Here every Friday you’ll find the latest global releases, new soft launches and everything in between.
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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Feral Interactive)
Mixing puzzles, platforming and arcade combat, this action adventure game sees Lara battling the forces of the Aztec god Xolotl. It’s making the jump from consoles and PC to mobile on February 27, priced at $8.99 on Android and $9.99 on iOS.
Dark and Darker Mobile (Krafton)
This dark fantasy extraction RPG will soft launch in North America on February 4, ahead of a planned release globally in the first half of 2025, GameSpot reports. Players can pre-register on the App Store, Google Play and Galaxy Store.
Rust Mobile (Facepunch)
A week-long alpha test for this multiplayer survival-shooter will be held in February, Gaming on Phone reports. It will only be available on Android in Canada, although the full game is coming to iOS too. Participants will require a device with at least a Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor, 6 GB of RAM, and 4 GB of free storage.
Don’t Starve Together (Playdigious)
The standalone multiplayer expansion to wilderness survival game Don’t Starve is no longer coming exclusively to Netflix. Instead, it will be released globally on iOS and Android, although there’s no word on a release date yet.
Coming soon to Netflix
WWE 2K mobile games will be available to Netflix subscribers starting this autumn, the streaming firm has announced. It’s growing its line-up of interactive fiction titles based on its own IP too, with new Ginny & Georgia, Sweet Magnolias, Love is Blind and Outer Banks games on the way.
As we reported yesterday, Netflix has also pulled some titles from its service, such as Desta: The Memories Between, Mighty Quest Rogue Palace and Shovel Knight: Pocket Dungeon, while others have been removed from its release slate, including Tales of the Shire, Thirsty Suitors and Compass Point: West.
Le Zoo (Mother Games)
Featuring a library of mini games and a trippy theme park setting, Le Zoo is billed as a “personalized RPG, powered by custom in-house AI”. It’s currently in private alpha testing, with public access coming to unspecified platforms later this year.
Town of Salem 2 (Digital Bandidos)
This indie game offers social deduction and strategy gameplay for up to 15 players. Released last year on Steam, it’s out now for Android and iOS, and is coming to consoles this year too.
Stack Town (FunPlus)
Featuring cooperative and competitive gameplay, this city building puzzle title has soft launched on Google Play in the US, according to Appmagic.
