New release roundup: Talking Tom & Friends: World, Mecharashi, Farlight 84 and more

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While the deals and the stats of the gaming world are important, nothing would happen without the research, funding and, of course, development that goes into making a great game.

So here’s a collection of the most exciting new mobile games right now, the developers and publishers behind them, and why, exactly, they’ve made the cut.

Talking Tom & Friends: World

A sandbox entry in the Talking Tom franchise, Talking Tom & Friends: World allows players to create their own avatar and get baking, host tea parties, play pranks with Talking Tom or socialise with the series’ many anthropomorphic cartoon characters.

Customisation takes centre stage with players able to paint rooms, change their décor and wear a wide range of outfits and hairstyles.

The launch follows weeks after Outfit7’s My Talking Tom Friends 2.

Mecharashi

Delivering the latest dose of turn-based tactics, TenTree Games has launched Mecharashi with cinematic mecha battles awaiting on mobile.

The SRPG allows players to customise their giant machines by mixing and matching arms, legs, torsos and weapons, dousing them in a fresh coat of paint before jumping into mechanical battles.

Pompo Backpack Heroes

Dave Studio’s Pompo Backpack Heroes is a stylistic adventure game about a bear called Pompo and his 36 companions.

Through Pompo’s journey, players can explore a range of dungeons and locales such as the Lake of Constellations and the Tower of Time, meanwhile managing a limited backpack where every item and piece of gear marks a choice to be made.

QRusader

Indie studio Dinosaur Space Program has released QRusader on Google Play and the App Store, scanning real-world QR codes and turning them into virtual worlds.

Early development was funded by MrBeast’s former lead writer, and the game has optional Web3 elements leveraging Herman Narula’s Somnia blockchain.

Play-Doh World

Scary Beasties has brought Hasbro’s 20th century substance to the digital realm with Play-Doh World, allowing players to shape their own characters and creations on Apple Arcade. Regular content updates are expected to follow to make open-ended imagination even more endless.

Pixel Commander

Advance Wars-like games continue to land on mobile, as Pixel Commander arrives on the scene with pixel graphics to boot. Strategic play spans a campaign with more than 60 levels and a skirmish mode, with developer Faraz Khan giving the game a tower defence twist.

Farlight 84

Farlight 84’s relaunch is now live, giving veterans and newcomers the chance to jump into a recreated battlefield where 60-player battle royales await. Farlight’s revamped game includes a first-person shooter mode, new characters and an overhaul to core gameplay mechanics.