Is This Really the New Standard for Mobile Games? 😬

PLUS: The Division Resurgence soon opens regional beta testing, Indus has some pretty interesting news, and we run a giveaway for 20 Minutes Till Dawn and other great mobile games.

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Sune "NimbleThor" Thorsen
November 09, 2023

How about a riddle? This 2013 mobile game broke the internet, reached 90 million downloads, and then just… disappeared. Can you guess which? (the answer is at the end of the email). Hit “reply” to let me know if you’d like more riddles :)

In today’s newsletter: The Division Resurgence is (soon) ready for region beta testing, Indus has some pretty interesting news, and we run a giveaway for 20 Minutes Till Dawn and other great mobile games.

🎮 Top Story: Crunchyroll Announces “Game Vault” with no Ads or in-App Purchases

Apple Arcade, Google Play Pass, GameClub, Netflix Games, Halfbrick+, and now….Crunchyroll?

Earlier this week, the anime streaming service announced “Crunchyroll Game Vault” - a curated library of premium games available exclusively to subscribers.

There are only 5 games at launch, including great titles like the casual puzzle game “inbento”. But unfortunately, the old stand-alone version of inbento seems to have been removed so it could become exclusive to Crunchyroll.

And that’s one of the great downsides of this subscription trend that is slowly taking over the industry: games that used to be stand-alone are now locked behind subscriptions.

I’m glad to see more games without ads and in-app purchases, but I honestly doubt there is enough demand for all these services?

With that said, I’m sure existing Crunchyroll fans appreciate being able to grab a couple of free high-quality games.

📢 Mobile Gaming News

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📢 MiniReview x Erabit Giveaway!

We’re celebrating the positive reception of our newsletter “The Mobile Quest” (the one you’re reading right now) with a giveaway from Erabit Studios!

There are 5 keys for each of the great games 20 Minutes Till Dawn Premium, Brotato Premium, and Candy Disaster Premium 🥳

🔥 Fresh Reviews

Check out some of the latest games reviewed on MiniReview.

🚀 New releases

Some of the most interesting new releases we haven’t reviewed yet.

🏷 Games on sale

🤔 Community Poll

How many of your real-life friends play mobile games?

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Last week’s poll results
Which do you play the most?

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Offline Games (75%)

🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Online Games (25%)

High fives,

Sune “NimbleThor” Thorsen
Founder, MiniReview

Riddle answer: Flappy Bird 🐤

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