Mr. Robot News and Updates: Telltale Releases Mobile Game Inspired by TV Show; How Will it Make Players Paranoid?
E Corp may be shady and crooked, but there's no stopping them from getting you involved in their universe.
That's right, Mr. Robot fans: Telltale has developed a new messaging app called Mr. Robot:1.51exfiltrati0n (the name may sound clunky and hard to remember, but it matches how the series names its individual episodes). It was developed by Night School Studio, the people behind Oxenfree which was one of the best games this year.
Social media tease
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It was only a matter of time before someone jumped on the opportunity, though. Netflix's hit hacker series is a near-perfect Venn diagram for video and mobile games, and looks like Telltale did not disappoint fans this time.
They have been teasing fans all week on social media, posting a "promotional" video (lifted straight out of a Mr. Robot cinematography playbook) of an E Corp messaging app for iOS and Android!
On August 17th, @ecorpmessaging will make your life better on iOS & Android. Together, we can connect the world... pic.twitter.com/KDmUxYyU2y
— ecorpmessaging (@ecorpmessaging) August 9, 2016
No sane person would want a messaging app from "Evil" Corp, of course. But as it turns out, the app is actually a game.
How the game works
The game isn't your usual Telltale creation, though the premise of the game fits in perfectly with the overall mood and pace of its source material. Set during the events of the first season, you embark on a text-messaging journey to find the lost phone of one of the main characters. It's like playing Democracy, text message-style, as you make choices that affect the narrative for a week's play.
All the drama unfolds in the show's universe, which means you can also respond to the characters' messages. You can talk to different E Corp employees as you assist fsociety in taking the capitalist giant down. This is as close as one can get to chatting with Elliot or Darlene.
While not the action-packed adventure one would expect, the gameplay seemed to be more concerned with chatting and messaging, and getting involved with fsociety. The main goal of the game seems to be to get you all paranoid.
So yes, proceed with caution; before you end up talking to imaginary people and conjuring up dead people in your head, too.
Where to get your hands on the game
The game is currently available on both the Apple Store and Google Play Store, albeit with different names. The Apple version runs on ipa, while the Android on apk. It does not come for free, though; as the game will set you back $2.99, with no in-game purchases. Unlike Pokémon Go, the game also has fewer restrictions.
Want to know more about the game? Here's the developer talking about how it came to be:
