Development
Rogue Company: Elite’s global launch on indefinite hold
Hi-Rez revealed the news at a talk for Develop: Brighton 2023
Launches
Tencent extraction shooter Arena Breakout set to release on July 14
The shooter promises a hardcore experience for mobile players
Super Squad
Supercell’s Squad Busters sees overhauls and improvements in second beta
A combination of Supercell IP come together
Soft-launch
Supercell's Thunderdome: Flood Rush vs Squad Busters
Why're we keeping an eye on Supercell's back-to-back release this month? Find out.
Soft-launch
Bad Piggies 2 comes to selected countries in iOS-exclusive soft launch
Android release to come later
Releases
Top-down shooter Mighty Doom receives new trailer and release date
The mobile spin-off of ID’s revived, iconic shooter franchise is being developed in-house
Soft Launch
Space Ape Games' Boom Beach: Frontline soft launch surpasses 1.3 million downloads after 10 days
The London-based mobile games developer aimes to capture the imagination of the Supercell player community with Boom Beach: Frontlines
Successful Soft Launch
Boom Beach: Frontlines hits number one on Google Play's Top-Free Games chart
The game's soft launch in Italy is an "instant hit" says Space Ape Games co-founder
The Mobile Nation Attacks
Square Enix announces soft launch of Avatar: Generations
The turn-based RPG is set in Nickelodeon’s popular Avatar universe
Booming
Supercell's Boom Beach: Frontlines pre-registration reaches one million players in 48 hours
Second wave of soft launch expanded to 19 more countries including Singapore, Turkey and the UAE
Boom Beach
Space Ape’s treatment of Supercell’s Boom Beach “built on the learnings of several failed multiplayer games”
Simon Hade speaks candidly on the journey towards Boom Beach: Frontlines in this teaser of our upcoming interview looking at the firm’s plans, post-Supercell funding
Behind The Scenes
How to soft launch a game on mobile in 2022
Google Play business development manager Nimrod Levy walked through the various steps involved from internal testing to pre-registration
Limited Launch
Apex Legends Mobile to come to 10 countries next week
Will allow the studio to continue working on in-game systems, features, and more
Compiling Cards
Pokémon TCG Live is getting a limited launch in Canada next week
The Pokémon Company keeps to its promise following delay
Carry On Clashing
Clash Mini begins soft launch in Canada and Nordics
Supercell reveals more details about upcoming Clash titles
Card Collecting Craze
Pokémon Trading Card Game to come to mobile devices
Will soft launch in Canada
Catan Down
Niantic is shutting down Catan World Explorers
Has been in soft launch for over a year
Back For Brains
PopCap resurrects Plants vs. Zombies 3 - now back in soft launch
Testing in Australia and the Philippines
Supercell Subterfuge
Everdale was initially soft-launched as Valleys & Villages through a fake company
Game has actually been in testing since September 2020
Hardheaded Decision
Rovio scraps casual strategy title Hardhead Squad
The servers will be shut down mid-November
Closed Beta
Tencent and Bandai Namco soft launch Digimon: New Century
The upcoming RPG has been in development for three years
Survive And Trade
NetEase soft-launches survival shooter Lost Light
Available on Google Play in New Zealand, Australia, Germany and the UK
Dark Side Of The Force
LEGO Star Wars Battles cancelled and shut down following beta
Almost two years of testing in soft launch
Xcom Goes Mobile
Update: XCOM Legends soft-launched in Malaysia and the Philippines
Being developed by Iridium Starfish
The Gang's All Here
Kongregate and Nickelodeon soft launch SpongeBob’s Idle Adventures
"We're very excited to be working in partnership with Nickelodeon once again…"
Ar Shark Repellent?
A new Batman AR game is in development from Warner Bros.
Available to download in Italy on iOS devices
Soft Launch, Roll Out
Niantic partners with Hasbro to launch Transformers: Heavy Metal in 2021
Studio confirms around a dozen games in development
Here Comes The Boom
Update: Space Ape Games and Supercell collaborate for Boom Beach: Frontlines
Open to 15,000 players in North America and Europe
Barry Is Back
Update: Halfbrick Studios soft-launches Jetpack Joyride 2: Bullet Rush
Available in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Spain
The Game Is Afoot
Qiiwi Games partners with All3Media for Midsomer Murders game
Now soft-launched in Canada, Netherlands and Sweden
High Octane Action
Apex Legends Mobile soft launch now live - first images and gameplay surface
Testing in India and Philippines
Hells Bells
Update: Bethesda's Mighty DOOM now in soft launch via Google Play
First Doom mobile game for over 10 years
Time To Hunt
Android players can sign up for soft-launch version of The Witcher: Monster Slayer
To later be fully released on Android and iOS
Pgc Digital #6
PGC Digital: The importance of telemetry in a soft launch
Fusebox Games' Daniel Saunders explains the process
Apex Predator
Apex Legends Mobile entering soft launch in India and the Philippines on Android
Won't include cross-play
Welcome To New Gateway
Rovio soft-launches new narrative puzzle game Supernatural City
Available across US, Canada, Finland, Sweden and more
Clash(ic)
Supercell soft-launches Clash Quest in Scandinavia
First of three Clash spinoff games in development
Adventurers Assemble
As Niantic soft-launches Pikmin AR game in Singapore, new details sprout
Pre-registration available across iOS and Android
Chasing Cats
Tom and Jerry: Chase soft-launches in Japan and South Korea
NetEase decline to comment on future
Lock And (re)load
Tomb Raider Reloaded unearths a soft launch
New action-arcade title set to launch in 2021
Fuse Has Been Lit
Apex Legends may see mobile soft launch in Q2 2021
Game set to roll out before end of fiscal year 2022
Rebrand, Relaunch
Angry Birds Journey soft launch takes flight
New title is a reinvention of previously tested Angry Birds Casual
Hackernom
Cut the Rope star Om Nom gets new soft-launched title with Cybernom
ZeptoLab will be looking to recreate the success of Om Nom: Run
The Palace Awaits
Update: Stranger Things: Puzzle Tales delayed until 2021
Originally slated for 2020 full-release, no mention of a location-based element
Legends Die Young
Update: Angry Birds Legends plucked from development
Rovio will close servers in February 2021
Had Its Heyday
Supercell cancels new casual match-three puzzler Hay Day Pop
Servers remain online until February 1st, 2021
Deal The Deck
KamaGames' Durak picks up 1.5 million downloads in soft launch
"We are both warmed and excited by these early figures"
Swing And A Miss
Rovio scraps Angry Birds Tennis following unsuccessful soft launch period
Free-to-play sports title will no longer be developed
Breathe It In
Apex Legends delayed on Nintendo Switch, may impact mobile
"This year has brought on unexpected new challenges"
Ceasefire
Updated: EA pulls Plants vs. Zombies 3 from soft launch
"It’s time to pull the game back to incorporate your thoughts and reimagine a few things"