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Apple TV Channels: All The Services Included So Far
Apple has some big updates coming for its TV app, and in the process, it will be incorporating many other existing online video services, as revealed at today’s Apple Event.
Apple TV Channels puts the majority of the services people subscribe to–except for Netflix–into one place. It’s more about organization and a one-stop place to view all the content you are subscribed to. It was unclear at the time of the event as to whether you had to purchase these services through Apple or if you could migrate existing accounts onto TV Channels.
Aside from the bigger services like Hulu and Amazon, Apple TV will add smaller services like Acorn TV, for British television; Tastemade, for travel and food series; and Shudder, for horror movies and original series. Additionally, it’s interesting to see a few Viacom properties, like Comedy Central, Nick, and MTV here, as much of the parent company’s content was pulled from various streaming services, and it wasn’t included with Hulu’s new live TV service.
Here is what Apple announced will be incorporated into TV Channels. The only big service missing here is Netflix. As far as large cable/satellite providers go in the United States, Comcast and Time Warner were not listed.
Services Integrated With Apple TV Channels:
- Spectrum
- DirecTV
- PlayStation Vue
- Optimum
- Fubu
- Hulu
- Amazon Prime Video
- ESPN +
- MLB
- ABC
- NBC
- UP Faith & Family
- Mubi
- Epix
- CBS All Access
- Comedy Central Now
- Eros Now
- Sundance Now
- UMC
- Nickhits
- Smithsonian Channel Plus
- Starz
- Showtime
- HBO
- Cinemax
- PBS Living College Humor’s Dropout
- Acorn TV
- Brit Box
- Curiosity Stream
- MTV Hits
- Noggin
- History Vault
- Tastemade
- Lifetime Movie Club
- Shudder
In addition to Apple TV Channels, the company also announced TV Plus, a new streaming service with original content from creators like Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey, along with a new subscription gaming service called Arcade.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apple-tv-channels-all-the-services-included-so-far/1100-6465827/
Apple Arcade Allows Offline Play
During an entertainment-focused presentation, Apple announced a new game subscription service called Apple Arcade. The monthly subscription rate will give you a selection of roughly 100 exclusive games, with more to be added regularly. But it’s one feature the service is lacking that acted as a direct answer to Google.
During the presentation, Apple specifically mentioned that Apple Arcade isn’t a cloud-based streaming service. And since it isn’t streaming, the company emphasized, you can download and play the games offline. This is in very direct contrast to Google’s cloud-based Stadia game streaming platform, which the company said can’t run offline.
Apple Arcade includes partners like Sega, Konami, Disney, Sumo Digital, and Cartoon Network. Any game included in Arcade will be updated with updates or DLC as part of your subscription cost. You can also pick up your games on other devices, and Apple promises more games will be added “all the time.”
Apple Arcade will have its own tab on the App Store when it launches in 150 countries this fall. Apple didn’t detail pricing options for the subscription. The company also used the presentation to announce its own TV streaming platform.
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apple-arcade-allows-offline-play/1100-6465828/
Warframe Giving Away Free Skins For Sixth Anniversary This Week
Digital Extremes’ popular online shooter, Warframe, is celebrating its sixth anniversary this week with an assortment of freebies. On Wednesday, March 27, players across PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch will receive an exclusive Liset skin, along with all previous anniversary gifts, including last year’s Dex Excalibur skin.
2018 turned out to be the biggest year yet for Warframe, Digital Extremes touted. Not only did the title receive more than 26 updates and 111 hotfixes over the course of the year, it made its Switch debut with an impressive port last November. The game’s registered user base also saw an impressive increase, jumping from 38 million players last March to “nearly” 50 million as of this month.
The Profit Taker, the first big content update for Warframe’s Fortuna expansion, launched in December 2018. Since then, Digital Extremes has rolled out the Operation: Buried Debts update, which introduced another new Warframe to the game–Hildryn–and made the first “phase” of melee combat changes.
Many more updates are in the pipeline for Warframe this year. Digital Extremes is currently at work remastering Plains of Eidolon and Gas City with “gameplay and graphical overhauls that renew both areas.” The developer has also announced Railjack and The New World, two new “game-changing” updates on the way in the near future.
“There’s really no other game on the Switch like Warframe,” we said of the recent Switch port. “Though it’s often been seen as the ‘Destiny’ before Destiny, it certainly goes out of its ways to offer up options and different adventures for players, all of which give off this unique flavor that makes it stand out online action games. It’s one of those games that’s gotten better with age, and with the amount of content that’s still on the way, Warframe on Switch will likely be a solid gateway for those craving an involved action-RPG to dive into.”
from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/warframe-giving-away-free-skins-for-sixth-annivers/1100-6465822/
