Infinite Possibilities
Torchlight: Infinite goes cross-platform, launching worldwide on mobile and PC
The free-to-play game is the first in the franchise developed for mobile devices
Collaborations
The last time that Sonic and Angry Birds teamed up
Thanks to cross-promotion deals between the two friendly companies, today's Rovio and Sega deal isn’t without precedent
Lord Of The App Store
Lord of the Rings: Heroes of Middle-earth set for May 10 release
The game will launch in iOS and Android
It’s Showtime
Persona: The Phantom X available for pre-order in China
The game is the first in the franchise released on mobile
Adaptations
Raid: Shadow Legends is set to become an animated series
The billion-dollar mobile franchise is set to become a television series
Appsflyer Report
RPG ad spend surged in 2022 amid massive rise across platforms
The genre saw a 177% increase on iOS and 101% on Android in the USA
Q&a
Early Morning Studios' Daniel Lagergren talks new game Vendir: Plague of Lies
Behind the scenes on the inspiration and difficulties the team had in bringing the dungeon-crawler to mobile
Monster Magala
Street Fighter: Duel announces Monster Hunter crossover with Gore Magala challenge
A monstrous crossover is on its way
Shoryuken
Tencent’s Street Fighter: Duel arrives in the West
Tencent’s plan to release China-exclusive games abroad takes shape as A Plus Japan take on its European release
Releases
Huawei tempt users into their Appgallery with Epic Seven
The release of the “cult RPG” includes numerous AppGallery app store exclusives
End Of Service
Square Enix to shut down Echoes of Mana after less than a year
The title originally released in April 2022 and is a spin-off from the classic RPG Mana series
Socialpeta Report
RPGs saw a 4.76% increase in downloads last year
Downloads were up, however revenue for the genre fell 13.06 percent
New Launch
Street Fighter Duel coming to the West in 2023
Pre-registration is now open for Tencent’s Street Fighter mobile spin-off game, previously released in China and now coming to the West
Market Leaders
Hypercasual led the download charts in 2022, while RPGs dominated consumer spend
Data.ai have broken down the most successful genres of 2022
Game Closure
Bravely Default: Brilliant Lights to shut down in February
The Square Enix spin-off launched in January 2022
Updates
Seven Knights 2 sees additional updates with two new heroes
Netmarble’s RPG battler is seeing two new heroes and an even further extended anniversary event for it’s latest update
Anniversary Event
Postknight 2 celebrates a successful year with the Ann1versary event
The game has achieved $200 thousand in revenue and 1.4 million players worldwide in its first year on the market
Japanese Market
Hypercasual games dominate Japan’s charts by installs, but struggle to engage players
Mobile gaming is on the rise in the home of video gaming
Rpg Stats
Report: 63% of RPG revenue comes from mobile
Genshin impact was the most streamed title of June 2022
Interactive Influencer Insight
Influencer marketing in gaming: How to promote RPGs on Twitch
How can developers and influencers work together to successfully launch a new game? Hypefactory goes behind the headlines...
Classically New
Moon Tavern Games founded by Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes and Words With Friends creative leads
Marta Velasco and Justin Jones speak to PocketGamer.biz on Moon Tavern Games' desire to create nostalgic RPG experiences with modern mobile sensibilities
Deep Dive In Dislyte
How Dislyte took over half of the battler market in its first weeks of release
AppQuantum's Julia Kara looks at Lilith Games' latest RPG team battler, and whether its streamlined onboarding and polish will provide the same sustainability as its mid-core competitors
Hand In The Cookie Jar
How Cookie Run: Kingdom's shift from endless runner to RPG led to Devsisters' greatest success
Devsisters' Kilhyeon Cho, Eunji Lee, and Danny Huh discuss the team's success with Cookie Run: Kingdom following its first English-language award
Reaching Rpgs
Ten Square Games acquires 24.8% of Gamesture for $3.5 million
Will expand the firm's portfolio to include RPGs, such as Questland and Slash & Roll
Making Of
Making Call of Antia stand out from the crowd
The Match 3 RPG genre is popular and well populated. FunPlus' Leon Zhou talks to PocketGamer.biz about differentiating yourself from the crowd
Rpg Report
East versus west: gaming cultures clash in new RPG report
Pangle and Newzoo explore the differences in engagement between east and west in role-playing game deep dive
P2e Mmorpg
Com2uS Holdings to add upcoming World of Zenonia to blockchain ecosystem
Scheduled for release in H2 2022
Fantasy Is Final
Japanese game sector to hit $22 billion in 2021
Players prefer single player RPGs within a fantasy setting
Rpg+nft
Com2uS is bringing Summoners War: Chronicles to blockchain
Working on its own ecosystem with Terra
The Journey Continues
Netmarble launches Seven Knights 2 worldwide
Set 20 years after the original game
New Worlds
Classic MMORPG remake Ragnarok Origin now live
Gravity's got a new game
News
Next Games and Netflix launch Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales
The game features exclusive content based on the Stranger Things series
Get Hyped
Hypercasual titles account for 31% of mobile game downloads in 2020
RPGs proved to be the top genre for revenue
Welcome To The Family
Zynga snaps up cross-platform studio Echtra Games
It will work on a multi-platform RPG with NaturalMotion
Aim, Fire
Rovio confirms April launch for upcoming fantasy RPG Darkfire Heroes
The game has been in soft launch since August 2019
Making Of
How Rivengard looks to breathe new life into mobile turn-based strategy titles
"We felt that there was still a segment that was under-represented on mobile."
Something New
Genshin Impact bests Pokémon Go as the top-grossing Core RPG
Crunching the data with App Annie
Mixing It Up
The infinite variation of top grossing nijigen-themed mobile RPGs laid bare
Crunching the data with App Annie
Legends Die Young
Update: Angry Birds Legends plucked from development
Rovio will close servers in February 2021
Blown To The Top
Nexon’s The Kingdom of the Winds: Yeon is #1 Korean action RPG
Crunching the data with App Annie
Money Maker
Scopely's Marvel Strike Force leads the way in US RPG boom
Generated $144 million from January to August 2020
What's Your Genre?
Report: 49 per cent of mobile players pick a new game based on genre
"With this genre report, we sought to understand people's motivations for downloading a specific game"
Into The Unknown
Making Of: Glu SVP Mike Olsen on tackling the RPG genre with Disney Sorcerer's Arena
"The player community is critically important to the ongoing development and success"
New Acquisition
Rovio acquires Darkfire Games for an undisclosed figure
It will now be known as Rovio Copenhagen
End Of Battle
Terra Battle developer "heartbroken" to end service six years after launch
RPG from Final Fantasy creator will shut on June 30th, 2020
Heading West
SINoALICE to be self-published by Pokelabo in the West in July 2020
Nexon reverts publishing rights outside of Asia to the developer
Super Powered
Netmarble teams up with Marvel for Marvel Future Revolution
First Marvel open-world RPG on mobile
Become A Rage Knight
King RPG Knighthood releases worldwide after 19 months in soft launch
Developed by Leamington Spa-based studio Midoki
Delayed Release
Square Enix partners with JSC and Gaea for Final Fantasy XV on mobile
Set to launch in China before releasing worldwide
“passion Project”
Epic Games launches RPG Battle Breakers
Free-to-play title is available to download on iOS, Android and PC now