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Apple Arcade launches September 19

Premium mobile game service will cost $5/month

Apple delays new rules around data tracking in kids' games

"We aren't backing off on this important issue, but we are working to help developers get there"

Google testing 'Play Pass' subscription for Android

For $5/month, users would get access to a number of premium apps

iPhone designer Jony Ive leaves Apple

Ive to launch wearable tech firm next year

Are we witnessing the end of the console wars? | Opinion

Sony and Microsoft's controllers appearing onstage at an Apple keynote speaks to a new landscape where former rivals are working together

Devs hit Apple with class action lawsuit

Tech giant accused of anti-competitive practices and "profit killing" commissions

Apple ruling opens a can of worms for digital storefronts | Opinion

The Supreme Court ruling could open the floodgate to consumer lawsuits for digital stores -- including the content of developer agreements

Steam Link finally available for iOS

Valve's streaming up launches a year after Apple rejected it

US Supreme Court says Apple can be sued for monopolization

Decision from lower court that iPhone owners are direct purchasers from Apple rather than from developers is upheld, opening door to future storefront suits

Apple invested a reported $500 million in Arcade partnerships

Financial Times' sources reveal the high price of Apple Arcade subscription service

Apple's Arcade can succeed - if it aims at families | Opinion

New service can avoid joining a decade of “noble failures” trying to create alternatives to F2P by focusing on children and parents

Apple reveals game subscription service Apple Arcade

Program to launch this fall with focus on new, premium titles

We're losing the history of the App Store | Opinion

TouchArcade's editor-in-chief on the vanishing legacy of mobile games, and why he's leaving the site to save them

Apple may soon enable gifting for in-app purchases

Updated guidelines allow developers to let users buy virtual items and currency for each other

Apple pulls mobile strategy game for including Taliban as enemies

But Slitherine development director hopes mobile platform holder will reverse its decision

Donut County and Gorogoa triumph in Apple Game of the Year Awards

Meanwhile, Apple Design Awards highlight Florence, Inside, Alto's Odyssey and more

Microsoft kills support for Minecraft on Apple TV

"We need to reallocate resources to the platforms that our players use the most," says Microsoft

Apple becomes first US public company worth $1 trillion

Q3 earnings report bolsters stock to record amount, maintained to market close

Apple ends App Store Affiliate program, citing improved discovery

iOS-focused sites to lose app revenue after September, other content types untouched

Apple clamps down on developers sharing data on users' friends

"When someone shares your info as part of their address book, you have no say in it, and you have no knowledge of it," says privacy expert