A few weeks back, we wrote about HQ Live Trivia Show (Free), the game from the creators of Vine that has players answering live trivia questions twice a day for real money. I’ve been playing the game ever since, and I’ve been seeing the game grow day by day. A week and a bit ago, the game had around 26 thousand players and a prize of (usually) $500, but yesterday the game had over 80 thousand players and a prize of $5000. The game is pretty simple. You have to answer 12 questions right in order to get a cut of the $500, but the live host and the live nature of the game makes it feel different than most other App Store trivia games.
Join us for our biggest game ever this Sunday 9p EST- we're talking $5,000 prize that's all yours if you survive all rounds alone! See you there. pic.twitter.com/elS0bHNLZl
— HQ Trivia (@hqtrivia) November 11, 2017
The question is whether HQ Live‘s growth will push other developers to go the synchronous game show route. The mobile platform is pretty much the only one that allows for these kinds of games, since players almost always have access to their phones and can consistently play live games in a way that players of other platforms can’t. What do you think about the future of games like HQ Live? Have you had a chance to play it? If yes, do you see more of these games coming down the line in the near future?
Hype!
If they want 20 bucks for this I'm ok with it considering how much stuff there is and it's not riddled with cash grab components.
I’ll stick with Revs on my BBC Micro. Seriously, it’s looking good, high hopes.
For those who don't know, it's a console game that debut for the pc, xbox360 and PS3.
It was great for console and pc standards so it will of course be good for mobile.
By Feral who have made great AAA ports on mobile
It is paid, so none of that "game was designed around F2P micro transactions" crap, so keep playing NOT keep paying
Has MFI controller support
Great presentation and gaming value - no timers, grinding, difficulty spikes, mandatory online, adds etc..
In other words it's what mobile needs.
*Whales with their OCD need not apply
Gamers know this game before it hasn't come out, and they are confident it will be good.
I wish this work work on the Air 2. Guess its time to upgrade :)