Described as a 'retro-futuristic 3D' shoot-em-up, Space Qube has been designated by Apple as this week's App of the Week. The game, created by Qubit Entertainment and launched in early 2013, will be free on the App Store for the next week.
Normally priced at $2.99, the game tasks players with building their own personal spaceships and running through "endless levels of Alien mayhem," besting high scores and taking down bosses.
The extensive voxel-based ship editor allows users to build an endless variety of ships, share them online, or download another player's creation for themselves. Most players reviewing the game on the App Store praise these ship-building and customization elements of the game, but forewarn future players of in-app purchases down the road.
With Space Qube’s in-game Voxel editor you can create anything and take it for a spin in the space! There are tons of models already created and more is coming in - fast. Take control of a space ship, a flying toilet, a flying cow or anything else, shoot as many aliens as you can and get the highest score to climb up the ranks. Some serious unique bosses are waiting for you on your quest! Space shooters will never be the same.
-Retro shoot ‘em up using sensor controls -Best music theme ever, no doubt -Share your 3D creations online -Use your own creation or download another gamer’s model to play the game -3D Print out your creations with one click
Game tech support: -Game Center support -WideScreen support -Voxel-based rendering engine
Of course it can be free. The developers feed from the IAP scheme they implemented in this game. The least they could do is make it free.
Yep. I'll check it out,but IAP has pretty much killed iOS gaming for me. If I can use IAP for permanent items and have a really good game for up to $10 I'm OK,but constant pay-to-play or pay-to-avoid-timers are deal killers.
Of course it can be free. The developers feed from the IAP scheme they implemented in this game. The least they could do is make it free.
Yeah, Apple's "free" selections are getting kind of annoying. When Things was free the other week, I thought it was funny they boasted the normal 9.99 price in the subtitle.
Does that mean it used to be futuristic or it will be retro?
Retro-futurism refers to the past's vision of the future. Think about sci-fi films from the 60s-80s where in the "future" everyone is wearing silver jump suits. Or in the Jetsons, the way everything has that 50's aesthetic, yet it is their time's vision of the future.
Anyone who likes to think about the future will benefit from researching retro-futurism because the false (and correct) predictions which were once made about tomorrow can help inform our own predictions.
Friday October 30, 2026 3:20 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
In a memo shared with Apple Stores and Apple Authorized Service Providers this week, and later obtained by MacRumors, Apple provided technicians with guidance on how to diagnose and address the iPhone Duo's inner display cracking issue.
If a customer reports the issue, Apple advised technicians to inspect the iPhone Duo and repair or replace it in accordance with their standard procedures....
Thursday October 29, 2026 1:47 pm PDT by Joe Rossignol
While the new iPad mini has an OLED display, the device does not support ProMotion, meaning the display's refresh rate is limited to 60Hz instead of 120Hz.
ProMotion support would have allowed for the iPad mini's refresh rate to automatically adjust from 10Hz to 120Hz depending on the content being displayed, but evidently Apple has kept the feature exclusive to the iPad Pro among iPad...
Thursday October 29, 2026 11:52 am PDT by Joe Rossignol
In the U.S. and most other countries, Apple's website shows the new iPad mini being held by pinched fingers, but this is not the case in South Korea.
The new iPad mini shown with pinched fingers on Apple's website in the U.S.
On its South Korean website, Apple simply shows an image of the iPad mini on its own.
The new iPad mini shown without pinched fingers on Apple's website in South Korea ...
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Yep. I'll check it out,but IAP has pretty much killed iOS gaming for me. If I can use IAP for permanent items and have a really good game for up to $10 I'm OK,but constant pay-to-play or pay-to-avoid-timers are deal killers.
Yeah, Apple's "free" selections are getting kind of annoying. When Things was free the other week, I thought it was funny they boasted the normal 9.99 price in the subtitle.
Retro-futurism refers to the past's vision of the future. Think about sci-fi films from the 60s-80s where in the "future" everyone is wearing silver jump suits. Or in the Jetsons, the way everything has that 50's aesthetic, yet it is their time's vision of the future.
Anyone who likes to think about the future will benefit from researching retro-futurism because the false (and correct) predictions which were once made about tomorrow can help inform our own predictions.