Navigating the world of mobile games is always tricky business. As we’ve talked about numerous times over the years, mobile gaming has a negative stigma in the traditional gaming space, and the timing of multiplatform releases can be integral into how well your game is received. Release on mobile first and other platforms later and you risk people on console and PC thinking “That’s just a crappy port of a crappy mobile game!" Release on mobile and other platforms simultaneously and you risk people thinking “This game isn’t as good as it should be on PC and console because the developers made compromises to make sure it also runs on mobile!" (Yes, I’ve seen this argument A LOT.)
The path to victory has regularly been proven to be releasing on console and/or PC first and establishing a strong fan base there, then bringing your game to mobile sometime down the line. In those cases people tend to think “Hey, I love that game on console/PC, now I can play it on the go on my phone" Cool!" I can’t say for sure that’s the scenario developer Easy Trigger and publisher Coffee Stain had in mind with the release sequence of their game Huntdown, but that’s how it has shaken out as today the game was officially announced for release on iOS and Android (again). More on that in a minute, first, the Huntdown trailer.
As you can see, Huntdown looks pretty dang awesome, and based on the console and PC relea...