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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 |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | March 12, 2008 |
Current status | Active |
TouchArcade (stylized as toucharcade) is a mobile games journalism website. It was launched in 2008 as a sister site of MacRumors by its founder Arnold Kim and Blake Patterson. TouchArcade also hosts a forum and a weekly podcast. [1]
TouchArcade was launched in 2008 as a blog by MacRumors founder Arnold Kim and Blake Patterson. [2] [3] The spinoff site "(tracked) the new games available for the iPhone and iPod Touch". [4] It also included articles, reviews and a forum. [5] Eli Hodapp became editor-in-chief in 2009. [6]
In 2012, TouchArcade released an iOS app which included mobile game listings. [7] [8] In June 2015, TouchArcade launched a Patreon for crowdfunded donations. Hodapp explained that mobile game journalism has been struggling as developers shifted towards in-app advertising, and that ad revenue for the website was plummeting. [9] [10] Hodapp stepped down from his position in 2019 to focus on his role as co-founder of GameClub, [11] and Jared Nelson succeeded him as editor-in-chief. [12]
In 2009, CNET ranked TouchArcade sixth on its list of the top ten gaming blogs. [2] Time named it one of The 50 Best Websites of 2011 and described its reviews as a "cogent, reliable guide" to the games in the App Store. [5]
![]() Logo used since January 2012 | |
Type of site | Mobile video game website |
---|---|
Available in | English |
Country of origin | United States |
Owner | TouchArcade.com, LLC |
Founder(s) | Arnold Kim |
Editor | Jared Nelson |
URL |
toucharcade |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | March 12, 2008 |
Current status | Active |
TouchArcade (stylized as toucharcade) is a mobile games journalism website. It was launched in 2008 as a sister site of MacRumors by its founder Arnold Kim and Blake Patterson. TouchArcade also hosts a forum and a weekly podcast. [1]
TouchArcade was launched in 2008 as a blog by MacRumors founder Arnold Kim and Blake Patterson. [2] [3] The spinoff site "(tracked) the new games available for the iPhone and iPod Touch". [4] It also included articles, reviews and a forum. [5] Eli Hodapp became editor-in-chief in 2009. [6]
In 2012, TouchArcade released an iOS app which included mobile game listings. [7] [8] In June 2015, TouchArcade launched a Patreon for crowdfunded donations. Hodapp explained that mobile game journalism has been struggling as developers shifted towards in-app advertising, and that ad revenue for the website was plummeting. [9] [10] Hodapp stepped down from his position in 2019 to focus on his role as co-founder of GameClub, [11] and Jared Nelson succeeded him as editor-in-chief. [12]
In 2009, CNET ranked TouchArcade sixth on its list of the top ten gaming blogs. [2] Time named it one of The 50 Best Websites of 2011 and described its reviews as a "cogent, reliable guide" to the games in the App Store. [5]