 AAA games like Resident Evil and Assassin's Creed are coming to the iPhone 15, but the phone itself isn't exactly cheap. While the likes of Fortnite and Honkai Star Rail are perfectly playable on Apple devices, as well as consoles and PC, you don't really see many AAA games being ported to mobile. Big franchises will get mobile spin-offs designed specifically for the platform, like Mario Kart Tour and Assassin's Creed Jade, but no one expects the next mainline entry in a series to pop up on the Apple store. That looks to have changed with Apple's upcoming iPhone 15, which the company has revealed can run some of the biggest games around, including the Resident Evil 4 remake and the upcoming Assassin's Creed Mirage. These aren't cloud versions that you need to stream to the phone; they will run natively on both the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models (but seemingly not the non-Pro versions). The line-up includes Resident Evil Village and Kojima Productions' Death Stranding, plus Ubisoft's upcoming mobile exclusive The Division Resurgence. The two Resident Evil games and Death Stranding will be available by the end of 2023. Assassin's Creed Mirage will come out in the first half of 2024, which is much later than the console/PC version, which arrives on October 5. The Division Resurgence, however, has no launch date. Considering Sony has a vested interest in mobile games, it wouldn't be surprising if it launched some of its mobile projects for the iPhone 15. Maybe it'll even port console games like God Of War and The Last Of Us. However, while having AAA games running on the new iPhone is impressive, and a good selling point for Apple, it's too soon to tell how these games will perform or their effect on the device's battery life. Not to mention the price tag. The iPhone 15 Pro is £999 on Apple's website, practically twice as much as a standard PlayStation 5. The Pro Max model is even more expens){kind=link}
AAA games like Resident Evil and Assassin’s Creed are coming to the iPhone 15, but the phone itself isn’t exactly cheap.
While the likes of Fortnite and Honkai Star Rail are perfectly playable on Apple devices, as well as consoles and PC, you don’t really see many AAA games being ported to mobile.
Big franchises will get mobile spin-offs designed specifically for the platform, like Mario Kart Tour and Assassin’s Creed Jade, but no one expects the next mainline entry in a series to pop up on the Apple store.
That looks to have changed with Apple’s upcoming iPhone 15, which the company has revealed can run some of the biggest games around, including the Resident Evil 4 remake and the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
These aren’t cloud versions that you need to stream to the phone; they will run natively on both the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max models (but seemingly not the non-Pro versions).