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Crying Suns is an FTL inspired strategy game that’s out this month

After enjoying some time on Steam, Alt Shift’s tactical rogue-lite Crying Suns is making the voyage to mobile devices. You won’t be waiting long as the Crying Suns mobile release date is set for June 25, 2020. This one is a premium release, and will set you back $8.99 / €9.99 – so no in-app purchases or ads.

The FTL-inspired strategy game is launching across iOS, Android, and tablets at the same time, too, so you won’t be left waiting if you don’t have the right device. That ought to be a relief to Android users after the recent Slay the Spire iOS release date news – and by Android users, I mean me.

If you’re unfamiliar, Crying Suns is a tactical rogue-lite that puts you in the shoes of a space commander with a fleet at their disposal. The gameplay features turn-based fights between battleships and space exploration in a procedurally-generated universe. If you’d like to see more, then you can check out the trailer below to see some gameplay alongside a Hyper Light Drifter-like art style.

Story details are light, but you’re out to discover details about a fallen empire. The tale stretches over six chapters, and there are more than 300 possible story events. Crying Suns takes thematic inspiration from Foundation, Dune, and Battlestar Galactica, too, if that’s your kind of thing.

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If you’d like to read some more thoughts, then our sister site Strategy Gamer wrote a Crying Suns review when it came out on Steam. If you’d like more mobile games like Crying Suns to keep you thinking while you wait for the launch date, then check out our best mobile strategy games guide. I’d personally recommend Bad North – come for the lovely art style, stay for a viking free-for-all.

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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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We get a first look at upcoming card battler Total War: Elysium

Creative Assembly has revealed gameplay footage for its card-battler, Total War: Elysium. The famed developer of the Total War series announced the game last year, at the same time as a partnership with NetEase, a prominent network and game services provider in China. The partnership is part of Creative Assembly’s plan to expand into the Chinese market.

Total War: Elysium is a historical deck builder, drawing famous generals and iconic figures into card-based battle. The game takes place in Elysium, a Civ-esque city drawing together the greatest military leaders from throughout history. We’ve seen some of these generals already, including Sun Ren and Cao Cao from the Three Kingdoms period, but others we haven’t seen before. One general wears what appears to be French regency dress, and another clad in furs and armour, could potentially be Boudica. All the heroes  have individual abilities to give them a unique battle advantage.

Creative Assembly also announced a closed beta test for Elysium to go alongside the new reveal, which you can sign up for on the Total War: Elysium website. We don’t currently know when the beta will take place.

However, the trailer gives us an initial look at how the card-battler might play.

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Elysium is the first Total War game made for mobile since Total War Battles: Kingdom, a free-to-play town builder and RTS strategy game. What we’ve seen so far fits with the expectations of a deck builder, but what they do with the number and variety of generals is another matter. Could this be a Total War gacha? Who knows.

But sign up for the beta, and you’ll see for yourself. If you’re looking also for other deck builders on mobile, be sure to check out our list of the best mobile card games.

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Kingdom Two Crowns is out now on iOS, rolling out on Android

April 28, 2020 Kingdom Two Crowns is out right now on iOS, and we’ve updated this article with new information to reflect that.

The wait is over, folks. Kingdom Two Crowns is out right now on iOS, and is rolling out on Android over the course of the day. For those not in the know, it’s the sequel to Kingdom: New Lands and it expands on the original in a variety of different ways, introducing a story campaign, cooperative multiplayer, and a brand new feudal Japan setting.

If you haven’t experienced this series before, you play as a monarch who lands on the shores of a new kingdom and has to make it habitable. You begin by recruiting the locals (you literally just toss coins at them) to build, guard, hunt, and do whatever other menial task need performing. You start with literally nothing but will eventually have your very own castle, which is fully-functioning.

Your overarching goal is to fix a ship that will allow you to travel to the next island, at which point the experience starts all over again; albeit more challenging this time. But where does the challenge come from? Well, each night a variety of monstrous creatures attack your kingdom, and you have to make sure it’s well-defended. It’s a bit like a survival simulator in that sense.

Managing your budget is no small feat either. You start the game with a few coins, which you’ll quickly spend to pay the locals to build you stuff. Each time you recruit a local, build or upgrade something, or order a crafted item, you’ll spend cash. To replenish it, you need to hire hunters, invest in travelling merchants, or explore the nearby area for treasure. That is its own reward though, as the game is visually stunning in a retro kind of way.

The sequel expands on all of this by introducing a new story campaign, which challenges you to build a kingdom that stands the test of time and perhaps finishes off the monsters that plague it for good. There’s also a new cooperative mode that you can play in split screen (we’d recommend a tablet for that) or online.

There’s also a brand new setting: feudal Japan. It pretty much plays the same, but the visuals have seen a huge overhaul, with trees making way for bamboo and your buildings and characters taking on a Japanese flavour. Apparently this isn’t the only new setting we’ll get either, as Raw Fury has revealed that more are coming in future updates.

The first of these arrives today, too, in the form of Dead Lands. This expansion is a crossover with Metroidvania Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, featuring your favourite characters, which you can swap between on-the-fly, and a bunch of new mounts, which have all-new abilities. You can learn more about this expansion by reading our news article, which we’ve linked to beneath this post.

If you’re interested, you can grab Kingdom Two Crowns right now on iOS via the App Store, or keep an eye out on Google Play for when it launches in your territory. You might want to hit the pre-register button to receive a notification.

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Raw Fury announces Kingdom Two Crowns: Dead Lands for mobile

Raw Fury has announced a big expansion for Kingdom Two Crowns that features characters from the hit Metroidvania Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. It’s called Dead Lands, and it allows you to play as a few of your favourite characters from Bloodstained on a wide variety of new mounts. This also marks a new feature for the series, which allows you to change your mount on the fly.

Each of the mounts have different abilities too, including a beetle that lays traps, an undead mount that summons barriers, and the horse Gamigin, which has a powerful charge attack. Perhaps more exciting than this is the new ability to swap between the four different monarchs available as part of this expansion: Miriam, Zangetsu, Gebel, and Alfred. Each monarch has its own unique trait, allowing you to adapt your approach on the fly like never before.

The best news is that the Dead Lands expansion will launch entirely for free, along with the mobile version of Two Crowns, on April 28. The mobile version costs $8.99 (£8.99) and includes new co-op modes, a brand new touch control scheme, and controller support.

In other Raw Fury-related news, the publisher is holding a big spring sale to celebrate the sunshine. Many of its excellent titles are available at huge reductions across the App Store and Google Play. This includes the likes of strategy great Bad North, cyberpunk point-and-click adventure Whispers of a Machine, and Metroidvania Dandara, which recently saw a big content drop itself.

The prices across the board appear to have dropped by roughly 50%, which is pretty substantial. In a disappointing move, Kingdom: New Lands hasn’t seen any discount in price, which seems a bit surprising given that the sequel, Kingdom Two Crowns, launches in just over a week on April 28. You’d think this would be a good opportunity to pick up a few new users.

You can pre-register for Kingdom Two Crowns right now on Google Play or pre-order it on the App Store. You can also check out Raw Fury’s sale on iOS or Android and grab yourself a bargain.