LONDON, UK – 14th July, 2026 – Developers New Star Games, the BAFTA award-winning studio behind hit games like New Star Soccer, Retro Goal and Retro Bowl are pleased to announce that their critically acclaimed retro-styled college football game, Retro Bowl College+, is coming to Apple Arcade next month.
Retro Bowl College+ is the official spin-off of the smash hit Retro Bowl, taking players back to the old-school. If they thought managing a Pro Team was a challenge, well they’ve seen nothing yet!
Players can make a name for as a winning Head Coach for one of 250 College teams. Manager tight budgets and encourage hot-headed young players to keep their eye on the ball when they’re surrounded by the temptations and distractions of college life. Can they tell the difference between the next Pro Football superstar and the party animal who doesn’t know when to quit? Can they foster their talents and help them make the Draft? Can they turn their school into the greatest Football College of all time?
Retro Bowl College+ starts the new semester with a brand new “League Style” option that allows players to change the league rules (seeding, conference alignments and available teams) back to how they were in previous years. For those who are happy to play in the present, Retro Bowl College+ also contains league data for 2026, making sure there is something for all College Football fans to be excited about.
With the arrival of Retro Bowl College+ to Apple Arcade, it means, for the first time, all games in the Retro Bowl series are available on the Apple Arcade service. Paul Kilburn, director of New Star Publishing said “"It's great to be working with Apple Arcade again. Retro Bowl College has been a favourite with so many players already, and we're looking forward to introducing Retro Bowl College+ to Apple Arcade subscribers around the world."
About New Star Games
New Star Games, founded and led by Simon Read, is an independent games publisher & developer based in Buckingham, UK. Fuelled by the extraordinary success of New Star Soccer, which went on to win a BAFTA in 2013 and the smash-hit American Football game ‘Retro Bowl’, this small but perfectly formed and highly focused developer is set to continue to light up the sports game genre. For more information, please visit: http://www.newstargames.com/
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