Apple has announced plans to bring several high-profile console and PC games to one of its upcoming iPhone models.
The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro were announced during anAppleevent on Tuesday, which can be rewatched below.
Capcom’sResident Evil 4remake andResident Evil Villagewill be released for the Pro device later this year.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage, which will bereleased for PC and consoles next month, is headed to iPhone 15 Pro in “early 2024”, as is fellowUbisoftgameThe Division Resurgence.
“iPhone 15 Pro gets a major performance upgrade from the A17 Pro chip,” Apple claimed. “With a new 6-core GPU and a faster Neural Engine, it becomes a ridiculously powerful mobile gaming machine, enabling higher-quality graphics and rich, immersive game worlds never seen before on a smartphone.”
Sribalan Santhanam, VP of Apple’s silicon engineering group, said: “We’ve added brand new features to the GPU, like mesh shading, which lets games create detailed environments while drawing less power. And for the first time, we have hardware-accelerated ray tracing, featuring the fastest ray-tracing performance in any smartphone.”
Apple’s SVP of marketing, Greg Joswiak, also said: “This new level of performance will enable new games for iPhone 15 Pro that were previously only available on game consoles,PCs, or theMac.”
He added: “This is the first time the console version ofAssassin’s Creedwill be natively available on a smartphone.”
All new iPhone models will be available for pre-order starting on September 15 and will be released on September 22.
iPhone 15 will be available from $799, iPhone 15 Pro from $999, and 15 Pro Max from $1,199.
