Your weekly briefing on what actually matters in mobile gaming — what to play, what to watch, and what to avoid.
🔥 Play this week
- Gameloft's crime saga is live and getting bigger. Gangstar Mirage City has players pushing into the high-end districts now, going toe-to-toe with the city's most heavily armed rival gangs. If open-world mayhem is your thing, jump in. Watch the walkthrough
- Splatoon Raiders players, gear up right. Fresh guides just dropped covering hairstyles, Hideout Ship upgrades, and relics — all the stuff that actually changes how you play in the Spirhalite Islands. Worth a read before your next run. Check the guides
- India's got a new battle royale, and it's playable now. Battle Royale GD landed in Early Access on the India Google Play Store, dropping you into the Golden City of Sonepur for last-player-standing chaos. See the Early Access gameplay
⏰ Mark your calendar
- Free Mega Rayquaza is nearly gone. Pokémon Go's Timed Research offering Rayquaza plus the Meteorite (for Dragon Ascent) closes Sunday at 8pm local time — if you haven't grabbed it, do it right now. Details on the event
- Terminator 2 is coming to COD Mobile. The crossover goes live August 6th at 5 PM PT — set a reminder if you want the Judgment Day content on day one. See the reveal
🕹️ Coming soon & worth your money
- Bullworth Academy is back, in your pocket. Bully: Anniversary Edition is out now on mobile — the full Rockstar classic, Jimmy Hopkins and all. Watch the full walkthrough
- Ubisoft's Prince of Persia remaster just hit phones. Shadow and Flame is out now, and the classic action-platforming holds up. Full game walkthrough
- A cozy airship JRPG just launched. Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire is out now, letting you build a sky pirate crew and explore a shattered world turn-based style. Watch gameplay
- Mushoku Tensei fans in Japan, it's here. Chronicle of Echoes has officially launched in Japan with fully voiced scenes and 3D turn-based combat. Global release watchers, keep an eye out. See the launch gameplay
- A free roguelike classic just got a proper mobile port. Brogue PE brings the legendary Brogue — the game that inspired Pixel Dungeon — to Android. Easy to learn, brutal to master. Grab it on Google Play
- Duet Night Abyss is getting a new chapter. Version 1.5, "Paradise Prelude," brings new locations, bosses, and cinematic story beats — check the preview to see if it's worth logging back in for. Watch the PV
🏆 What to watch
- $10,000 BRL is on the line in COD Mobile this month. A community tournament is running through July with real cash payouts — worth a watch if you follow competitive CODM. Tournament coverage
💸 Deals worth grabbing
- Two console ports just hit historic lows. Wreckfest is $9.99 → $0.49 and Endling is $9.99 → $0.29 — both new all-time lows on iOS. Full deals roundup
- SpongeBob fans, Battle for Bikini Bottom is basically free. The Rehydrated remaster is $10.99 → $0.49, another historic low. See the price drop
- Two games just went totally free. Blown Away: Secret of the Wind ($1.99 → free) and Space Menace ($0.59 → free) cost nothing right now — grab them before the price reverts. Check the full list
⚠️ Don't get burned
- Skip the sketchy "cloud gaming bonus" videos. A wave of sponsored clips is pushing third-party cloud-gaming apps with tiny "$0.03 bonus" hooks and referral links for AFK farming in games like Lineage W and Ragnarok. Treat these as ads, not recommendations — read the fine print before handing over any payment info.
- Be careful with off-store APK downloads. Some new "gameplay" videos link straight to APK installers hosted outside Google Play or the App Store (with gift codes attached as bait). Stick to official app stores unless you really know what you're installing.
See you next week — same time, same place, 100% of your screen still visible.