As Spring turns into Summer, and Summer Games Fest 2024 is right around the corner, Mobile Gaming stays hot with Zenless Zone Zero, Harvest Moon, and a new Command & Conquer title on the go. Also, Square Enix puts out updates on their entire ongoing mobile catalogue.
With Sony’s State of Play 2024 showcase well behind us fans look forward to the beginning of June. While Summer Games Fest 2024 is next week, mobile gaming continues to surge with updates along the catalogue of titles available on iOS and Android operating systems.
This week, the HoYoverse preps for the massive official launch of Zenless Zone Zero, Square Enix updates all of their mobile titles with new additions, Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home is announced for mobile, and lastly, Command & Conquer returns with a pre-registration for the new mobile game, Command & Conquer: Legion.
This Week In Mobile Gaming for June 1
Zenless Zone Zero Gets a July 4th Release Date!
As the new HoYoverse title celebrates 35 million pre-registrations on mobile gaming devices, HoYoverse has decided to give fans a concrete release date to look forward to when Zenless Zone Zero releases. A new exciting development has also been announced, not only is the title launching simultaneously on PS5, iOS, PC and Android, but the title is going to be completely cross-play.
Fans can play with each other no matter which console they’re on, ensuring a synchronized experience for all players across multiple platforms. Fans who have yet to pre-register can do so on the HoYoverse website to accrue all of the extra rewards players get for signing up. Head over to this link to pre-register, and HoYoverse has suggested they will give a prize to players if they reach their ultimate goal of 40 million pre-registrations.
Zenless Zone Zero launches on July 4th.
Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home is coming to Mobile Gaming
Natsume Inc. announced this week that Harvest Moon will return to mobile gaming without a Nintendo console. Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home sees fans enter the capable shoes of an unnamed protagonist (because of course), that has to contend with heading back to farm life after spending 10 years in the big city.
President and CEO of Natsume, Hiro Maekawa says “We are excited to bring a fresh new Harvest Moon experience back to mobile gamers withHarvest Moon: Home Sweet Home,” with “Featuring the traditional Harvest Moon style that fans know and love, along with some familiar faces, we hope this will be a cozy farming adventure favourite for all mobile gamers. We look forward to welcoming you home this summer!” regarding the series return to mobile devices.
Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home is coming to iOS and Android devices this August 2024.
Command & Conquer: LegionsOpens Pre-Registration
Electronic Arts and Level Infinite have excitingly announced the pre-registration period for the mobile gaming rendition of the iconic RTS series of games Command & Conquer. Level Infinite has revealed Command & Conquer: Legions, a mobile game with all of the C&C goodness fans have come to love since the first title (Command & Conquer: Tiberium Dawn) launched in 1995. Instead of playing on some of the oldest PCs ever created, you can play on a train on the way to work almost 30 years later.
Command & Conquer: Legions’debut season features what many fans consider the best title in the series, Red Alert, and itis set in an alternate timeline where the Soviet and Allied forces remain deadlocked. Fans can re-live their Red Alert past by playing missions that retell the story of Red Alert with featured units and characters that fans will instantly recognize (Yuri confirmed!).
While no release date has been given yet, fans can pre-register over on the official site by following this link.
Square Enix Reveals Exciting Crossovers, Events & More For their Mobile Gaming Catalogue!
For the last bit of mobile gaming news for this week, Square Enix has announced MANY events for their mobile titles. Below fans can find a list of what is being added to each, along with run times of each event.
- FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS crossover with Final Fantasy X sees the Black Mage Lulu join the roster. Fans can recruit Lulu from now until June 12, players can also obtain up to 30 Bewitching Black Mage Lulu fragments and premium currencies when logging on until June 5.
- WAR OF THE VISIONS FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS adds new summons and promotions featuring Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and players can receive the new Tifa unit from the film for free. Throughout the month, players can also obtain other FINAL FANTASY VII Advent Children characters, including Cloud, Kadaj and Sephiroth. all throughout the month fans will have chances to secure recruiting one of these special units as Square is giving 10x free summons when each character heads the summon banner (10x for Cloud, 10x for Kadaj and so on).
- Romancing SaGa Re;univerSe starts 4th anniversary eve celebrations round 2! Fans can join the celebrations with two new summons, Romancing Festival Selma and Romancing Festival Cordelia, and logging in each day can net a haul of up to 3,000 jewels!
- OCTOPATH TRAVELER: Champions of the Continent reopens the Nier: Automata crossover until June 12, so fans who are sour for missing out on the first run, should try to jump back in before June 12 to try and snag some of the rewards!
