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StoneAge World launches globally on Android and iOS

The wait to play Netmarble’s anticipated MMORPG is finally over. StoneAge World, the caveman pet simulator, is out now on Android and iOS, with over 250 different animals and prehistoric beasties to befriend and tame. The launch also covers 172 countries, so no matter where you are, it’s pretty likely you can play.

For those that don’t know, StoneAge World casts you in the role of a trainer, a warrior who must protect the wild, prehistoric land of Tectonika using trained animals. You’ll have to collect and tame these beasts, from woolly mammoths to dinosaurs, which you can ride around, and use in turn-based combat against the invading threat of the machine civilisation. The combination of pet simulator and RPG is part of what makes the game unique:

“StoneAge World is a new blend of mobile game that combines pet-centric collection, which appeals to players of diverse generations, with a visually pleasing aesthetic that differentiates itself from other mobile MMORPGs,” explains Netmarble executive producer Joon Sung Chang. “We are thrilled to finally bring this game to the West and mobile players around the world.”

There is a trailer for the game on YouTube, as well as these fun little videos crafting creatures from the game in clay-art while talking about them:

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Netmarble is also celebrating the game’s launch with a variety of events and in-game rewards that we’ve listed below:

  • Catch Operation Event: (June 18 – July 2) Players can collect stamps from daily missions, with rewards obtained according to the accumulated number of stamps
  • Power Reward Event: Rewards will be earned when the player’s ‘Lineup Power’ level is reached as they strengthen Trainers and Pets
  • Level Reward Event: As players reach up from level 10 to 90, the greater rewards such as Stone, Shell, and Trainer’s Rope will be given to players
  • Moga Growth Event: (June 18 – July 1) Grow the Moga and earn diverse growth-related rewards
  • 15-day Check-in Reward Event: When players log into StoneAge World, they will receive gifts each time they check-in

Mo’ reading: the best mobile MMORPGs you can download

So if you fancy wrangling some pre-historic beasties, and getting in on the action you download StoneAge World on Google Play and the App Store.

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Tales of Crestoria’s release date has been delayed

June 5, 2020 Tales of Crestoria has been delayed to allow the team to make final adjustments.

You’ll have to wait a little bit longer to get your hands on Tales of Crestoria. Developer Bandai Namco took to Twitter to update fans that it would need a bit more time to get the RPG ready for launch. A new Tales of Crestoria release date hasn’t been given just yet.

“We are currently making the final adjustments, and fixing any issues found during the beta test,” Tagawa explains. “This is taking longer than we initially predicted. Development has continued with the release date of early June in mind, but we still need more time. We are deeply sorry to have to share this news, especially after the last update on the release date.”

If you haven’t heard of Tales of Crestoria, it’s a mobile-exclusive entry in the long-running JRPG series. It tells the story of Kanata, a criminal striving to atone for his wrongdoings. Cue an adventure across a brand new world full of original characters to meet, alongside your favourite heroes from previous entries. That includes Cress, Luke, Velvet, and more. It wouldn’t be a Tales gacha RPG without the ability to create your dream team.

What doesn’t make the transition is the traditional Tales battle system, which has been swapped out in favour of turn-based combat. There are plenty of flashy special effects though, as well as trademark Tales skills and mystic arts, which allow you to dish out insane damage numbers.

There are also plenty of skits, which are a recurring feature in the series. This time around they take the form of face chat conversations though. There are also additional character episodes to play through, which allow you to learn more about their individual backstories.

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If you haven’t already, you can still pre-register for it right now on the App Store or Google Play. You can also venture over to the official site to learn more.

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A new Dragon Quest game is coming to mobile next year

A new Dragon Quest game is in the works for iOS and Android. Square Enix revealed Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai – Tamashii no Kizuna during a live stream with Pokemon Masters creator Dena handling development duties. These game names are not getting any shorter.

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai – Tamashii no Kizuna is due to release in Japan in 2021 on iOS and Android, but we don’t have a specific date just yet. There is also no word on a Western release date, either.

We got a quick glimpse of gameplay that shows Dai, Popp, and Maam dashing from fight-to-fight and engaging in three-lane battles. You can check more of the game out in the reveal trailer below. The dash RPG looks a tad like Pokemon Masters, at least where the fighting is concerned as that game also features three-on-three bouts. The main difference between the two is that you do your own fighting in Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai – Tamashii no Kizuna – obviously.

Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai – Tamashii no Kizuna – which means bonds of souls, in case you were wondering – was revealed alongside two other titles. Infinity Strash – Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai and Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai – Xross Blade will launch on consoles and arcade respectively.

All three of them are based on a manga called Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai which ran in a Japanese magazine called Shonen Jump.

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If next year is a year too far, then we’ve got a list of the best mobile RPGs to keep you sane while you wait. We even have Dragon Quest VIII on there if you fancy sticking to the beloved series.

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The Pascal’s Wager giveaway is now over

May 22, 2020 The giveaway has now ended and we’ve dispatched the free code to the lucky winners. Check your email inbox to see if it’s you!

Pascal’s Wager achieved what we all thought was impossible: making Dark Souls or Bloodborne work on mobile. And it achieved it with aplomb, providing a visually-stunning portable experience that’s absolutely dripping with darkness. The enemies are tough, the environments encourage you to explore, and the combat is just the right level of tricky and fun to encourage you to keep pushing on.

We absolutely loved the RPG, which you can tell from reading our Pascal’s Wager review. We called it “A bravely ambitious game. Worth playing if you are not easily frustrated and prepared to use a separate controller.” Slight control hiccups aside, you should forgive your friends for mistaking it for Bloodborne on your phone.

To celebrate our love for Pascal’s Wager, we gave it away for free to our lucky readers. We had 25 iOS codes up for grabs, and we invited you to fill in a simple form below to get in with a chance of winning. Android folk: Pascal’s Wager isn’t out just yet on your platform, but it is coming. Sorry you miss out on this particular giveaway; we’ll make it up to you.

The giveaway is now closed, and we’ve sent the iOS codes out to the lucky winners via the email address you shared when you filled out the form. Please check your inbox to see if it was you!

If you were unlucky this time, you can go ahead and grab Pascal’s Wager from the App Store right now.

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You could be a beta tester for Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower

Perchang has announced that it is on the lookout for beta testers for the upcoming strategy game, Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower. Based on the popular Games Workshop board game of the same name, Silver Tower doesn’t take place in the classic Warhammer Fantasy setting, but instead uses the Mortal Realms of Age of Sigmar. In a similar vein to other Warhammer games like Vermintide or Chaosbane, Silver Tower revolves around a band of heroes from a variety of different races who make their home in the world.

Each of these heroes has a particular combat focus, so it’s safe to say that the Fyreslayer – the axe wielding Dwarf we see in the trailer – is a melee blender, whereas the armoured and shielded Stormcast will more likely trend towards tankiness.

The campaign sees you and your heroes face off against monsters from throughout the realms, as the Gaunt Summoner – who we guess is that guy with all the eyes – challenges you to a number of trials. Silver Tower will launch with over 100 stages to play, so you’ll have no problem finding foes to crush.

Warhammer Quest: Silver Tower has ten upgradable heroes, but we’re really excited to see how a Warhammer game using Age of Sigmar as a setting might change up the usual Warhammer hero roster of elf, human, wizard, and dwarf.

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Alongside the trials set by that Tzeentch-y looking dude with the eyes, there are challenges and trials to complete, and even full-on solo trials for those of you who actually want to punish yourselves – hey, who are we to judge?

If that all sounds good, you can register interest for the beta by popping an email over to [email protected] A member of the team will then get back to you providing beta details, then fingers crossed, you’ll be a Sigmarine stomping on daemon spawn in no time. Praise the emper- I mean Sigmar.

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NetEase announces RPG Harry Potter: Magic Awakened during its 520 conference

Netease has just announced Harry Potter: Magic Awakened during its 520 conference, happening today. It’s an upcoming RPG currently in development at Portkey Games, that sees you play as a brand new student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. You get sorted into a house by that dusty old hat, study in various different classes, and head off on adventures with your classmates.

Thought we can’t confirm right now, it appears that multiplayer plays a big part. We witnessed what appears to be other players wandering around your house dorm, and the few battle sequences, which take place during adventures, involve working with your friends (and, presumably, strangers) to battle off a wide variety of fantastic creatures.

You do so by playing cards, which represent various different spells, onto the battlefield. It’s kind of like Clash Royale in that respect. It also appears that there are a wide variety of spells to unlock, and you can check the details of any spells in your arsenal at any point by rifling through your spellbook.

When not studying or making a general nuisance of yourself, you can wander around popular wizarding world locations. We got a good look at Hogwarts, naturally, as well as the Forbidden Forest and Diagon Alley.

Harry Potter: Magic Awakened enters open beta on May 29 across iOS and Android, though only for users in China. There is no word about a western release yet, but given the sheer amount of spoken and written English on display in the trailer, we’d be very surprised if this didn’t launch across the world.

We’ll keep you posted as we learn more. In the meantime, go ahead and check out the official site to grab as much information as you can.

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You can now pre-register for Romancing Saga Reuniverse

And the winner of the most ridiculous video game title of all time goes to… Romancing Saga Reuniverse. Let’s all give it a big round of applause. It’s an upcoming brand new entry in the long-running JRPG series that rolls the clock right back to a time when pixels were cool.

It takes place in a world trapped in a cycle of destruction, with an apocalypse ending life every 300 years. This is all thanks to a group known as the Sinistrals, who As is ever the case with JRPGs, it’s your job to gather up a big party of heroic individuals and put a stop to the bad guys once and for all.

And you do that Gacha-style. This is a free-to-play RPG that features all of the usual trimmings: summoning heroes, automatic battles, and grinding for upgrade resources. It also shares a lot in common with its JRPG forebears though, with gorgeous hand-drawn character art, beautiful pixel visuals, and a bunch of roles and skills to unlock for each character.

It’s not the first entry in the series to arrive on mobile. Romancing Saga 2, 3, and Saga: Scarlet Grace, a port of the PlayStation Vita entry, are all available right now on the App Store or Google Play.

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At this point, you’ve probably got a good idea about whether or not you want to play this. If you’re in the former camp, and can’t wait to check it out, you can pre-register right now on the App Store or Google Play. According to the App Store, Romancing Saga Reuniverse will launch on mobile on June 23.

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We’re giving away 10 codes for RPG The Greater Good

If you grew up playing classics like Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy VII, you really should check out the brand new premium JRPG The Greater Good. Developed by the lone wolf Sam Enright, The Greater Good wears nostalgia like a woolly jumper, featuring everything that you love about your favourite genre.

The visuals both harken back to that bygone era while remaining distinctly modern. In fact, we can’t really compare it to any other title directly. It combines minimalist characters and environmental backdrops with flashy visual effects, creating quite the eye-catching juxtaposition. Sonically, it’s a similar story, with a pleasingly modern-yet-retro electronic soundtrack produced by EnrightBeats, Sam’s musical alter-ego.

Those modern-yet-retro sensibilities are entirely deliberate, with Sam’s goal to fill the gap between the classics and the JRPGs today. The Greater Good offers us a glimpse of what a classic JRPG might have looked like had the genre continued to thrive during the 3D boom, which is a mission shared by Tokyo RPG Factory, who push out the likes of I am Setsuna and Lost Sphear.

Play The Greater Good and it’ll feel very familiar though. The turn-based combat is reminiscent of Final Fantasy VII, as is the user interface. There’s also heaps of humour, a wide variety of environments to explore, hidden areas and secrets to uncover, and a deep skill system. If you find you love it so much that you can’t get enough of it, there are optional superbosses to try and defeat and a New Game Plus mode.

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The Greater Good launches today, April 22, on the App Store (no Android as of yet) and to celebrate we’re giving away ten codes to our lucky readers. To get in with a chance of winning, you simply need to complete the Gleam form below, which shouldn’t take you longer than a handful of minutes.

We’ll need your full name and email address so we can contact you in a week’s time if you win. We also require that you read our full terms and conditions before you enter, listed here.

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If you’d simply like to grab The Greater Good right now, you can grab it on the App Store right now for $3.99 (£3.99).

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Pokémon Masters will soon let you pick your partner Pokémon

You’ll soon be able to select your own partner Pokémon in Pokémon Masters, thanks to the brand new eggs feature coming soon. When it arrives, you’ll be able to select from one of three gen one monsters: Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle, at which point your chosen monster will hatch from its egg and you can form a sync pair with them.

Developer DeNA has also revealed three more eggs planned for a future date, which appear to feature Meowth, Scyther, and Tauros. Even more eggs will arrive in future updates too, so it seems like you’ll soon have a huge list of Pokémon you can partner up with.

In other news, DeNA has also revealed that the next legendary event will feature Ho-Oh, and will debut a brand new feature: the prize box. This allows you to collect prize coins by participating in the event, which will allow you to progress further in the event. This event will also see the introduction of the reward boost ticket, an item that boosts the rewards of a battle of your choosing.

DeNA has also detailed plans to make sync orbs easier to obtain by introducing the following measures:

  • You’ll no longer have a chance to get sync orbs from single-player and co-op battles
  • Sync orbs can now drop from supercourses
  • The chance of sync-orb drops from events has been increased

In short, you’ll now be able to get a fixed number of sync orbs for specific sync pairs from supercourses, and you’ll get more from events too.

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Looking forward, a legendary arena mode is coming soon, though we likely won’t hear about it until mid-May, when DeNA will provide the next message.

If you’d like to get back into Pokémon Masters, you can grab it right now on iOS or Android via the App Store and Google Play respectively.