Mobile gaming news
Releases, announcements and industry numbers: what's happening on iOS and Android, explained plainly.
- Preservation
Ratchet & Clank: Clone Home, a mobile game lost since 2006, resurfaces
A group of fans tracked down a playable build of the Going Mobile sequel and uploaded it to the Internet Archive.
- Announcement
Popucom heads to Switch as Arknights: Endfield confirms an iPhone version
Gryphline used the Nintendo Direct and Apple's keynote to outline its upcoming releases.
- MMORPG
Ragnarok M: Classic drops gacha and paid bundles
Gravity's MMORPG reaches the West on 3 September with one currency for everything: zeny.
- Release
Disco Elysium arrives on Android, reimagined for portrait play
ZA/UM calls it a reimagining rather than a port, built for short sessions and motion controls.
- Industry
AppMagic: casual games are downloaded more but barely earn more
Downloads are up 6% year on year; revenue, 3.6%. Puzzle games are the exception.
- Pre-registration
Resident Evil Survival Unit passes 300,000 pre-registrations
Aniplex and JOYCITY's mobile strategy game will hand out more rewards if it hits one million.
- Release
Subnautica is now playable on iOS and Android
The underwater survival classic comes to phones with controller support, cloud saves and achievements.
- Announcement
Resident Evil: Survival Unit announced, a mobile horror strategy game
Aniplex, JOYCITY and Capcom revealed the project at Anime Expo; it's heading to Europe, the Americas and Asia.
- Announcement
Riot confirms Valorant for mobile, with China first in line
The port is being built by LIGHTSPEED, the studio behind PUBG Mobile. Other regions will follow later.
- Preservation
King's Field Mobile, FromSoftware's lost game, has been recovered
The Yuuku group rescued and translated into English the 2004 phone version of the studio's first game.
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