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|title= Futurama: Game of Drones
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|[[Transcript:Mobile game|Transcript]]
|[[Transcript:Mobile game|Transcript]]
|[[:category:Mobile game pictures|Pictures]]
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'''''Futurama: Game of Drones''''' is the second ''Futurama'' {{cat|video game}}, after [[2003]][[Futurama (video game)|'s self-titled console game]]. It was announced on {{date|8 July}} [[2015]] <ref>{{cite web|url=http://toucharcade.com/2015/07/08/futurama-mobile-game-sdcc/|title=A 'Futurama' Mobile Game is Coming, Just Shut up and Take my Money|author=Carter Dotson|date=2015-7-8|site=Touch Arcade|accessdate=2015-7-9}}</ref>, and released in Mexico on the 20 November 2015.
'''''Game of Drones''''' is a ''[[Futurama]]'' puzzle {{cat|video game}} <ref name="Google Play">{{cite web|url=http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wooga.futurama|title=Futurama: Game of Drones - Android Apps on Google Play|site=Google Play|accessdate=2015-11-24}}</ref> developed by [[Germany|German]]-based video-game developer {{w|Wooga}} <ref name="Wooga">{{cite web|url=http://blog.wooga.com/post/133788300823/futurama|title=Fox Digital Entertainment and Wooga announce partnership to create Futurama game|date=2015-11-23|site=Wooga Blog|accessdate=2015-11-24}}</ref> and the second ''Futurama'' video game, after [[2003]][[Futurama (video game)|'s self-titled console game]]. It was announced on {{date|8 July}} [[2015]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://toucharcade.com/2015/07/08/futurama-mobile-game-sdcc/|title=A 'Futurama' Mobile Game is Coming, Just Shut up and Take my Money|author=Carter Dotson|date=2015-7-8|site=Touch Arcade|accessdate=2015-7-9}}</ref> The title was revealed on {{date|23 November}} 2015. <ref name="Wooga"/>
 
== Plot ==
 
The game takes players on a journey with the {{pe|crew}} as they fight a desperately imbalanced trade {{cat|battle|war}} against longtime shipping rival [[MomCorp|MomCo]]. While {{deliver}}ing dangerous cargo to hazardous {{cat|place|locations}} under ill-advised circumstances, players connect groups of delivery drones to solve an array of fiendish puzzles as they venture into iconic environments from the {{the universe|''Futurama'' universe}}. <ref name="Wooga"/>


== Additional information ==
== Additional information ==
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=== Trivia ===
=== Trivia ===


* The poster for the mobile game says "release the drones". Drones were previously referenced in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' and "[[Fun on a Bun]]".
* The game's title is a reference to the {{T.V.}} series ''[[Game of Thrones]]''.
* Drones were previously referenced in ''[[The Beast with a Billion Backs]]'' and "[[Fun on a Bun]]".
** In ''The Beast with a Billion Backs'', {{Bender}} asks if {{the crew}} can't send a {{robot}}ic drone into the [[anomaly]].
** In ''The Beast with a Billion Backs'', {{Bender}} asks if {{the crew}} can't send a {{robot}}ic drone into the [[anomaly]].
** In "Fun on a Bun", {{Zapp}} controls "a revolutionary {{cat|s=no|transportation|fleet}} of unmanned drones" (with men in them).
** In "Fun on a Bun", {{Zapp}} controls "a revolutionary {{cat|s=no|transportation|fleet}} of unmanned drones" (with men in them).
* In "[[Simpsorama]]", which aired roughly eight months before the game's announcement, {{the professor}}, while in [[2014]], tells {{Fry}}, {{Leela}}, and Bender to find out why people in [[21st century|this time period]] would ever pay for {{w|freemium}} {{cat|in-universe video game|games}}.
* In "[[Simpsorama]]", which aired roughly eight months before the game's announcement, {{the professor}}, while in [[2014]], tells {{Fry}}, {{Leela}}, and Bender to find out why people in [[21st century|this time period]] would ever pay for {{w|freemium}} {{cat|in-universe video game|games}}.
* The game was released in Mexico on the 20 November 2015, and is currently running as a geolocked test


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [http://www.playfuturama.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.playfuturama.com/ Official website]
* [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wooga.futurama] Android version on Google Play (currently only downloadable in Mexico)
* [http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wooga.futurama ''Game of Drones''] on {{w|Google Play}}
* [[Mobile app]]
* [[Mobile app]]



Revision as of 23:11, 24 November 2015

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Game of Drones
Written byDave Grossman,
Jonathon Myers,
Patric M. Verrone
[1]
Platform(s)Mobile
Genre(s)Puzzle [2]
Mode(s)Single player
Rating(s)PEGI 12 [2]
Title referenceThe T.V. series Game of Thrones
External links
Official website
Additional
Transcript Pictures

Game of Drones is a Futurama puzzle video game [2] developed by German-based video-game developer Wooga [1] and the second Futurama video game, after 2003's self-titled console game. It was announced on 8 July 2015. [3] The title was revealed on 23 November 2015. [1]

Plot

The game takes players on a journey with the Planet Express crew as they fight a desperately imbalanced trade war against longtime shipping rival MomCo. While delivering dangerous cargo to hazardous locations under ill-advised circumstances, players connect groups of delivery drones to solve an array of fiendish puzzles as they venture into iconic environments from the Futurama universe. [1]

Additional information

Trivia

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Fox Digital Entertainment and Wooga announce partnership to create Futurama game. (Wooga Blog.) 23 November 2015. Retrieved on 24 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b c Futurama: Game of Drones - Android Apps on Google Play. (Google Play.) Retrieved on 24 November 2015.
  3. ^ Carter Dotson (08 July 2015). A 'Futurama' Mobile Game is Coming, Just Shut up and Take my Money. (Touch Arcade.) Retrieved on 09 July 2015.