Tag Archives: Mobile

It seems as though any live-service title released nowadays must inevitably include some form of crossover with other video game IPs. Such is the case with the command-action RPG NieR: Re[in]carnation, which will see a number of Persona 5 characters added to the game. Making the announcement on Twitter, the …

Lootboxes have become a cursed word within the video games industry, with many developers shying away from the exploitative and manipulative practice of including such gacha elements into their games. One of the games which still use loot boxes is the free-to-play Mario Kart Tour. Fortunately, Nintendo has now announced …

Diablo Immortal is a tricky game to talk about. It offers a lot of freely playable content and succeeds in delivering a quality Diablo experience on the go. However, it is also laden with microtransactions, the worst of which are the game's legendary crests, which are the only way to …

PlayStation Studios is welcoming a new member to the family this week – Savage Game Studios. Under the PlayStation banner, Savage will now focus primarily on expanding Sony's mobile game development activities.  Savage Game Studios is actually pretty new to the market, having been founded in 2020. Since then, the …

Intel has new high-performance HX laptop CPUs on the way. Recently, an unannounced 13th Gen Core i5-13600HX was spotted in a database, suggesting that engineering samples are now being circulated for testing.  The BAPCo entry shared by @momomo_us shows the unreleased processor will pack 14x cores and 20x threads, meaning …

A couple of years ago following Diablo Immortal's BlizzCon reveal, we learned that Blizzard was also working on a number of other mobile games, several of which were set in the Warcraft universe. This year, one of these games was officially announced, but Blizzard seems to be scrapping two other …

It seems the 13th Gen Core mobile chips will come out sooner than we thought. During an earnings call this week, the company confirmed plans to launch Raptor Lake for both mobile and desktop platforms this year, although desktop parts will still arrive first.  During Intel's Q2 earnings call, CEO, …

Ubisoft has been working on a The Division mobile spin-off for a while now. This week, the publisher officially announced The Division Resurgence, a new third-person shooter with RPG elements for mobile with both solo and co-op play.  Planned to release on iOS and Android, The Division Resurgence has been …

While Sony has over time adopted a more multi-platform approach to its game development, Nintendo has remained rather rigid with its own first-party titles. The exception to this rule has been with the mobile market, where Nintendo has translated some of their franchises into mobile experience. It seems that one …

Call of Duty is continuing its typical release schedule, with this year’s COD, Modern Warfare II, coming from development studio Infinity Ward. Meanwhile Treyarch are working on their own COD title, which isn’t set to come out until 2024 (due to delays). Despite this, a significant number of assets from COD 2024 somehow found their way into Warzone Mobile, giving us a look at maps, guns and more.

Mobile hardware is more powerful than ever, allowing developers to create and release competent and comparable mobile ports of some of the industry’s biggest titles. It seems Bungie is planning to enter the mobile space, as the studio is reportedly working on a Destiny mobile game in collaboration with NetEase. …

The Fire Emblem franchise has remained a relatively niche series for most of its existence – especially when comparing it to other major Nintendo properties. That being said, Fire Emblem Heroes, the free-to-play mobile offering, is by far the publisher’s most successful game on the platform, making 3X more money …

Niantic hit it big in 2016 with Pokemon GO, creating a Summer trend which saw the game reach millions of fans and in turn made billions in revenue. Unfortunately, the studio’s other projects have been much less successful, with 4 upcoming titles now being cancelled. In a report by Bloomberg …

Subscriptions are seemingly the new hotness when it comes to ensuring recurrent user spending. Making someone pay monthly for what would previously have been a single lump sum makes for greater profits in the long term while also ensuring a stronger likelihood of them remaining within your company's ecosystem. It …

AMD only just recently began talking about its upcoming Ryzen 7000 processors, but leaks are already starting to flood in. AMD's upcoming ‘Phoenix Point' mobile processors are already appearing in benchmark databases, giving us an early look at specs and performance.  The benchmark entry found by Benchleaks shows an engineering …

This week, Sony held its annual Investor Day event, giving us a sneak peek at the company's future plans. As the new console generation continues, Sony will be ramping up its multi-platform efforts, including plans to have roughly half of its releases heading to PC or mobile by 2025. 

For years, the consumer tech industry has been trying to standardise the use of USB Type-C for all electronics from external harddrives to display ports to mobile phone chargers. Most of the world's tech has switched over to USB-C except for Apple’s iPhones and their peripherals. After almost a decade, …

Late last year saw the release of GTA: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition, a re-release and remaster of the franchise's first 3D outings. Alongside the confirmation of this remaster was the announcement of a mobile release of this latest ‘Definitive Edition’. Originally intended to launch in the first half …

We've known for a while now that Activision is developing a new Call of Duty Battle Royale game for mobile in order to better compete with other popular mobile shooters, like Fortnite, PUBG and soon, Apex Legends. Now, the game has a title of sorts – Project Aurora, and the …

Just over one year ago we reported that Call of Duty Mobile had reached a major milestone, surpassing half a billion downloads since its launch in late 2019. Over the course of the past year, the free-to-play game has continued to balloon in popularity, now surpassing 650 million downloads. In …

While the mobile market is often forgotten, it continues to chug along as the single biggest video game sector. An example of this can be seen by none other than Genshin Impact, which has now officially made over $3 Billion on mobile alone. Genshin Impact is one of the biggest …

Just as promised, last night Blizzard officially revealed its next mobile game – Warcraft Arclight Rumble. This is a new game set in the Warcraft universe, offering a full PvE campaign, co-op gameplay and a PvP mode, aiming to offer “Blizzard quality gameplay on the go”.  Warcraft Arclight Rumble  is …

It has been three years since Respawn Entertainment first talked about bringing Apex Legends to mobile. Now, six weeks on from the game's soft-launch in select regions, Apex Legends Mobile will be releasing worldwide this month.  Apex Legends Mobile Design Director, Jordan Patz, revealed the early release during a developer …

Back in 2018, shortly following the reveal for Diablo Immortal, we learned that Blizzard had multiple other mobile games in the works, including a couple based on Warcraft. At the time, we were told to expect a Pokémon Go style game, perhaps with Warcraft pet battles or something similar. Now, …

After making a big fuss about Diablo Immortal being a mobile-only title, Blizzard announced a change of plan this week. Now, Diablo Immortal will be available for iOS and Android devices as well as PCs, with full cross-progression, cross-play, gamepad support as well as keyboard and mouse support. With the …

It has been almost four years since Diablo Immortal was first announced to an overwhelmingly negative reaction from both the crowd at BlizzCon that year, as well as online. Blizzard opted not to cancel the game, instead working away on it quietly. Now, the game is finally ready and will …

In recent years, the biggest PC and console shooters have also released mobile counterparts, broadening the audience for these games quite dramatically in some markets. Like Call of Duty, Fortnite, PUBG, Battlefield and others, Valorant will soon be available on iOS and Android devices.  As reported by DannyIntel, Riot appears …

A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Ubisoft was working on a mobile version of Rainbow Six Siege. Now, those rumours have been confirmed, with Ubisoft officially announcing Rainbow Six Mobile for iOS and Android.  We first heard of this game a couple of weeks ago, although the leak …

As the debut of the Arc Alchemist GPU approaches, a leaked table showing the specifications of Intel Arc Alchemist mobile gaming GPUs has appeared online. In this table, you can see the specifications of five different SKUs, as well as the release period for each of them. According to the …

Ubisoft has been interested in bringing its bigger franchises to mobile for a while now. The publisher's last attempt, Tom Clancy's Elite Squad, didn't go down so well and was quickly shut down. Now, Ubisoft is preparing its next attempt, with a mobile version of Rainbow Six Siege.  According to …