This Week In Mobile Gaming - May 31st 2010

Of course, no single title is more relevant in the shooter genre than Epic Games' cultural phenomenon Fortnite Battle Royale - a fact that Activision Blizzard immediately commented on during its Q1 financial review conference call yesterday. "Gaming is constantly evolving and innovating, which often expands the marketplace," said Bobby Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard, "and the success of Fortnite is no excepti


Call of Duty: Zombies: This title has been in the app store for quite a while now, but IGN reports there will be an update to get you back in the game. The addition is called Shi No Numa and will bring in a new map - Swamp - to slaughter the undead in. New enemies will be thrown in as well as new weapons: the Arisaka, Type 100 and Wunderwaffe DG-2. The update will be $4.99, otherwise it will be bundled with the full version of Call of Duty: Zombies at $9


Many other live services games will likely have Halloween events as well, including Pokemon GO . Pokemon GO 's Halloween event usually lasts a couple of weeks, and sees the spawn rate of ghost- and dark-type Pokemon greatly increased. Last year's Halloween event even saw the debut of the first third generation Pokemon, which has led to some speculation that this year's Halloween event could see the first fourth generation Pokemon added to the popular mobile g


Since the game was first announced, a number of modes have been discussed for the game, including Team Deathmatch, Search and Destroy, and well-known maps like Firing Range, Hijacked, and Nuketown are all going to be a part of the rele


September 2018 was a busy month for games, seeing the release of a number of critically-acclaimed titles including Dragon Quest 11: Echoes of an Elusive Age and of course, the PS4-exclusive Spider-Man from Insomniac Games. However, if gamers thought September was a busy month, then they're going to be completely blown away by October, which stands to be the busiest month for gaming in all of 2


Activision states that battle royale is only one of the modes coming to Call of Duty: Mobile . Interested fans in select regions, including North and South America, Europe, and China, can now pre-register to gain access to an impending public beta. Additional regional beta tests will begin in various territories in the coming mon


The mention of Fortnite was inevitable given the game's unprecedented success - though it was more surprising to hear Activision Blizzard's Chief Financial Officer Spencer Neumann mention it in relation to revenue. After reporting on the company's better-than-expected first quarter earnings, Neumann noted that the company has "seen some near-term impact from Battle Roya


Not only is October especially busy when it comes to brand new game releases, but it's also a busy time for in-game events. Thanks to Halloween, October is usually stuffed full of holiday-themed in-game events, with some of this year's already announced or ongoing. For example, Halloween decorations are all over the battle royale map in Fortnite , and Blizzard has already confirmed that the Halloween Terror event is coming back to Overwatch from October 9 to October


The most impressive thing we saw at E3 was Oculus Rift, the VR headset that's taking the games industry by storm. Even at Gamescom, the newly announced EVE: Valkyrie (the evolution of EVE-VR that we played) is blowing people away. Dev kits of Oculus Rift are available right now through their official site and the company secured $16 million in financing recently to take the product to the consumer market next year. If you have one and are looking for games, there's now a website just for t

GTA: Chinatown Wars Lite: Grand Theft Auto' s Chinatown Wars has been on the iPhone for some time now, but as an investment at $9.99. If you still haven't made the jump because you are either unsure if it's worth it or simply can't afford it, well you now have an alternative. The free lite version is available in the app store now, so there's no excuse to not partake in the thieving, drug peddling, gun wielding goodness that is Chinatown Wa


In the meantime, there are some games where it's unclear if a Halloween event will take place or not. Last year, Destiny 2 didn't host a Festival of the Lost event like we saw in the first Destiny , but it's possible that will change this year. We'll just have to wait for Bungie to share more information one way or another to be s


Taking a step back from the Star Wars title gamers are excited for ( Battlefront ) casual and mobile users can look forward to Konami's just-announced Star Wars: Force Collection , a card battling game. Find out more he


October is typically the busiest month for game releases, and this year is no different. In fact, there are four games releasing this week alone that could all be considered fairly high profile, including Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Super Mario Party on Friday, October 5th. Overall, October 2018 is dominated by blockbuster, triple-A game releases, including Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 , which is likely to be the best-selling game of the year , Codmobilezone.com and the highly anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2 , which will hit stores on October 2