Busted open
The stumbling of Squad Busters on release was definitely a cause for concern, smugness and general interest among everyone from mobile business tycoons to the average player. “How-“, it was asked, “-did Supercell of all people put out a dud after being so dedicated to finding their next billion-dollar superhit?”
Well, I think this award at least indicates it had nothing to do with the content itself. Having played it I felt that it was a perfectly good mix of battle royale and MOBA. But perhaps, after floating so many different ideas that stood on their own, a mix of Supercell IPs was simply not what players were in the mood for.
I don’t reckon the debate is done yet, but this is an early Christmas treat for the folks at Supercell who can at least rest easy that someone recognised their hard work.
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