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‘Runeblade’ is the pioneer of an Apple Watch game goldrush

Across the world customers (and intrigued passers-by) are right now trying on the Apple Watch, picking their favourite straps and making pre-orders. Quite soon, a healthy number of them are likely to be receiving their very own units. They’ll configure the health features, send some messages, download Twitter. And then, if there’s one thing you can be sure of, they’ll try to download some games.

The concept of playable games on a 38mm or 42mm device might seem bizarre. It’s certainly difficult to see how a screen that small could deliver anything approaching the quality of the best iOS games and in truth — at least at first — it may prove that the Apple Watch’s battery and processor are too weak to sustain the category.

But that doesn’t mean developers aren’t getting ready to try. And at least one has unveiled a design for a full(ish) scale RPG that looks like it will give you a reason to prod your shiny new Watch when it arrives in April (or August).

By: Michael Rundle,

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