Mobile gaming news
Releases, announcements and industry numbers: what's happening on iOS and Android, explained plainly.
- Release
Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown arrives on iOS and Android on 14 April
Ubisoft promises the full game, touch controls, 60 FPS and three play styles to tune the difficulty.
- Release
Dark and Darker Mobile will launch first in Canada
Krafton opens the soft launch on 5 February and will roll the game out to other regions in the first half of the year.
- Delay
Delta Force's mobile version slips to summer 2025
Team Jade needs more time to optimise the shooter on iOS and Android, which had been expected in January.
- Release
The makers of Plague Inc launch After Inc, a game about rebuilding the world
Ndemic Creations changes tone: this time you rebuild cities after the apocalypse. No consumable microtransactions.
- Pre-registration
Infinity Nikki passes 30 million pre-registrations
The fifth entry in Infold Games' series opens up its world and also comes to PC and consoles.
- Milestone
Call of Duty: Mobile reaches 1 billion downloads
The shooter marks five years with an anniversary season, a new map and free rewards.
- Milestone
Pokémon TCG Pocket may have earned nearly $5 million in 48 hours
The revenue is an analyst estimate; the official figure is 10 million downloads in two days.
- Release
The Elder Scrolls: Castles launches worldwide on 10 September
Bethesda's management game, a successor to Fallout Shelter, leaves its testing phase after a year.
- Announcement
China confirms Final Fantasy XIV is coming to mobile
China's regulator approves the Square Enix and Lightspeed game alongside 14 other foreign titles.
- Industry
Study: 83% of mobile games shut down within three years
A survey of 500 developers in the UK and US shows how short most launches live.
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