The past year was not very pleasant for the gaming industry with its transfers and not enough good releases. However, if you look in the direction of mobile gaming, then this year turned out to be very good. Players from all over the world spent almost $90 billion on iOS and Android products despite the presence of . This impressive amount makes it clear to many eminent developers that they should not lose sight of the mobile games market and need to introduce their popular franchises there.
In addition, eastern companies specializing in such games do not stand aside. Their goal is a little different – create something new in this segment that can attract the attention of many players. Let’s see what interesting and promising Android mobile games developers are preparing for release in 2022.
Undecember
Meet another top-down hack&slash ARPG that Diablo fans should not miss. The Korean studio Needs Games is responsible for its development, which employs specialists who had a hand in such projects as Lineage 2: Revolution and Lost Ark, so something interesting awaits us.
One of the features of Undecember is the lack of class attachment, which allows the player to activate creative ingenuity and create a unique character that can fight with a sword and create spells to attack or summon minions. Of course, there will be a unique storyline, various challenges, dungeons, boss raids with other players, and PvP mode.
Along with single-player content, the Unreal Engine 4 game features cooperative dungeons and raids, as well as PvP, including competitive and guild wars.
Naraka Bladepoint Mobile
Since we touched on the topic of royal battles and porting, it would be an omission not to mention Naraka: Bladepoint. Following the release on PC, to release the multiplayer action game on mobile platforms as well.
Unfortunately, there are no details about the port yet. Due to the success on major platforms, the developers will try to release the game on mobile platforms as soon as possible. With a high degree of probability, we are going to see battles on a large-scale map with 60 players, oriental style, and a large arsenal of weapons for close and long-range combat.
Noah’s Heart
Noah’s Heart is a multiplayer role-playing game for mobile devices from the Archosaur Games studio, which gave us another MMORPG – Dragon Raja. The developers decided not to deviate from this topic. They are going to release another beautiful mobile game on Unreal Engine 4.
Travel through a seamless open world on the planet Noah, which is full of various mysteries, amazing places, and exotic life forms. The absence of class restrictions allows you to choose any weapon and develop your own style of play for real-time battles with both mighty bosses and enemies from other factions. As for those, who like exciting battles and traveling around the beautiful world, it will be possible to form strong teams with friends and other players.
Tower of fantasy
It is impossible to talk about mobile MMORPGs without mentioning Tower of Fantasy, which players are optimistic about. Many want the development team from Hotta Studio to of the mega-popular ARPG Genshin Impact in order to create a worthy clone. So far, the game is only available at the OBT stage in Chinese. However, let’s hope that we will see a full-fledged global release in 2022.
In-game action will unfold in a sci-fi open world, where the player takes on the role of a pioneer and goes to explore beautiful locations. Fans of Genshin Impact will enjoy mechanics like rock climbing or the ability to float in the air. However, there will also be a PvP mode and a pet system with Gacha features. Only you will have to roll weapons with skins on the character instead of full-fledged heroes, which is also a significant difference from the well-known game.
Project: Ragnarok
Yes, this is another Chinese MMORPG with an open seamless world based on the Unreal Engine 4 engine. NetEase is responsible for the development, which promises a multi-platform triple-A game with excellent graphics and interesting mechanics.
As you might have guessed from the title, the game will unfold in a world based on Scandinavian mythology, where the player’s task is to stop the end of the world – Ragnarok. Gathering resources, communicating with other players, dungeons, lack of attachment to a class, ability to switch between several characters, and large-scale PvP battles are just a small part of what the developers have prepared in their future games.
In adventures, you will meet representatives of several fantasy races. Explore deserts, plains, ancient caves, forests, and city-states. In order to create a better atmosphere of Norse mythology, NetEase even hired a second development team.
Solo Leveling
Solo Leveling web novel will receive its game adaptation. Netmarble is responsible for its development. In connection with the announcement, the developers have released the first gameplay trailer for the game. The original web novel (manhwa) found its audience from 2018 to 2021 and was very popular due to its beautiful visual style and interesting story.
Nothing concrete is known about the project itself, Netmarble did not tell any details about the game, and the release date of the game is unknown. The only thing that we know is that the project will be released on mobile devices. Judging by the video trailer, the game will be a third-person action game in the style of Devil May Cry.
In addition to constant battles with bosses and monsters in various locations, as well as following the story, the game offers an RPG component, such as pumping. As you progress, you get a chance to change characters. In addition, Netmarble is thinking about introducing a variety of NFT elements into the game, but what they will be is still unclear.