One of the many surprising gamescom 2019 announcements to come out of today?s Opening Night Live show was the sudden release of Erica, a title that was announced at Paris Games Week 2017 before dropping off the radar. Originally part of Sony?s PlayLink lineup?a series of games that use your phone as the controller?Erica?s release now makes no mention of PlayLink at all. Things weren?t looking great for the mobile-centered series of party games before, but this could definitively mark the death of PlayLink for good.
PlayLink was revealed in 2017, and a flurry of games that used the initiative soon followed. PlayLink games required a separate phone app for each title, using each player?s mobile device as a controller and second screen. In theory, the idea was a brilliant one, allowing for the kinds of gameplay that you can?t get with a single screen and standard controllers. Some games made use of the phone?s camera as well to add even more dimension.
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