Square Enix has announced a new studio with a focus on developing mobile games.
The studio, called Square Enix London Mobile, is currently developing games based on Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender and Tomb Raider. The Avatar game is in joint development with Navigator Games, another mobile games studio.
We don't yet know what the gameplay will look like for the Avatar game. However, Navigator Games' last project, Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, was a turn-based fantasy RPG.
The Tomb Raider title in development is called Tomb Raider Reloaded, and it was announced in November of 2020. It was originally supposed to come out this year, but Square Enix now says the game will release on the App Store and Google Play in 2022.
The game is described as an "action-arcade style adventure designed specifically for mobile." Crystal Dynamics, developer behind the modern Tomb Raider trilogy, is also working on the game.
The mobile game market is still incredibly strong. In 2019, Apple made more money on games than Xbox, Sony, Nintendo, and Activision combined. However, mobile revenue from China likely won't be as strong going forward, as the Chinese government recently set a three-hour limit for kids playing online games.
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