaz]

Yeah, but are they highly anticipated?

Well, Baldo has been quite hyped for Nintendo Switch for quite some time.

 

[tkaravou]

“Baldo” even sounds like a knockoff “Zelda”
Like “The Legend of Baldo: Blockarina of Limes”

Is Baldo the hero or the princess though?

 

[lucanaut]

For all of y'all knocking the name Baldo...it means "brave" or "bold" in Italian. So yes the name seems like a knockoff but I think the Italian developers were more concerned with the play on words of the character's name, which I think is cool.

 

[Drfter]

So does Asphalt 8 remove all the adverts or microtransactions in apple arcade ? I am curious, because I thought that was the whole point of it.

 

[macduke]

"The Legend of Zelda"
"Baldo"

Yeah, just doesn't have the same ring to it. These indie devs need better marketing.

 

[smoking monkey]

So does Asphalt 8 remove all the adverts or microtransactions in apple arcade ? I am curious, because I thought that was the whole point of it.

Surely it has to, yeah? Apple Arcade is microtransaction free so it has gotta be a revised version of the game.

It's actually a pretty awesome game with fantastic track design and driving controls if you take out the grinding or payments to upgrade. So if you haven't played it and want to, a sub to Apple Arcade for a few months will be 10 bucks and unless they've totally hobbled the game, that's actually a great price to play such a good game.

But I don't know if it will be a big drawcard as most people will have played it??? As for Baldo... Might have a good meaning in Italian, but reads less than desirable in English.

 

[SFjohn]

Is Baldo the hero or the princess though?

Why can’t Baldo be both? 🙃

 

[SFjohn]

So does Asphalt 8 remove all the adverts or microtransactions in apple arcade ? I am curious, because I thought that was the whole point of it.

Yes.

 

[ErikGrim]

I really hope that all the previously paywalled content for Asphalt 8 is included in +. There's a TON of content in that game.

 

[SFjohn]

I really hope that all the previously paywalled content for Asphalt 8 is included in +. There's a TON of content in that game.

That would be very cool!

 

[arkmannj]

Baldo looks cool. Will it also be available for purchase or Arcade exclusive?

 

[Xenobius]

Apple's AAA gaming...

 

[ErikGrim]

Apple's AAA gaming...

I'm sure you are being sarcastic, but Asphalt 8 is definitely a AAA arcade racer.

 

[Ubuntu]

"Asphalt 8: Airborne" is not coming to Apple Arcade (that doesn't make sense, it's a free to play game). "Asphalt 8: Airborne+" is coming. I'm assuming the "plus" variant won't be filled to the brim with microtransactions.

You’re just being pedantic. The link in the article is even for the + version.

 

[matt_and_187_like_this]

I think last time I played Asphalt was on my iPod Touch 1st gen.