Hypergryph Announces Arknights: Endfield for PC and Mobile

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Over the years, several video game franchises have successfully made the leap from PC or console to mobile. Call of Duty: Mobile has proven to be so popular that Activision recently announced that a mobile version of Call of Duty: Warzone is in the works as well. Fewer companies have managed to make the move in the opposite direction, however. MiHoYo kind of accomplished the feat in 2020 by simultaneously releasing Genshin Impact on console and mobile, and now developer Hypergryph hopes to do the same with Arknights: Endfield.

The original Arknights, a free-to-play mobile tower defense game with RPG elements, released on mobile devices in 2020 and was immediately a hit. Even before launching outside of China, Hypergryph announced that there were over one million pre-registrations for the mobile game. Arknights proved to be popular due to its addicting gameplay, detailed storyline, impressive graphics, and gacha mechanics that weren’t too obtrusive.

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On March 17, Hypergryph announced that Arknights would be a franchise, with the next entry called Arknights: Endfield. The new game will be a 3D real-time RPG that retains some of the strategy elements that fans enjoyed in the first game. While Endfield will possess the same “worldview” as Arknights, it will take place on an entirely new planet, introduce a new cast of characters, and feature a unique storyline. The game is currently in the early stages of development for PC and mobile devices, and there is no word of a planned release date yet. There has also been no mention of a possible next-gen console launch.

So far, Hypergryph has shared some concept art, a trailer, and a gameplay demo of Arknights: Endfield, and from the footage so