Logo used since January 2012 | |
Type of site | Mobile video game website |
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Available in | English |
Country of origin | United States |
Owner | TouchArcade.com, LLC |
Founder(s) | Arnold Kim |
Editor | Jared Nelson |
URL | toucharcade.com |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | March 12, 2008 |
Current status | Active |
TouchArcade is a mobile video game website that launched in 2008.[1] Arnold Kim of MacRumors worked on the site[2][3] and its editor-in-chief was Eli Hodapp from 2009 to 2019.[4][5]
TouchArcade has been recognized as one of the best mobile game news websites.[6][7][3] Games journalists also described TouchArcade's Hodapp as influential within the mobile game community.[8][9][10]
The site unveiled a dedicated iOS app in 2012.[11][12] Early the next year, TouchArcade began a promotion called Free Play, wherein the website promoted a game that was made free to download for the promotion's duration.[13] TouchArcade launched a crowdfunding campaign in June 2015.[14]
TouchArcade publishes news stories and reviews Monday through Friday about iOS and Android video games. A daily SwitchArcade feature covers releases and sales for the Nintendo Switch console. The site also produces a weekly podcast entitled The TouchArcade Show in which Jared Nelson and former editor-in-chief Eli Hodapp discuss top news stories of the week.[15] Registered users receive a monthly email newsletter of the best game releases of the past month, and the site has traditionally rolled up a "best of" feature for the end of the year.