October 17, 2017- SAN FRANCISCO – Pocket Gems, a leading developer of original mobile games and interactive entertainment, today launched Atlas, the first-ever expansion of its highly-successful 3D real-time strategy game, War Dragons.
Atlas opens up the world of War Dragons, giving players an open sandbox 3D realm to explore and conquer with their teams. The ever-changing world updates based on player decisions and the territory they control, encouraging players to construct strategic defenses, breed powerful dragons, form alliances, and obliterate enemy teams through any means necessary.
“War Dragons is nothing without our community. Players have built incredible teams and Atlas enables them to leverage these bonds to conquer territory and mold it however they see fit. Atlas is all about empowering players with the freedom to direct their War Dragons universe via novel ways to interact and play with each other,” said David Underhill, the leader of the Atlas team. “For example, in Atlas there are many ways to overcome your foe. You can attack them head on, try to circumvent their territory, bribe them with treasure, form alliances against them, or use subterfuge to lure them into a trap. These are all things we’ve already seen players do in the Atlas Beta and we can’t wait to see what happens when it really takes off.”
Atlas was co-developed with War Dragons’ player community starting in April 2016. The War Dragons team gave early access to a select group of players and worked closely with them to evolve Atlas to its current form, adding features like the treasure system and overhauling combat, movement and teamplay based on player feedback.
“Atlas is unlike anything War Dragons has ever done before and it really wouldn’t be possible without our incredible players,” said Michael Fedor, the leader of the War Dragons team. “We’re thrilled to open this new world to more of our community and see what crazy stuff they do with it.”
Atlas comes to War Dragons more than two and half years after the game’s launch in April 2015. Since its debut, War Dragons has continued to build a strong community and establish a steady presence as a top-grossing game. The game grew monthly active users by more than 50 percent between 2016 and 2017. Players spend an average of 90 minutes playing the game each day, with more than half of players playing seven days a week.
Atlas will be available to select players in War Dragons on iOS and Android.
