Bluey event and new games on Apple Arcade Apfelpatient

Apple has announced a limited-time crossover with the Australian children's series Bluey. Starting May 21, exclusive Bluey content will be available in five Apple Arcade titles. At the same time, Apple is announcing four more new additions for June 4 – including one that will be released just in time for the FIFA World Cup.

The Bluey crossover is the next big family event on the gaming service and follows directly after the May releases of Nick Jr. Replay and Good Pizza, Great Pizza+. Apple is thus further strengthening its position as a family-friendly gaming platform without ads or in-app purchases. Additionally, the service will expand its catalog on June 4th with four new titles from the sports, simulation, and classic genres.

Five Apple Arcade games are getting Bluey content

Starting May 21st, five titles will receive exclusive Bluey updates: Crossy Road Castle, Stitch., Puffies., Suika Game+, and Disney Coloring World+. Players featuring the characters from the Emmy Award-winning series can use familiar mechanics but will also receive new content centered around Bluey, Bingo, and their family.

In Crossy Road Castle, there's an obstacle course in Bluey and Bingo's house. In co-op mode, up to four players can tackle the course together, dodging yoga balls and garden gnomes along the way. New playable characters are added every two weeks, including secret characters from the show. Players who have unlocked Bluey's house will keep it permanently in the game even after the event.

In Suika Game+, players combine fruits to create larger objects, this time with Bluey Twist. In stitch., Bluey motifs can be completed as cross-stitch pictures, and Disney Coloring World+ gets its own Bluey coloring pages. A little later, starting June 10th, puffies. will be added: This game features puzzles based on familiar characters. Bluey-Episodes and a separate sticker collection.

Duration of the individual events

The crossover content is available for a limited time and for varying lengths of time:

stitch. – until June 24
Puffies. – until July 8 (starts June 10)
Crossy Road Castle, Suika Game+, Disney Coloring World+ – until July 21

Those who want to take full advantage of the offer have the most leeway in the first few weeks. After that, the individual games will be removed from the promotion one after the other.

What BBC Studios says about the cooperation

Marina Mello, Global Director of Gaming & Interactive at BBC Studios, is responsible for the Bluey rights holders. She emphasizes that every interactive Bluey experience must capture what families value about the brand – playfulness, creativity, and playing together across age groups. Apple Arcade, with its ad-free and in-app purchase-free environment, offers the perfect setting for this.

Four new games on June 4th

In addition to the Bluey event, Apple Arcade will receive four new titles on June 4th:

Mini Football Legends from Miniclip arrives just in time for the FIFA World Cup. This arcade-style football game lets you build, train, and manage your own team. Single-player tournaments are available, as well as local co-op and multiplayer modes.

My Talking Tom 2+ from Outfit7 continues the series about the virtual house cat and adds the ad-free Plus version with extended functionality.

Coffee Inc 2+ by Side Labs is an economic simulation in which players build a global coffee empire.

FreeCell Solitaire: Card Game+ by MobilityWare brings the classic card game to the service in an endless, ad-free version.

Three of the four titles are App Store successes, now coming to Apple Arcade as ad-free and microtransaction-free Plus versions. Mini Football Legends is the only completely new release in the package.

Families as a target group are becoming increasingly central

The combination of one of the world's strongest children's brands and time-limited, but permanently unlockable content shows where Apple is headed with the service. Following Nick Jr. Replay in May, Bluey is the second major family highlight in quick succession. For households with children, the fact that Apple Arcade is ad-free, has no in-app purchases, and offers family sharing for up to six people should become a stronger selling point.

At the same time, Apple is ensuring that adult users also have a suitable new addition to their collection with Mini Football Legends, just before the World Cup. The mix is clearly curated: a major licensed event for the youngest players, a sports highlight for older users, plus three ad-free Plus versions of well-known App Store titles.

Prices and availability

Apple Arcade costs €6.99 per month. The first month is free. Anyone who buys a new iPhone, iPad, Mac, or Apple TV receives three months of Apple Arcade for free. The service is also included in all Apple One plans: Individual for €19.95, Family for €25.95, and Premium for €34.95 per month. One subscription covers up to six people through Family Sharing.

Apple Arcade is playable on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro. Device support may vary for App Store classics in their Plus versions.

Apple Arcade remains in Family Mode

With the Bluey crossover, Apple Arcade delivers a clearly focused lineup in May and June. The platform is gradually becoming the go-to destination for ad-free family entertainment, without neglecting other genres. The time-limited availability of Bluey content provides an additional incentive to jump in now. (Image: Apple)