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Boat Game (Supercell)
New Supercell title Boat Game has been out in the wild with influencers all week as part of an invite-only alpha testing program. You can see plenty of gameplay footage above, but really what you need to know is that it’s a third person looter-shooter with shared world elements and boss fights.
New Guitar Hero, Call of Duty and Crash Bandicoot games…? (Activision)
Activision is gauging consumer interest in new Call of Duty, Guitar Hero and Crash Bandicoot mobile titles, VGC reports. The publisher is using what appear to be AI generated promotional materials for non-existent titles, which lead fans through to surveys “which could help inform the potential future” of said games.
A later Eurogamer report adds that the AI-made art has been put together by testing firm Geeklab. The proposed games include Guitar Hero Mobile, Call of Duty: Zombie Defender, Call of Duty: Sniper and Crash Bandicoot: Brawl.
As Eurogameer noted, X-based account @LeakersOnDuty spotted some AI-made artwork for the two proposed Call of Duty games, Sniper and Zombie Defender, above.
Suikoden Star Leap (Konami)
This new entry in the classic JRPG series is set a few years before Suikoden I and a couple of years after Suikoden V. There’s no release date yet, but Konami says it’s “coming soon” to iOS and Android.
The Electric State: Kid Cosmo (Netflix)
Set before the events of the new Netflix movie movie, The Electric State, this is a 1980s-inspired, narrative-driven adventure puzzle game. It’s coming to Android and iOS on March 18, exclusively for Netflix subscribers.
Racing Master (NetEase)
Appmagic says this racing sim has soft launched on the App Store in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
Family Farm Match (Century Games)
This match 3 farm building game has soft launched on Google Play in Australia, Austria, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, the UK and the US, according to Appmagic.
Raid: Shadow Legends (Plarium)
This dark fantasy RPG is “coming soon” to alternative Android and iOS app store Aptoide.
Rise of Elements (WickedFoxGames)
This is a match 3 narrative puzzle game with RPG elements. If its Kickstarter campaign is successful, it will be released cross-platform on Steam and the web, with plans to bring it to “as many platforms as possible” post-launch.
Lokko (Appy Monkeys)
Lokko is a 3D platformer with a focus on user-generated content, created as part of Sony’s India Hero Project incubator programme, PocketGamer reports. There’s no release date yet, but the title is coming to PC, PS5 and iOS with cross-platform play.
Screwzle 3D: Screw Sort (iKame Games)
This 3D puzzle game, which challenges players to strategically unscrew objects, has soft launched on Android, according to Appmagic.
Splashy Sort: Pool Puzzle (AppLovin)
This swimming pool-themed stacking and sorting game has soft launched on Google Play, according to Appmagic.
