Apple Arcade Is Now Available to Mac Users with the macOS Catalina Gold Master

Apple’s game subscription service,Apple Arcadehas been available to iPhone users with iOS 13 for a while now, and finally, the company is bringing the service to Mac users as well, with the latestmacOS CatalinaGold Master candidate that was released on October 3.

With Apple Arcade, the Cupertino giant is trying to make high-quality games available to people as a package deal for a low price of$4.99 per month, where users will be able to download any number of games from the Apple Arcade catalog without any extra charges. What’s more, these games come without any ads, in-app purchases, or loot-boxes.

Apple Arcade games will beavailable across macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS, with users’ progress synced with iCloud so they can pick up their games on their platform of choice without sacrificing their progress.

For people running macOS Catalina GM,Apple Arcade is now available to access from the Mac App Store, and users can evenpair Xbox and PS4 controllersto their devices for a better gaming experience, especially on titles like Oceanhorn 2.

macOS Catalina is expected to roll out pretty soon, with some reports having suggested an October 4 release date for the stable version of Catalina, but obviously, that didn’t happen. Still, with the Gold Master candidate having been rolled out by Apple, a stable release shouldn’t be too far off.

So, have you tried Apple Arcade yet? I’m just getting started with the service on my iPhone XR, and so far, I like it. Share your thoughts in the comments down below.

Akshay Gangwar

Greetings, tech titans and fellow literary time-travelers! I’m Akshay, your tech-whisperer and Harry Potter’s number one stalker – seriously, don’t ask me how many times I’ve read those books; it’s borderline unhealthy.

Working in the tech journalism industry since 2016, I have 7 years of experience covering everything from technology news, to well-researched resource articles. Now the Content Strategist at Beebom, I often pen down op-eds for our website, sharing expert commentary on the latest in technology, AI, and electric cars.

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