ARCLIGHT RUMBLE?? Blizzard's new mobile game revealed!

Blizzard just announced a new mobile game called Warcraft: Arclight Rumble. It's a new take on the Clash Royale formula featuring characters and settings from the Warcraft universe.

--

Arclight Rumble | News | ARCLIGHT RUMBLE?? Blizzard's new mobile game revealed!

[GameWrapper]

I don't have faith that Blizzard is capable of making a fun and non-predatory mobile game.

[MadSnake]

Remember the time when a brand new game announced by Blizzard was something genuinely exciting? Now you are just hoping that is not a complete nightmare.

[SamuraiMotoko]

Not a fan of the "hype" acting from this developers

[TheSpunYarn]

Aesthetically, I don't mind that it's cartoony, I mind that it doesn't really feel distinct from Clash at all. I never even played Clash, but if you showed me this without context I would assume it's just the next Clash game.

I wish they'd simultaneously go harder on the toy aesthetic, while pulling back on the pastels. Like, have these cool blocky figures that look stop motion, but have some grime and grease and dirt, ya know? They're in this old, hot gnomish machine so it probably isn't clean. I genuinely think that if limbs on the figures broke off and could be replaced, or you made silly amalgams of figures out of various pieces/could upgrade individual pieces for bonuses it would be more engaging as a system.

Subjectively, the gameplay doesn't really draw me in. I didn't play Clash for a reason, ya know? I wish the number of units was smaller but had a more horizontal progression system rather than a vertical one with a level system. I dunno. Grumble grumble I guess - I probably wasn't going to play it anyways.

[Ferracene]

First image in the video is the player putting a coin into the machine... Well at least they are being honest

[dserv]

Why did Blizz release a Clash Royale competitor 7 years later?

[scoots]

Can't wait to see blizzards rendition of the clash Royale face

Looks fine, it's akin to heroes of the storm to a moba. It's a spin on a popular genre. In a similar fashion to a moba being released years late, I feel like this is also way too late.

No my type of game, and similar to clash Royale it's ripe for monetary abuse and exploitation. Hope it's OK for fans of the genre

[onemealatatime]

Clash royal meets hearthstone mercenaries

[Dracomancer]

"This is what Reforged died for"

[NotShalune]

Minion Masters does away with Clash's power scaling problems and is a really good, and generous game. Highly recommend on PC and mobile for folks that liked Clash Royale but got burned by the progression.

[jerrellmackall]

As always, Blizzard's art team holding a broken leg with a bandaid.

[chandlerpearce]

This is exactly what I was hoping for Mercenaries and it looks fun to me.

I hope it’s good.

[purpleblah]

Is the app store icon going to be a screaming man?

[faust]

Base on the trailer I really thought that you can mix and match their limbs or body parts especially since they are going with the toy aesthetic. I dunno maybe I'm just expecting too much for a mobile game.

[alexarsola]

Will not get near this till I see how Bliz is wanting to make money of it. Learned my lesson with mercenaries.

[snoW_]

As someone who's been playing clash royale for 5 years, this looks really exciting. It's clearly heavily inspired by clash royale but it adds so many twists to it, the pve content seems great and like any other blizzard game, the aesthetics look really polished and fun. I hope it doesn't end up being a predatory and grindy app, because from what they show, there's plenty of fun to be had with this game.

[alainblandi]

The artstyle ingame feels less polished than some of the images, maybe it'd be better on release.

[GenerationLex]

It looks good, I just want to wait to see the "problems they create, and the solutions they offer". Will it be mostly aimed around cosmetics, or will there be extreme gates put in place which you can conveniently splash the cash to unlock. It's a mobile game, I'm highly concerned until I see the final reveal.

[travismorris]

What intrigued me was in the trailer.
That knight got a different arm. So instead of a shield he had a mace and a sword.
Will I be able to make some amalgam of a character in the future or was that just to show they were toys? How custom can this game get

[urayoan]

Those two (mostly the chick) weren’t bullied enough