Apple News+ adds a new game that uses emoji and Genmoji to solve puzzles | TechCrunch

Apple is introducing a new reason to upgrade to its subscription news offering, Apple News+: more games. On Thursday, the company announced the addition of the Emoji Game, an original title that will join its other games, including its Crossword puzzle, Crossword Mini, Sudoku, and word game Quartiles, in both the U.S. and Canada in English.Bundling games with other services has proven a successful strategy to attract users and keep them engaged, as The New York Times and even LinkedIn have discovered. Apple won’t share its user numbers around Games, but it says that many people subscribe to News+ just for the puzzles.Released to coincide with World Emoji Day, the new Emoji Game is part logic, part word game that’s inspired by how we use emojis to communicate with one another. In this daily game, players try to solve phrases using emojis with the goal of completing the puzzle in the least number of moves possible.For instance, if the word “appear” showed up in the puzzle, you might see...