Ultimate Rivals: The Court brings extreme basketball to Apple Arcade soon

Apple Arcade is set to gain a new extreme basketball game "soon," with Ultimate Rivals: The Court now available for pre-order via the App Store. The game won't include any in-app purchases or ads and will be playable on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV.

Featuring action-packed 3-on-3 basketball, gamers can choose their own team of some of the world's biggest sports superstars — and not just those from the world of basketball. The list of stars is long and varied, with more to come in future updates.

Set in a digital world of the near future, Ultimate Rivals: The Court is the first basketball experience to gives fans the ability to play as their favorite athletes wherever and however they choose, with pros such as NBA's Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kawhi Leonard, James Harden, and legendary athletes like Larry Bird, Julius Erving and Shaquille O'Neal; WNBA's Candace Parker, Diana Taurasi, Elena Delle Donne and Skylar Diggins-Smith; USWNT's Alex Morgan; NFL's Juju Smith-Schuster; NHL's Alex Ovechkin and legend Wayne Gretzky.

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We don't know for sure when Ultimate Rivals: The Court will be available for download, but you can tell the App Store to remind you when it's ready to play right now over in the App Store.

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