Recap #243: Mobile games news of the week

In this recap #243, we take a look at the week's must-have mobile games releases, mobile news and pre-registrations/test phases not to be missed.

Sit back and relax as we round up all the week's mobile games news! On the programme: we'll be covering the release of Final Fantasy Dissidia Duellum, leaks about a Genshin-like game from Riot Games and a whole host of other news to share with you!

Mobile games releases of the week

This week has been rich in release announcements, with many games now available on the stores:

• Seven Deadly Sins: Origin has been released on Play Store and App Store: this Genshin-like open-world game features dynamic combat and superb landscapes.
• Final Fantasy Dissidia Duellum is available on Play Store and App Store: a full PvP portrait mode fighting game with competitive gacha. Take part in 3v3 battles with the franchise's heroes, each with their own abilities and equipment.
• CookieRun Ovensmash is out this week with its vitamin-packed brawling game format on Play Store and App Store.
• Easy Deliver Co. is available on Play Store and App Store: it's the start of your deliveries in these cozy mountains, your first job as a postman!

We end this section with The Wreck, the free Epic Games game of the week.

Pre-registrations, announcements, updates and test phases

Here's a selection of the pre-registrations and beta releases that made their mark this week on Android and iOS.

• Cats & Soup: Magic Recipe opens its pre-registrations: the idle game returns with a new match-3 title and even more cats to collect, on Play Store and App Store.
• Solo Leveling Karma unveils its trailer and will be released this year: the game was announced a year ago, and this Netmarble title will cover the 27 years eclipsed in the original series.
• Annulus arrives on PC and mobile on 8 April: immerse yourself in a dark fantasy universe on Play Store and App Store, play as a mercenary group worthy of the Black Company and collect resources and weapons to improve your squad.
• Merchant of Skies is up for pre-registration before its release on 14 April on Play Store and App Store: this aerial pixel art world sends you trading from town to town aboard your trading airship. Choose which resources to trade and negotiate all your deals.

Then there's Sword x Staff , which is opening its worldwide pre-registration on Play Store and App Store. FIFA Heroes will be fully released on 28 April. The city builder Townsmen: A Kingdom Rebuilt has just opened its pre-registration on Play Store.

Slime Rancher arrives on Play Store and App Store on 26 May. And Pokémon Champions will be released on 8 April. Lilith Games' next game, Clash of Critters, is now open for pre-registration on Play Store and App Store. DIGIMON UP has been announced for mobile release in 2026. Meanwhile, dating sim Light & Night has released a trailer for its Asian release.

Other news and events from the mobile games industry

The mobile JV industry has more news in store for you this week:

• Riot Games is working on a Genshin-like game: that's what the job adverts for an open world project with gameplay inspired by the Hoyoverse game might announce.
• Saudi investment fund Savvy Games acquires Moonton: the games affected in their regular production will be Mobile Legends, Acecraft, Watcher of Realms, Silver and Blood, Magic Chess and Magic Rush among others.
• Announcements at Devsisters DevNow 2026: the release of CookieRun: Ovensmash, CookieRun Crumble, a casual game scheduled for the end of 2026 with an idle RPG focus, CookieRun Kingdom , a collaboration with K-Pop phenomenon Demon Hunters, and CookieRun: New World, an open world planned for 2029.

See you next week for a recap of mobile games news!