With the Xperia PLAY launching today in the UK, and soon in the US, French publisher Gameloft has revealed its extensive line-up for the platform. Ten launch games, including several pre-loaded on the phone, make Gameloft the biggest PLAY publisher at the moment, so, to find out about why they are investing so heavily in the PLAY, what they think of the device, and what their future plans are, PlayStation LifeStyle chatted to Callum Rowley, Digital Marketing and Community Manager for Gameloft UK.
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Culture of Gaming set down with Gameloft at E3 2019 where we got to preview some of their upcoming games in the mobile field.
Neil writes: "Since the turn of the millennium, Gameloft have established themselves as one of the very top innovators in their field, creating games for various platforms. With the mobile scene being their bread and butter, you would have been able to enjoy a whole host of their titles on your iOS or Android device. Now though they are partnering up with Microsoft to see the Xbox Live service roll out across the mobile gaming landscape."
Major move by Microsoft here. Already enjoying these games with Xbox Achievements/Live, through Windows 10 on my Surface Go, but now that they are bringing them to iOS and Android, even more people will be able to experience Xbox Live no matter where they are. More of this.
Say what you want about the games, they are popular. There’s all kinds of things I don’t like that make money, doesn’t mean I’ll dismiss them as worthless.
Name a game that’s not influenced/ripping off another game in this day and age. Go ahead I’ll wait...
@KyRo
Regardless how you feel about the games themselves, they make some of the highest rated and most popular mobile games out there. Are you telling me this isn't a smart move???
Google Play Store:
Asphalt 9 - 4.6 out of 5 rating, 847k+ downloads
https://play.google.com/sto...
Asphalt 8 - 4.5 out of 5 rating, 8 million+ downloads
https://play.google.com/sto...
Dragon Mania Legends - 4.6 out of 5 rating, 2 million+ downloads
https://play.google.com/sto...
iOS:
Asphalt 9 - 4.8 out of 5 rating, 300k+ downloads, #2 in racing on the platform
https://itunes.apple.com/us...
Asphalt 8 - 4.7 out of 5 rating, 98k+ downloads
https://itunes.apple.com/us...
Dragon Mania Legends - 4.8 out of 5 rating, 43K+ downloads
https://itunes.apple.com/us...
This is a major move because its never been done before by a major platform holder like Microsoft. I dont see why they would stop there either. They are the only ones with the infrastructure and will to pull it off. Major titles on console, PC and mobile (phones and tablets and TV), all running Xbox Live...Im sorry but thats a smart move.
@timotim
Those are some pretty high metacritic scores.
Where are we at this moment? Are we currently celebrating review scores or are we still blaming bias journalists and clickbait reviews?
Couldn't agree more, adding Xbox Live to mobile games across IOS and Android is a wise decision. They really are expanding Xbox from the living room space.
Gameloft make the worst mobile games They make crappy copies of more popular games . Good fit for MS I guess
So you’re implying that MS makes crappy copies of other games? Like what for example?
Crackdown 3 is the same as Crackdown? @saint. So let's start with uncharted 1,2,3,4, tomber raider 1,2,3,4, killzone 1,2,3,4, call of duty, God of war and I bet the last of us 2 has a lot of the same elements as the first.
I'm not saying these are bad games at all but you can't make a statement like that just because it's an Xbox game. If you don't like Microsoft or anything Xbox, stay out of Xbox articles!
You sorry little man
Actually, their games are some of the highest rated and popular games on mobile platforms.
Great interview. Sounds like the Xperia PLAY is off to a great start with its software. Let's hope it gets proper support and sales to keep it going.
Great interview. The key to the phone's success will be the software and game choices.
If the phone had an actual keyboard, I'd buy it. My fingers don't work well with touch screen keyboards.
As much as I want to love this device, I just can't. It looks so clunky and unfinished... and the line up it's PSN friendly.... plus trophies were probably the one thing I was banking on, but nope!
According to many reviews the xperia is already a flop and analysts believe it to be a failure already. But who knows.
And there comments on dedicated systems are idiotic. Maybe they cant keep up with tech, But thats irrelevant in terms of games
And what has gameloft done aside from making shovelware? And why are these mobile developers getting articles now? Oh I get it. They are so insecure about the shit they put out they have to badmouth dedicated devices any chance they get.
@ below
My issue is more with gameloft. And less with the product
@ even further below
no they arent. There games will be pssuite enabled which are basically psp2 comaptible minis
Have gameloft developed anything original? All titles I've seen are knock offs of popular games.