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Another Eden is giving away a free five-star unit to celebrate five million downloads

WFS Inc has announced that its popular RPG, Another Eden, has achieved five million downloads since it first launched back in 2017. So to celebrate the momentous occasion WFS are giving away a free five-star unit – all you need to do is play through the special encounter which is available until September 16.

Everyday a new Whisper of Time encounter is going to appear in-game – complete this to receive a Whisper of Time drop. Once you’ve collected ten of these bad-boys, the encounter that’ll get you your free five-star becomes available – simple enough, right? In case you don’t get time before the end date, Whisper of Time drops are also still usable until October 14.

For those that don’t know, Another Eden: The Cat Beyond Space and Time – to use its full name – is a mobile JRPG that first dropped a few years back, before releasing worldwide early last year. Since its release, Eden has received a lot of praise for its story, soundtrack, and characters, soliciting many favourable comparisons with RPGs on PC and console.

But don’t take our word for it – you can watch the launch trailer below:

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To further celebrate the five million, we are also getting a Divine Paladin version of the character, Anabel, and there are plenty of other fateful encounters for you to try, as well as two special summer campaigns to undertake.

If you want to see what all the fuss is about, Another Eden is available on Google Play and the App Store. If you’re currently wanting for more recommendations, our list of the best mobile RPGs, and best mobile MMORPGs have plenty of great games to choose from!

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Hyena Squad is the latest turn-based strategy game by Wave Light Games

Wave Light Games, the developer of Demon’s Rise and Shieldwall Chronicles, has confirmed its next title, Hyena Squad, will launch on the App Store on September 9. Hyena Squad is a turn-based RPG similar to XCOM.  

Hyena Squad takes place in deep space, onboard an alien space station. It’s your job to infiltrate the station and rescue a VIP inmate with your team of mercenaries. You can choose from four different types of mercenary: armoured melee specialists, heavy gunners, elusive scouts, and mysterious psychics. Once you select your team, you must lead the assault, taking into account the environment, your characters’ line of sights, morale, and more. 

Hyena Squad builds on Wave Light Games’s previous RPGs by adding additional features for you to enjoy. There are 12 levels to master, each with different objectives like hostage rescue, escort to the safe zone, and various bosses. The environments in Hyena Squad are destructible, with fuel canisters and hazardous tanks to blow up. Your squad and the aliens you fight both have active and passive abilities, where you can inspire or confuse units, increasing the tactical tools at your disposal.

Hyena Squad will release this September on the App Store, where you can pre-order a copy for $1.99/£1.99. The game offers you a premium experience with no adverts, in-app purchases, or online requirements. 

If Hyena Squad sounds like the RPG for you, then check out the trailer below.

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Fancy checking out the best mobile RPGs or maybe the best mobile strategy games? Either way, we have the guide for you.

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Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale is available for pre-registration on Google Play

July 31, 2020 Pre-registration for Meteorfall: Kurmit’s Tale is now open on Android

Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale is now available pre-registration for Android users on Google Play. The brilliant deckbuilding roguelike has been on PC for some time now but is nearing a full launch on mobile. Krumit’s Tale is the sequel to the incredibly well-received Meteorfall: Journeys, another card-based roguelike with Tinder mechanics. However, in this Meteorfall, the Tinder mechanics are shelved for a more dynamic three-by-three grid system. This may not seem like an enormous deal, but to anyone who played the original, this is game-changing.

Roguelikes offer superb replayability as no two playthroughs are the same. They compound this by including five unique starting heroes in Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale, each with their own playstyle. Although the gameplay changes each time you die, your progress is saved in other ways. After several runs, you will unlock the starting characters and new cards to use.

Not everyone is a fan of roguelikes, but if there was ever one to convert non-believers, Meteorfall is the game to do so. If you are interested in pre-registering for Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale, or if you want to see the games official trailer, read on for more details.

You can pre-register for Meteorfall: Kurmit’s Tale by vising Google Play and clicking the large green button.

The trailer of Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale is not too revealing when it comes to the combat itself. The three-by-three grid system is on screen for a couple of seconds, before the character cards and animations take over. With that being said, the art style and animation quality is top-notch.

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If you would like to know more about Meteorfall: Krumit’s Tale, then check out the Steam page, which comes out of early access on July 23.

If you would rather find out about Meteorfall: Journey and the best mobile card-based games, then check out our best mobile card game guide. Also, if you’re looking for more roguelikes, read our best mobile roguelikes guide.

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Popular RPG Summoners War now has a comic book spin-off

Com2uS has announced a team-up with Skybound comics to create a spin-off of Summoners War, its popular RPG. Summoners War: Legacy was revealed during a panel at the Skybound Xpo and acts as a prequel to the main game. Set 35 years before the climactic events of the original, Legacy explores new characters such as Abuus, Rai, and Tomas, delves further into the land Alea, and looks more closely at the fate of Durand’s parents. Legacy also represents an opportunity to expand the lore of the original, while also giving fans a new story experience.

“Summoners War is one of the world’s top mobile games thanks to its rabid fanbase, roaring esports community, and a rich in-game universe,” says John Nam, VP of Summoners War’s IP strategy department. “We’re expanding the IP into new frontiers by partnering with Skybound Entertainment on our first official comic book series, Summoners War: Legacy. Our friends at Skybound are a powerhouse of imagination and a perfect partner for helping Com2uS grow Summoners War in new directions.”

Summoners War: Legacy runs to around 40 pages, and you can pre-order it right now on the Skybound site.

If you want a look at the actual game, here’s a trailer for Summoner’s War:

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For those that don’t know, Summoner’s War is a fantasy RPG that sees you enter the Sky Arena and face off against a variety of monstrous foes. Summoner’s War is also one of the most popular games on mobile with over a 100 million players, and over a billion dollars in lifetime revenue.

If you want to play Summoner’s War for yourself, you can find it on Google Play and the App Store. If you’re looking for some similar games, be sure to check out our list of the best mobile RPGs!

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Tales of Crestoria’s monthly subscription costs $75

It’s no secret that mobile games occasionally have silly prices for gems and various other in-game items. We see single microtransactions go over the $100 mark pretty often, and there’s, quite frankly, very little micro about that sum. But Tales of Crestoria, Namco Bandai’s latest entry in the Tales franchise, is just adding to the silliness with its monthly subscription model.

Tales of Crestoria offers two different subscriptions, which it markets as ‘Reward Passes’, and these cost $7.99 and $38.99 respectively. The cheaper of the two provides you with eight days worth of 50 Gleamstones (the game’s equivalent of gems) and six of 100, which totals at 1,000. The more expensive offers 20 days of 250, which totals at 5,000.

Taken on their own, individual terms, these subscriptions provide you with four and 20 summons over their own periods respectively, and represent a saving of around 50-60% when compared to purchasing the Gleamstones directly. But it’s when you consider how much you can end up paying for both over a 30 day period that it starts to look a bit silly.

The first calculation is easy. If you purchase the cheapest twice, that’s a total of $15.98 over 28 days. The second is trickier, as you need to calculate it 1.5x to represent 30 days. That’s $58.49. Add the two together, and we get $74.47 for both subscriptions over a 30 day period. To be clear, this represents you logging in every single day for 30 days and grabbing the rewards, as the subscriptions either last 24 or 30 days respectively, but end early once you’ve collected the maximum number of daily rewards.

In other words, the total cost is hiding in plain sight. We find this a lot more distasteful than a $75 microtransaction (which also exists, by the way) as at least the latter is upfront. Besides, you can put any price tag you want on an item, it doesn’t mean that people are going to spend it.

But the deliberately obtuse nature of this system is that you’re giving the players the illusion that they’re spending a lot less. You may lack sympathy for the player that chooses to spend this, but the entire business model of mobile relies on this sort of shotgun spending. You hit a paywall and you reach for your wallet.

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Besides, subscriptions are usually designed to offer value. Take AFK Arena’s options, for example. For $5 you get 12 summons per month, while the $15 provides you with 47. Purchase both and you’re getting over 20 more summons than Tales of Crestoria’s $75 subscription for around a quarter of the cost. AFK Arena’s subscriptions also offer a $44 and $180 saving versus outright purchasing the gems, which is a considerably higher saving than Tales of Crestoria’s variants.

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Get free in-game goodies for demon-slaying RPG Darkness Rises!

If you’re a person who enjoys the simple things, like running through a dungeon, blending your foes with whirling blades, or facing off against fearsome bosses, then we might have something for you. After our giveaway of the JRPG, Emergent Fates last week, we are now giving away a fair few Android treasure codes for the action-packed, Darkness Rises. It’s a great looking RPG, crossing the hack-n-slash of games like Diablo with challenging boss battles, as you hold the line against a seemingly endless wave of demonic incursions.

Sounds like fun, right? Darkness Rises also has great character customisation options to give you that authentic RPG experience, and some elements of dungeon crawling. You don’t have delve dungeons alone either, as you can join a guild with your adventurer pals, and form a party to take the fight to those demon scoundrels.

Though Darkness Rises launched last year, it still feels pretty chipper with its graphical realism and gorgeous fantasy visuals. If you’re going to murder demons, why not do it in style?

If you’d like to get your hands on an Android code, simply fill in the Gleam form below. We do need your full name and email address so we can contact you in a week’s time if you win though, and we also require that you read our full terms and conditions before you enter. You can find them right here.

PT – Darkness Rises – Android giveaway

Each Android code lets you get your hands on the following in-game:

  • 5 x Costume Chest (Rank A – S++)
  • 500 x Adventure Key
  • 20,000,000 Gold
  • 20 x EXP Boost Ticket
  • 20 x Choice Dye Ticket
  • 10 Costume Deco Chest (Rank A – S++)

Be sure to enter if you want the free stuff! You can find Darkness Rises on Google Play and the App Store. If you also want some other games to sink your teeth into, try out list of the best mobile RPGs.

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Nier Reincarnation is getting a closed beta later this month

Square Enix recently celebrated the tenth anniversary of the cult JRPG Nier’s launch on PS3 and Xbox 360 with an exciting livestream that detailed the series’ future. Not only was a remake of the original announced in the form of Nier Replicant (for PS4, Xbox One, and PC) but a mobile exclusive entry is also in the works.

Nier Reincarnation launches a closed beta across Android and iOS later this month, though it’s only open to people in Japan right now. There are 10,000 spots available for both platforms, and registrations are open until July 26. However, if the closed beta is oversubscribed, who gets to play is decided with a lottery draw. Sounds fair to us!

We don’t know that much about Nier Reincarnation just yet, but we’re able to surmise some details from the most recent trailer. Reincarnation seems to feature a young female protagonist, with a ghost-like companion, and in the trailer we see her wandering through expansive open locations, such as a stone city in the sky. The game also shows some party-based combat, and pretty fancy side-scrolling 2D sections.

It’s not a whole lot to go on, but you can check out the trailer below for more visual details on the game:

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Aside from what we see in the trailer, we know Square Enix is producing while Applibot is tasked with development duties. Cydesignation is also working on character design, and we know that Reincarnation takes place in a new Nier location called ‘The Cage’.

Square Enix has launched an official website dedicated to the game in Japan, so you can bookmark that if you’re desperate to learn more. It’s pretty bare bones, but chances are it will receive regular updates as we head towards launch. If you’re the social media type, you can also follow the official Twitter and Facebook pages to receive updates directly.

If you need something Nier-ish to play in the mean time, be sure to check in with our list of the best mobile RPGs, and the best mobile MMORPGs.

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Deck building Witcher RPG Thronebreaker suddenly releases on iOS

CD Projekt Red, in a sudden turn of events, has launched Thronebreaker on iOS. No one seems to have known that The Witcher RPG was coming to mobile, but it’s a pleasant surprise nonetheless! You can also download Thronebreaker on the App Store right now, for those of you that can’t wait. Since Gwent: The Witcher Card game launched on mobile not so long ago, we’ve been waiting for Thronebreaker news, as a deck building RPG that uses the same card system – check our Gwent review to find out more!

CD Projekt Red originally developed Thronebreaker as the story mode for Gwent, before deciding to create The Witcher Tales and spin it off into its own game. We’re glad it did, though, as Thronebreaker is both an excellent RPG and deck building game.

For those that don’t know, Thronebreaker follows the story of Queen Meve, a beloved character from the books who knights Geralt, hence his ‘of Rivia’ title. Her story involves traipsing across The Continent, trying to reclaim her kingdom, as, all while, the second Nilfgaardian war rages around her.

You can watch the iOS release trailer below if you want to see how it plays:

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In celebration of Thronebreaker coming to mobile, CD Projekt Red are giving away a set of rewards, including the soundtrack, some concept art, and an annotated map of Lyria – one of Meve’s kingdoms. Gwent players can also claim some benefits from jumping into Thronebreaker, such as unique ornaments, and 20 new cards.

We’re excited to see Thronebreaker finally take its rightful place on mobile, as a game that is perfectly built for the platform. If you want to find out more about creating the art of The Witcher universe, we spoke to Gwent’s art director not so long ago about creating Gwent’s card art – check it out!

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Monster Farm 2 is coming to mobile in Japan this fall

Monster Farm 2, or Monster Rancher 2 depending on where you live, is a PlayStation game originally released in Japan in 1999. The developer, Koei Tecmo Games, has confirmed that its been working on a remaster for the Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android. We can expect to see the game released sometime in the fall of this year, though it is only coming to Japan at this time.

The best way to describe Monster Farm 2 is a monster fighting game. Gameplay involves breeding and raising the strongest monsters to win tournaments. The more tournaments you win, the more monsters and moves you unlock.

There is no word yet if the classic monster breeding game will make its way to the Western world. However, seeing as the original Monster Farm took the best part of half a year to make its way to the US and EU, we may be in luck soon. The news was released on the official Monster Farm Twitter account earlier today, and its clear fans of the series are excited as they have retweeted the post over 12k times.

Although very little information is available on the Famitsu site, the release does mention that there will be new features added to the game, beyond just a faithful remaster.

If you are interested in Monster Farm 2 and would like to know more, you can check out the official release notes here. If you would like to see the Tweet mentioned above, click here.

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Sinoalice is an RPG from the Nier Automata creator that’s out now

While plenty know Yoko Taro as the developer of Nier: Automata, fewer may know that he’s also created a mobile game. It’s called Sinoalice, and it’s now available globally on iOS and Android after an initial release in Japan in 2017. The news was revealed from the game’s official Twitter account, which Taro then retweeted with a message saying “Please enjoy killing each other” – lovely stuff, mate, will do.

Sinoalice was initially intended to be with us sooner, with Nexon lined up to publish the title in 2019, but various delays resulted in the rights being transferred back to Pokelabo. We then got a 100-day pre-launch campaign before the release date came.

The basic rundown of Sinoalice is that you’re in a world that’s ruled by The Library. You’re tasked with hopping into various, famous fairytales and helping titular characters, like Red Riding Hood and Cinderella, revive their author. To do that, you need to slay baddies to obtain power. Gameplay-wise, it’s a real-time gacha RPG with cooperative and competitive modes to incentivise getting your buds in on the action.

You pick a character and level up their grid to become more powerful. You can unlock more classes and characters by completing missions and rolling for random weapons that accompany them.

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If that sounds like your kind of thing, you can download Sinoalice on iOS and Android now. If you’d like to see what else is on the horizon, then you can check out our soft launch list, too.