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8BitDo opens pre-orders for $119.99 Arcade Controller Pro, ships November 30

8BitDo has opened pre-orders for its new leverless fighting controller, the Arcade Controller Pro, priced at $119.99 with shipping set for November 30. The controller refines the company's original button-only design with smaller, more tightly spaced buttons, additional programmable inputs, a 1.47-inch display for input monitoring and customization, a magnetic wrist rest with swappable button caps, and a 3,000mAh battery that fully recharges in four hours.

Apple says over 50 apps are optimized for iPhone Duo ahead of Friday launch

Apple announced that more than 50 apps, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, Microsoft Office, Zoom, Slack and Salesforce, have been updated to take advantage of the foldable iPhone Duo's 7.6-inch display. The device launches this Friday, with sports apps like PGA Tour and MLB also tailored to use the folded, multitasking format.

Apple App Store VP Carson Oliver details gaming push in Polygon interview

Carson Oliver, newly promoted to vice president of the App Store, spoke with Polygon about Apple's gaming strategy following the launch of Indie Games Week, which spotlighted seven new and upcoming iPhone and iPad titles. He said more premium games have launched on the App Store this year than last, including a growing number of console and PC franchises moving to mobile.

Hipster Whale's Crossy Road Rush launches on Apple Arcade Nov. 5

Apple Arcade and developer Hipster Whale announced Crossy Road Rush, a new voxel-style arcade adventure launching exclusively on the subscription service November 5 at 4 p.m. PST. The game adds combat and exploration to the familiar Crossy Road aesthetic, offering both solo play and local or online multiplayer racing for up to four players, and is now available for pre-order.

Star Wars: Galactic Racer arcade game earns strong early critic reviews

Star Wars: Galactic Racer, a new arcade racing game set in the Star Wars universe, has been receiving praise from critics who describe it as one of the strongest arcade racing titles in recent years. Specific details about the game's platforms, release date, or developer were not included in the available report.

Apple Arcade adds five titles including Terraria+, Pusheen's Place

Apple Arcade added five games to its subscription library, which now exceeds 200 titles. The lineup includes Pusheen's Place, a new exclusive life-sim game, alongside ad-free, purchase-free Arcade versions of Terraria+, Touchgrind BMX 2+, and River City Survivors, plus one additional title.

Apple discounts refurbished Apple TV 4K models by up to $40

Apple is selling refurbished Apple TV 4K units at reduced prices amid broader hardware price increases in 2026. The 64GB third-generation model now costs $169, a $30 cut from its regular price, while the 128GB version with an Ethernet port is down to $209, a $40 savings. Both refurbished units carry the same one-year warranty as new devices.

Apple bundles TV and Arcade into $1 iCloud+ plans across 100+ countries

Apple is adding Apple TV and Arcade, plus some ad-free Apple Music Select radio stations, to its base-tier iCloud+ subscriptions in more than 100 countries. The entry-level iCloud+ plan, which costs roughly $1 a month, will now include these extras without requiring customers to buy the pricier Apple One bundle. The US is not part of this rollout, but markets like India, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Türkiye and the UAE are included, and Apple TV itself is expanding to 59 new countries as a result.

Apple bundles TV+ and Arcade into iCloud+ for free in over 100 countries

Apple has begun bundling Apple TV and Apple Arcade subscriptions into its 50GB iCloud+ plan at no extra cost across more than 100 countries, mostly smaller and price-sensitive markets. Some regions will also gain an 'Apple Music Select' tier with ad-free radio stations, with an option to upgrade to full Apple Music at a discount. Notably, the United States is not among the eligible countries.

Netflix, Sega set Crazy Taxi movie with Naked Gun writers Gregor and Mand

Netflix is developing a film adaptation of Sega's arcade racing series Crazy Taxi, tapping Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, who wrote the 2025 Naked Gun reboot, to pen the script. Producers Neal H. Moritz, Toby Ascher, and Toru Nakahara, known for the Sonic the Hedgehog films, are attached to produce. The announcement comes alongside news of an upcoming Sonic animated series described as having more 'edge.'

Conway's Arcade cabinet uses Google's Gemini 3.0 to generate games on the fly

Conway's Arcade is a modernized arcade cabinet that doesn't run classic pre-programmed games, but instead uses Google's Gemini 3.0 AI model to create games and their underlying rules in real time. The project has been named a winner in Fast Company's 2026 Innovation by Design Awards.

Fast Company names Conway's Arcade top AI design of 2026

Fast Company's Innovation by Design Awards named Conway's Arcade, built by Special Guest X for Google, the winner in its artificial intelligence category. The project is an AI-driven arcade cabinet that continuously generates new variations of classic games such as Space Invaders and Breakout, alongside a list of other honorees in the category.