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Apple Arcade updates six games for you to play this weekend

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Apple Arcade updatex six titles in its catalog of over 125 games.

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Apple Arcade, Apple 's $4.99-a-month gaming service, on Friday updated six of its titles for weekend play. Apple Arcade updates a few games every week in tandem with releasing new titles like Game of Thrones: Tale of Crows for its growing catalog of over 125 games. You can play Arcade games on the iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Mac and Apple TV

Read more: Apple Arcade: 12 games we can't wait to play

If you're still staying in most of the time due to the coronavirus pandemic, playing a video game can be a fun way to pass the time -- especially when new content is available. Here are more details on the updated games.

Butter Royale

Developer: Mighty Bear Games

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Butter Royale, the family friendly Fortnite-style game about food fights, added a new Ice Pop season that includes new contestants, skins, flags and trails for players to compete on. Players will also get new NOMs (Nutritionally Operated Machines-- the in-game weapons) like the Piercing Pancakes and Durian Launcher. 

Read more: Apple Arcade's Butter Royale is the Fortnite of food fights

Outlanders

Developer: Pomelo Games

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The town-building simulation game is adding Harvest season level to the game that brings new settlers into the wilderness. The new level -- packed with blooming flowers and new crops -- culminates to a celebratory multicultural harvest festival.

Cat Quest II

Developers: Gentlebros Games

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Cat Quest 

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Cat Quest II updated with a Mew World, a new mode where players will encounter "meowdifiers" that can change gameplay. The update also includes more rewards, abilities, moves, items and enemies, as well as a new defense system.   

Scrappers

Developers: Q-Games

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The Scrappers update now has new characters like S.C.R.A.P., a new companion that can collect and pass trash to players. Players can also enable a new auto-catch mode for easier stacking and a new trash tier system to better help sort valuables.

Read more: Apple Arcade's Scrappers game has futuristic trash collectors, robots and turf wars

King's League II

Developers: Kurechii

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Players can check out a new RPG story campaign featuring a new female protagonist, Sella the Aegle Bard, on a journey to become a champion.

Patterned 

Developer: Borderleap

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The aesthetic puzzle game added 75 new patterns for players to put together. 

For more on Apple Arcade, check out Apple Arcade: 12 games we can't wait to play and Apple Arcade vs. Google Play Pass: Which $5 game streaming service wins?

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