Mobile gaming news roundup (April 2026): New releases, Industry movements and more

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April flew by, just like the first three months of the year. The mobile gaming world was busy with updates, announcements, and a few unexpected moments. As always, I’ve gathered the most important news from April 2026 in this quick summary.

Monthly Mobile Gaming News Roundup for April 2026

Week 1: April 01 to April 07

Executive Summary

The beginning of April set the tone for the rest of the month. New games like Sea of Stars and DropShot Mobile launched worldwide, and Monster Hunter Outlanders and Petit Planet continued testing new versions.

Sign-ups began in Japan for several upcoming mobile games, including ALLfiring, Mori Tale, Dragon Blood: Slayers Academy, and Game of Thrones: Dragonfire. New game announcements were also made for titles like Chaos W, Waltz of the Wizard, Ki-Gou Keikaku, and My Hero Academia UNITED SURVIVAL.

In gaming news, popular titles saw several updates and collaborations: Rise of Kingdoms returned to India, Boom Beach launched on PC, My Talking Angela 2 featured a Barbie collaboration, and a KitKat crossover became a viral trend. These were part of a wider wave of April Fools’ Day-themed content across the gaming world.

Several online games recently announced they will be shutting down, including Rec Room, unVEIL the world, Disney Heroes: Battle Mode, and Mr Love: Queen’s Choice. These closures have been making news headlines.

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Week 2: April 08 to April 14

Executive Summary

The second week saw a continuation of the momentum from the first, with several new global releases. These included OneState RP, Jetpack Joyride Racing, and Hidden around the World. Notably, Borderlands Mobile also unexpectedly launched on iOS in the US.

We continued to gradually release and expand several games, including Plants vs Zombies 3: Evolved, Netflix Playground, Pure Crime: Gangster Shooting, Garena Free City, and Genesis War. We also ran testing phases for King’s Raid CBT, Illusion Connect: Re CBT, and the open beta for WELTKRIEG 1: Firestorm.

Okay, so a bunch of cool stuff happened in gaming news this week! I can now pre-register for Battle Through the Heavens 3D, which I’m hyped about. Plus, FANTASY LIFE i and Fuga: Melodies of Steel are both coming to mobile – awesome! Other big news: Roblox is getting a subscription service called Roblox Plus. On a less fun note, MOONTON is really going after cheaters in MLBB, which is good, but sad to hear Clover Games went bankrupt, taking games like Lord of Heroes, HEAVENHELLS, and Ayakashi Rise with it. And surprisingly, Doki Doki Literature Club got pulled from the Play Store, which is… weird.

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Week 3: April 15 to April 21

Executive Summary

The past week was busy, with new game releases happening around the world, along with testing, announcements, and some games being taken offline. The global releases included Merchant of the Skies, DUPER: Social War Game, Hearthside: A Teeny Tiny Game, Dragon Quest Smash/Grow, and Vanished Puzzle Quest.

Game testing continued on several fronts: the open beta for Project Racer, the closed beta test for BladeRite: Rivals, and recruitment for the Honkai: Nexus Anima playtest. Meanwhile, Angry Birds Rush returned with an early access release, and Total Football launched in Southeast Asia.

You can now pre-register for several new games, including Fruit Ninja Adventures, Among the Sleep, and Knights – Medieval PvP Game. Plus, a new game called ‘and Roger’ has just been released! In other news, Roblox added features designed for kids and selective access, and a release date for the Call of Duty movie has been set. Unfortunately, LINE: Gundam Wars and Fellow Moon will be shutting down.

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Week 4: April 22 to April 28

Executive Summary

The fourth week of mobile gaming news brought a similar number of announcements as the week before, featuring titles like Youtubers Life 3, Animal Hero: Mobile MMORPG, Control Ultimate Edition for iOS, A Girl Adrift: Reunited, and Bacon in Zane for iOS.

Several games were released in limited form, including Spirit GO, Haunted Headlines: Don’t Scream, Attack on Zombies, and MythPalz. Meanwhile, The Old Man & the Demon Sword became available for early access testing.

I’m so excited about all the new mobile games coming out! Just recently, I signed up for pre-registration for RF ONLINE NEXT, UFL Mobile, Guild Wars Reforged, Replicat, and Silent Whispers. Plus, they announced a bunch more like Minishoot’ Adventures, FIFA Heroes, Lumi Master, and Totopia – it’s going to be hard to choose what to play first!

Recently, development on CounterSide was stopped, and the CEO of Xbox confirmed the company’s plans for a mobile app store. Several games also shut down or were removed from stores, including Brave Frontier Versus, Astra: Knights of Veda, and Grimlight.

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Week 5: April 29 to April 30

Executive Summary

The mobile gaming scene saw several new releases over the past two days, including Eternal Rebirth: Oversouler, Yummy Tteokbokki ASMR, and Last Hunter K: Seoul. Meanwhile, Neverness to Everness became available worldwide on various platforms after a long wait.

You can now pre-register for the games Abyssal Soul and MLB The Show Mobile. Plus, we have news about The Walking Dead: Aftermath and Tomb Busters, which will launch worldwide soon. Unfortunately, Eversoul will be shutting down globally at the end of April, marking another significant game closure this month.

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2026-05-01 02:42