5pb just announced a huge sale on its iOS games for a limited time. The discounts have rolled out, but the most notable one is both versions of the super popular visual novel time traveling adventure Steins;Gate($19.99). Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate HD are separate apps. Longtime readers and iOS gamers might remember when we had games with HD versions for iPad. That has carried over to the current version of Steins;Gate on iOS. Right now, both Steins;Gate and Steins;Gate HD are down to $3.99 from $19.99 for a limited time. The historic low price is $2.99, but this is still a fantastic deal if you’ve not played Steins;Gate yet. If you do have a modern console, you can play Steins;Gate Elite which is a remake of Steins;Gate featuring anime cut-scenes. I like both versions and can recommend either, but prefer the original as it feels like the best intro to the genre for me.
If you’ve not played Steins;Gate on mobile, read Shaun’s review of it here. It has a fantastic story with great characters and a brilliant soundtrack across its multiple endings. Steins;Gate is also a great entry point into the visual novel genre. It is available on the App Store for iPhone here and iPad (HD) here. Check out the forum thread for Steins;Gatehere. You can get it here on Google Play where it is free to start, and I’m not sure if it is discounted there as of now. What is your favorite game in the series across all platforms and will you be trying out the console and PC release Anonymous;Code in September?
This week’s new ACA NeoGeo release from SNK and Hamster is the 1993-released pro wrestling game 3 Count Bout($3.99) which follows the likes of King of the Monsters 2, Thrash Rally, and more. I haven’t played this specific game, but I’ve enjoyed SNK’s wrestling games thanks to NeoGeo and Pocket Color releases on other platforms. 3 Count Bout is out now worldwide on both iOS and Android as the newest ACA NeoGeo series release. 3 Count Bout debuted in 1993 and has you aiming to become the strongest wrestler and take over the champion’s throne. It includes aerial moves, dash moves, illegal moves, and strike exchanges. 3 Count Bout also has electricity matches and street matches. As usual, you can read Shaun’s article here covering the 10 best games in the series on mobile if you’re new to SNK and Hamster’s series. A screenshot from the Android version of 3 Count Bout is below:
You can buy 3 Count Bout ACA NeoGeo on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. As with prior releases on mobile, this costs half of what it does on consoles at $3.99. If you aren’t sure if this one is for you, I’d recommend going with one of the games Shaun recommended in his best games list.
Shaun has reviewed most of the releases so far in the ACA NeoGeo series on iOS. Check out his reviews for Sengoku 2here, Top Hunter Roddy & Cathyhere, Samurai Shodown IVhere, Alpha Mission IIhere, Metal Slug 5here, Shock Troopershere, NAM-1975here, ZED BLADEhere, PUZZLEDhere, The King of Fighters 2002here, Big Tournament Golfhere, King of the Monstershere, Last Resorthere, Aero Fighters 2here, Burning Fighthere, Robo Armyhere, Mutation Nationhere, Twinkle Star Spriteshere, Aero Fighters 3here, Prehistoric Isle 2here, Sengoku 3here, Samurai Shodown IIIhere, Ghost Pilots here, Stakes Winnerhere, Baseball Stars Professionalhere, Top Players Golfhere, Ninja Combathere, Riding Herohere, Savage Reignhere, and The Super Spyhere. Check out the official website for the series on mobile here. What’s your favorite recent ACA NeoGeo release and are you grabbing today’s release?
Mini Motorways on Apple Arcade, Nintendo Switch, and Steam and Mini Metro on multiple platforms have both added three maps to celebrate the 10-year “Miniversary”. The two updates feature six new maps in total (three per game) and new features. As a part of the updates, Mini Metro is bringing in Tokyo, Warsaw, and Lisbon today alongside the Mini Metro photo mode. You can export screenshots with new frames inspired by Mini Motorways. Mini Motorways on the other hand is adding London, Mumbai, and New York City beginning today. These Mini Motorways maps also have new building types in train stations. Mini Motorways continues to get updated regularly, and it is one of our favorite Apple Arcade games as well. Watch the Miniversary update launch trailer below:
If you’ve not played Mini Motorways yet and subscribe to Apple Arcade, you can grab it here on the service, on Steam here, and on Nintendo Switch here. Check out Mini Metrohere on the App Store and here if you have Apple Arcade. Head over to our forum thread for Mini Motorwayshere for more discussion around it. For all other Apple Arcade related things, check out our dedicated Apple Arcade forum for discussion on the service and every game included here. What do you think of today’s major Miniversary update in both Mini Metro and Mini Motorways?
Riot Games’ previously announced “Soul Fighter” cross game summer event is now live across all of the publisher’s mobile games and also League of Legends on PC. This event has new in-game content available across League of Legends: Wild Rift(Free), Legends of Runeterra, and Teamfight Tactics on mobile. This is the first of its kind for Riot Games on mobile, and it is going to be interesting to see if we get similar cross game events in the future. Watch the trailer for the Soul Fighter event in League of Legends: Wild Rift, Legends of Runeterra, and Teamfight Tactics below:
If you’ve not kept up with the event, Teamfight Tactics brings in a new game mode, narrative experience, Event Pass, and more. The mode is Soul Brawl while the new tacticians are Chibi Gwen, and Chibi Soul Fighter Gwen. League of Legends: Wild Rift has six new Soul Fighter skins, a new Tag Duel game mode designed exclusively for League of Legends: Wild Rift, and more. Legends of Runeterra has a new event pass, emotes, cosmetics, and cardbacks during this event. The event is live from now until August 28th worldwide across all the games. If you don’t have them yet, the games featured in the Soul Fighter event are available for free on iOS and Android. Do you play Teamfight Tactics, League of Legends: Wild Rift, and Legends of Runeterra on mobile or PC and will you be taking part in this cross game event?
Spike Chunsoft has discounted all four Danganronpa games on iOS and Android for its summer sale from now until August 20th. Following the trilogy hitting mobile to celebrate the anniversary over the years, Spike Chunsoft even brought the spin-off to iOS and Android following its Switch exclusivity ending with Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp. If you’re curious what the team behind Danganronpa has been doing since those games released, the Nintendo Switch exclusive game Master Detective Archives: RAIN CODE which features a lot of the key staff behind the Danganronpa games released a few weeks ago. Read Shaun’s review of it here. Currently, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc($10.99), Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair($10.99), Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony Anniversary Edition ($10.99) and Danganronpa S: Ultimate Summer Camp($10.99) are all discounted down to $10.99 each for a limited time.
Like the last sale, these aren’t the lowest prices they’ve been at before, but they are all worth the current price if you don’t already own them. The iOS versions are my favorite portable versions of the games. Get them on Android here for $10.99 each. Check out my reviews of the first two games on mobile here and here. Note that the App Store versions for each game are different for some regions. The prior links are for North America. Use this one for Asia. Keep in mind that these games do not support controllers or cloud saves. Check out the official website for the mobile ports here and our forum thread for the games here and here. Have you played the Danganronpa games before or will you be grabbing them on sale?
A few hours ago, Stardew Valley creator Eric Barone (ConcernedApe) posted more about the massive upcoming Stardew Valley($4.99) 1.6 update. In the Tweet, Eric mentions this update will bring in a new festival, new items, more dialogue, secrets, and more. I’m curious to see what else is added because the game is superlative already, and Eric has long crossed the boundary of going above and beyond for players. If you missed our prior coverage of it, this update is being worked on as a break from Haunted Chocolatier. Stardew Valley 1.6 will also make things easier and more powerful to mod. The modding will likely be just for PC. If you’ve not kept up with Stardew Valley on mobile, we had the massive 1.5 update hit with many smaller updates following to improve the experience. The newest major update on mobile brought in new end game content, quality of life features, the ability to move beds, a new Beach Farm, advanced game options, and a lot more.
Stardew Valley 1.6 still doesn’t have a release window for mobile, but I hope it does come to mobile soon after the PC and console versions. Stardew Valley will be joining Apple Arcade very soon as Stardew Valley+ if you subscribe to the service and don’t already own the mobile version. If you haven’t tried Stardew Valley yet, read our original review. We even featured it as our Game of the Week. You can buy it on the App Store for iOS here and for Android here on Google Play. If you own a Nintendo Switch and an iOS device, I compared both versions of the game to help you find the best platform to play it on. Here’s our forum thread on the game for more discussion. What do you think of Stardew Valley version 1.5 if you played it and what else would you like to see in 1.6 in the future?
It has been over a year since I reviewed the last paid DLC for Dead Cells. Since then, Dead Cells on mobile has gotten multiple major free updates and recently got the superlative Return to Castlevania DLC. With Dead Cells($8.99)Return to Castlevania out now on iOS and Android, I wanted to revisit the state of the game on mobile and how it compares to the PC and console versions. One more thing to keep in mind is Dead Cells+ on Apple Arcade offers all the game’s paid DLC for free if you have an active subscription through the Apple Arcade release. This review feature only covers the premium release, but everything also applies to the Apple Arcade version.
On mobile, Dead Cells is currently missing the Clean Cut Update, but has all prior updates and paid DLC available. We are closer than ever before at feature parity, and I hope we eventually get cross platform save syncing for mobile and PC at least. As with my other reviews of multiplatform games, I’m also going to compare the mobile release with the console and PC versions I have access to. With Dead Cells, I own the game on Xbox, Switch, PC, and iOS so will be discussing how it plays on Nintendo Switch (OLED model), Steam Deck, iPad Pro, iPhone 14 Plus, iPhone 11, and Xbox Series X.
The Dead CellsReturn to Castlevania DLC, priced at $6.99 on mobile, brings in two new biomes (Dracula’s Castle and the outskirts), 14 new weapons from Castlevania, 3 new bosses, 20 new outfits, a new story featuring Alucard and Richter Belmont, secrets, and more. This DLC even has a new soundtrack option you can enable which is superb featuring 51 original tracks from Castlevania and 12 songs from there reimagined to fit into Dead Cells. Despite the high (compared to prior DLC) asking price, the Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania DLC gets my highest possible recommendation if you enjoy Dead Cells. If you don’t, this DLC will not change anything though. I do love how the story in this DLC perfectly fits into Dead Cells.
So far, every DLC pack for Dead Cells has been worth it with some over delivering in value. I’ve been just blindly buying them on Steam because the support Dead Cells gets is incredible. With Dead CellsReturn to Castlevania, I’m still floored at how much care and attention went into bringing the world of Castlevania into Dead Cells. The bosses, new music tracks, visuals, and all the weapons make this superb. This might be one of my favorite DLC packs ever, and is essential for every Dead Cells owner.
I wasn’t playing anything on holiday last week barring the new PowerWash Simulator DLC, but I did test out my new Final Fantasy XVI DualSense controller with Dead Cells on my iPad. In its current state, I’d say Dead Cells on Steam Deck remains my favorite way to play it, but the iOS version is definitely the next best option. While the Switch version isn’t a mess like it was at launch, I’d still play Dead Cells on iOS over Switch. I’m looking forward to seeing how the new native PS5 version feels because I wasn’t happy with how Dead Cells performance was on Xbox either.
If you’ve not played Dead Cells on mobile in over a year, you’ve missed out on huge updates like the Boss Rush Mode and Everyone is Here 2 updates. These updates added in an alternative game mode, characters from amazing indie games, new cosmetics, enhanced bosses, and a lot more. Both of these updates were also free continuing the trend of Dead Cells getting even better for every owner of the game.
Dead CellsReturn to Castlevania DLC was a perfect expansion on consoles and PC when it debuted, and it is still essential with its mobile release. Dead Cells on mobile is a superb version of the game, and I hope it eventually gets cross platform save syncing. That’s really the only feature I want to see added. If you have Apple Arcade, you get Dead Cells and all prior DLC including the Return to Castlevania expansion in Dead Cells+ making it one of the best games on the service. If you like Dead Cells and Castlevania, why are you even reading reviews? Just buy the DLC and enjoy one of the best expansions we’ve seen for any game in a while.
Dead CellsReturn to Castlevania DLC iOS review score: 5/5
HoYoverse recently revealed its Gamescom 2023 plans. Ahead of Gamescom, the major Honkai Star Rail(Free) version 1.2 update will release on July 19th. Pre-installation has now gone live on iOS, Android, and PC platforms. Honkai Star Rail 1.2 “Even Immortality Ends” brings in support for Kafka as a playable character alongside Blade and Luka, new enemies, events, and more. The Honkai Star Rail 1.2 update pre-installation size is 5.3GB on iPad. You can pre-install from the title screen by tapping the Resource Pre-Download button. Watch the Honkai Star Rail 1.2 “Even Immortality Ends” update trailer below:
Honkai Star Rail is available for free on the App Store for iOS here, on Google Play for Android here, and check it here on the Epic Games Store in addition to its regular PC version. It is coming to PS5 as revealed at Summer Game Fest where we also got a teaser for Luka. I’m looking forward to the PS5 version as well so I can play on iPad and PS5 going forward. Hopefully we also get full controller support on iOS soon. Have you been playing Honkai Star Rail regularly since it launched on mobile and PC and what do you think of the reveal for this week’s update?
Top down roguelite shooter Brotato($4.99) (premium) on mobile has gotten quite a few updates since launching bringing in the in-game encyclopedia , endless mode, accessibility options, and more. Read our review of it here. The PC version recently hit 1.0 as well. Today, Brotato on mobile has gotten updated to bring in four new heroes: Glutton, Cyborg, Jack, and Lich. This update also has some fixes for damage values and hero attribute modifiers. I’m hoping it hits 1.0 officially on mobile soon and we eventually get a cross platform save option. Watch the Brotato 1.0 update trailer below:
We featured Brotato as our Game of the Week. Brotato (premium) is available for $4.99 on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. Check it out on Steam here where it is 20% off to celebrate the 1.0 update. I’ve been enjoying it quite a bit on Steam Deck and also iPad. If you haven’t gotten Brotato or 20 Minutes Till Dawn yet, the discounted bundle is worth grabbing. Check it out here on mobile and here on Steam. Have you played Brotato or 20 Minutes Till Dawn yet on mobile?
TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge(Free) from Dotemu and Tribute Games hit mobile through from Playdigious via Netflix Games following its PC and console launch and it is sublime to play on the go. Read my review of the iOS version here and Shaun’s glowing review of the original Switch version here. Today, Dotemu revealed the TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Dimension Shellshock DLC Survival Mode with a new trailer and gameplay video. This mode will have you collect crystals shards and use them to travel across dimensions, unlock perks, mutations, and more. Each dimension has its own look and feel. Alongside Dotemu’s trailer, PlayStation Access has an extended gameplay video for the Survival Mode in the Dimension Shellshock DLC. Watch both videos below:
You can wishlist the TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Dimension Shellshock DLC on Steam here. As of this writing, it has not been announced for mobile via Netflix, but only confirmed for 2023 release on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch. Hopefully it does come to mobile sooner than later. TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge was also our Game of the Week when it launched. Read my interview with Playdigious covering TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, working with Netflix, and more here. I also recently interviewed Tee Lopes about the game and a lot more relating to game music. Read that here. If you’d like to grab it on mobile, you can get TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here through Netflix Games. Have you played TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge yet and what do you think of this DLC?
Over the weekend, Red Nexus Games’ pachinko roguelike Peglin(Free) for iOS, Android, and PC saw its largest update hit in the form of the Spinventor update. This update, version 0.9.22, brings in the Spinventor class featuring more than 15 new orbs and 10 relics. The update also includes changes to various aspects of the games including some names being changed and specific removals. As usual, the iOS update notes don’t have a ton of details, but the Steam update page for this release goes over the various changes and adjustments this update brings to iOS, Android, and PC. I’m still working on a review of the game covering it on mobile and Steam Deck. Stay tuned for that in the near future as I make my way deeper into it and check out the newest update. Watch the trailer for the game below:
If you’ve not played Peglin yet, it is definitely worth trying out for free. You can try Peglin on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. It is a paid game on Steam, but a free to start release on mobile with a one time full game unlock purchase. We featured it as our Game of the Week when it launched. Check it out on Steam here for impressions around the PC version and to try the free demo. Head over to our forum thread for more impressions and discussion around the iOS version. Have you played Peglin before on mobile or PC?
Hello. Our pal Mikhail is on vacation right now, and that means it falls to me to announce this week’s ACA NEOGEO release on iOS and Android from the folks at SNK and Hamster. This week’s pull comes from very early in the lifespan of the arcade/home platform. It’s none other than 1991’s Thrash Rally($3.99), originally developed by ADK. You can pick it up now on your mobile device of choice for a lean, mean $3.99. Wondering what it looks like on mobile? Well, you can peep a screenshot below. Or check your local App Store listing. Options a-plenty, but you’ll be doing me a favor if you check it out here.
A top-down take on rally racing, it perhaps wasn’t the most immediately impressive NEOGEO game of its time, but it sure was a lot of fun. Critics largely enjoyed it, and it did well enough for itself to earn a spiritual successor in 1996 called Over Top ($3.99), which was already added to the mobile ACA NEOGEO line a while back. I’ll most likely be doing a review of this game soon, as I have for many others in the past. In case you missed it, last week’s ACA NEOGEO mobile release was the futsal game Pleasure Goal, and you can read my review by clicking somewhere around… here. And in case you want to check out the website for the ACA NEOGEO mobile line, that can be found somewhere around… here. Do you have any happy memories of Thrash Rally? Will you be picking this one up? What’s your favorite game in this series so far? Do you like pineapple on pizza? Feel free to chime in on all of these questions in the comments below.
Devolver Digital has now released McPixel 3($2.99) on iOS and Android following its launch on PC and consoles. If you’ve not kept up with it, McPixel 3 is the sequel to McPixel($2.99). If you’re wondering about McPixel 2, watch this. McPixel 3 has now brought it quirky humor to mobile as a premium release. I expected McPixel 3 to be a bit more expensive so this price is nice to see. There’s a bundle with both McPixel games as the “Trilogy” on Steam right now, so I’m curious if this comes to mobile in some form, though both games will be published by different developers on iOS. You can watch the McPixel 3 trailer below:
McPixel 3 is now available for $2.99 on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. If you’ve not played the original game yet, you grab McPixel or its free version on the App Store for iOS here and here. I’ll likely be reviewing the iOS version in the near future. If you’re curious about how McPixel 3 is on Switch, read Shaun’s review here. The console and PC versions of McPixel 3 is priced at $9.99. Have you played McPixel 3 before on any other platform or were you waiting for the mobile version?
Earlier today, the Pikmin 4 demo launched on the eShop worldwide. Progress from the demo carries over to the full game as well. To celebrate the demo, Niantic has announced a collaboration costume for Pikmin Bloom(Free) for those who play the demo or full game on Switch when it launches. If you play the demo to completion, you can unlock a special Pikmin 4 Oatchi-Rider costume for your Mii in Pikmin Bloom. This also applies to playing the full version as well. Oatchi is a space dog who will join you in Pikmin 4. I was curious if we’d see collaborations and cross promotions like this, and I wonder if Nintendo will do something for Pikmin Bloom players who buy Pikmin 4 with some in-game content in the console game unlocking. Watch the Pikmin 4 trailer below:
Full details on how to redeem the costume for your Mii are here on the official Pikmin Bloom website. We featured Pikmin Bloom as our Game of the Week when it released. If you’d like to try it out, you can download Pikmin Bloom for free on the App Store for iOS here and Google Play for Android here. Head over to our forum thread here for more discussion around it. Pikmin Bloom is free to play with in app purchases including different sets of coins and storage. What do you think of Pikmin Bloom so far and are you going to play it at launch?
Square Enix has discounted all of its SaGa releases on iOS and Android from now until August 2nd. These include Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song Remastered which sees a discount for the first time on mobile and also SaGa Frontier Remastered that is down to its lowest price yet on iOS and Android. Basically all of Square Enix’s premium SaGa games are discounted by up to 70% right now. These discounts aren’t as rare as they used to be, but it is never a bad time to buy more SaGa games. While Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song Remastered is discounted and the newest series release on mobile, you’re better off getting into the world of SaGa through SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitions($29.99) if you’ve never played a game like this before. Watch the trailer for it below:
The full list of SaGa games discounted until August 2nd on iOS and Android is below:
If you aren’t sure which one is for you, Shaun has reviewed them all. Read his reviews for Romancing SaGa Minstrel Song Remasteredhere, Romancing SaGa 2here, Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legendhere, Romancing SaGa 3here, SaGa Frontier Remasteredhere, and SaGa Scarlet Grace Ambitionshere. If you’ve played them before, what is your favorite game in the series on mobile so far?
The major Genshin Impact(Free) version 3.8 update has finally been revealed. This update, titled the ‘Secret Summer Paradise’ arrives next month bringing in a new limited-time map with summer attractions, two open world gameplay modes, four event games, new outfits for Klee and Kaeya, a new hangout event for Kaeya, a new TCG PvE mode, 3 character cards for the TCG, and more. As usual, pre-installation will likely go live a few days prior to launch on iOS, Android, and PC. If you’ve not kept up with Genshin Impact, the Summer Festival 2023 series of events was recently announced featuring merchandise, fan art, food, music, and more. Read about that here. If you’re curious about the new free codes for this announcement, they are here. Watch the update trailer below:
We’ve been covering the top down roguelite shooter Brotato($4.99) (premium) for a while now. Since launching on mobile, it has gotten quite a few big updates bringing the in-game encyclopedia , endless mode, accessibility options, and more. Read our review of it here. Today, the PC version hits 1.0 about 10 months after being in Steam Early Access. This update brings in a plethora of content and more. Read about the recent PC updates here. While I’m not sure where the mobile version fits into the schedule, the Endless Mode update hit PC in February, so I hope mobile reaches this 1.0 update in a few months if not sooner. Watch the Brotato 1.0 update trailer below:
When Brotato launched, we featured it as our Game of the Week. Brotato (premium) is available for $4.99 on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. Check it out on Steam here where it is 20% off to celebrate the 1.0 update. I’ve been playing Brotato quite a bit this morning while looking forward to the 1.0 update hitting. If you haven’t gotten Brotato or 20 Minutes Till Dawn yet, get the bundle here on mobile and here on Steam. Have you played Brotato or 20 Minutes Till Dawn yet on mobile?
This week, the 1994-released fighting game Aggressors of Dark Kombat($3.99) from SNK has been released on iOS and Android as the newest ACA NeoGeo series release. If you missed last week’s release, Hamster and SNK released Ninja Commando on mobile. Read Shaun’s review of it here. Aggressors of Dark Kombat is a fighting game I haven’t played yet in any form. It features eight characters going into unrestricted battles. I’ll likely be grabbing it on Switch rather than iOS in the near future, but I’m sure Shaun will be checking it out on iOS soon. Aggressors of Dark Kombat is out now including the usual features in Hamster’s ACA NeoGeo releases on mobile. If you’ve not kept up with the series and want to know which ones to grab first on mobile, read Shaun’s new feature here covering the 10 best games on mobile. A screenshot from the Android version of Aggressors of Dark Kombat is below:
You can buy Aggressors of Dark Kombat ACA NeoGeo on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. As with prior releases on mobile, this costs half of what it does on consoles at $3.99. If you’ve not heard of the series or seen it in action on mobile yet, Shaun has reviewed most of the releases so far in the ACA NeoGeo series on iOS. Check out his reviews for Sengoku 2here, Top Hunter Roddy & Cathyhere, Samurai Shodown IVhere, Alpha Mission IIhere, Metal Slug 5here, Shock Troopershere, NAM-1975here, ZED BLADEhere, PUZZLEDhere, The King of Fighters 2002here, Big Tournament Golfhere, King of the Monstershere, Last Resorthere, Aero Fighters 2here, Burning Fighthere, Robo Armyhere, Mutation Nationhere, Twinkle Star Spriteshere, Aero Fighters 3here, Prehistoric Isle 2here, Sengoku 3here, Samurai Shodown IIIhere, Ghost Pilots here, Stakes Winnerhere, Baseball Stars Professionalhere, Top Players Golfhere, Ninja Combathere, Riding Herohere, Savage Reignhere, and The Super Spyhere. Check out the official website for the series on mobile here. What’s your favorite recent ACA NeoGeo release and are you grabbing today’s release?
Playdigious just released a major new update and DLC pack for Northgard($7.99) on mobile. We’ve had a lot of DLC arrive for the Viking strategy game since launch, and today ‘The Clan of the Rat’ paid DLC has launched. This clan brings in a new warmaiden: Eir, a new Shaman Camp unit mechanic replacing the Healer Hut, the Garm’s Incarnation relic, and more. The DLC arrives with two free updates for all users. The ‘Sword & Solace’ update has a new navigation interface, revised military paths, and a new multiplayer ranking system. The ‘Krowns and Daggers’ update has a new neutral faction: Dwarves, new rivalry system, new diplomacy screen, and new competitive events. Check out more details from the update below:
Today’s ‘The Clan of the Rat’ DLC is priced at $2.99 with the two updates released for free. I’m interested to see if a complete bundle is released in the future when all paid DLC has arrived. If you’ve not gotten it yet, you can get Northgard on Google Play for Android here and on the App Store for iOS here. Check out the official website here. Playdigious also released a few developer diaries detailing how the game was adapted for mobile. You can watch them here. Head over to our forum thread here for more discussion around Northgard. Have you played Northgard on mobile yet and will you be getting today’s DLC?
Following the announcement of a mobile entry in the Tom Clancy’s The Division series, Ubisoft revealed the game as The Division Resurgence() and has been slowly showcasing more of what players can expect over trailers and more. With the game set for launching this fall on iOS and Android, Ubisoft has launched the App Store page with pre-orders now live. Google Play pre-registrations are also live. The fall release date was announced at the Ubisoft Forward event last week that also gave us a glimpse of Ubisoft’s other major mobile release, Assassin’s Creed Codename Jade. Read about that here. The App Store page for The Division Resurgence also has a placeholder date of December 5th listed. This is not the final date as Ubisoft has only confirmed the “fall 2023″ release window. Watch the pre-registration trailer for The Division Resurgence below:
Ubisoft also had previews go up and signs point to The Division Resurgence being very good as of now. Hopefully the final release delivers for those who have been interested in The Division Resurgence on mobile. Ahead of its fall 2023 release date, you can pre-order The Division Resurgence on the App Store for iOS here and on Google Play for Android here. Details for the latest patch and regional beta test are here. The Division Resurgence will be free to play and the App Store lists many numbered “mission complete” set in app purchases and different packs of other content. Did you try out any of the regional tests for The Division Resurgence and will you be pre-ordering it?
