2K Games and Cat Daddy's Mafia 3: Rivals [Free] has launched worldwide on iOS and Android. Launched alongside the console and PC game Mafia 3, and developed by 2K's go-to mobile studio Cat Daddy Games, this game has you building up a crime syndicate of your own in New Bordeaux, fighting NPCs and other players as you try to become the biggest criminals in town. While cards are a big part of many other 2K and Cat Daddy Games, developing your characters and following the game's storyline is key. This isn't just an auto-battle game: the combat is a bit simplified, but you can choose who attacks whom, with characters and enemies having elements based on the four card suits, with a rock-paper-scissors format of elemental advantages. Sadly, I don't think you'll find anything like necromancers in this game...unless there's something about Mafia 3's world that we don't quite know about...
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Cat Daddy is a subsidiary of Take-Two and 2K Games, so obviously they're the go-to source for many 2K mobile efforts. But Harley Howe said that they often go to 2K with ideas for games, it's not just that they're commanded to make certain titles. With Mafia 3: Rivals, they went to 2K with the idea for doing an RPG-style game to tie-in with the console game. It's a bit of a bigger project than their other games, such as WWE SuperCard [Free] ? those are intended to be quick, short sessions, where Mafia 3: Rivals is meant to be something a bit deeper...