Best Fiends
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| Best Fiends | |
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| Developer(s) | Seriously |
| Publisher(s) | Seriously |
| Composer(s) | Heitor Pereira |
| Platform(s) | iOS, Android |
| Release | 2014 |
| Genre(s) | Puzzle |
Best Fiends is a mobile game and media franchise centered around tile-matching gameplay. Since it launched in 2014, the original Best Fiends game has had almost 100 million downloads as of August 2019.[1]
Plot
[edit]Minutia was a peaceful land where the Fiends lived in peace. One day, a meteor struck Mount Boom, where the slugs who lived there turned into aggressive beasts, invading Minutia and kidnapping the Fiends and families. A mite named Temper, who was the only one who survived the attack, must go on a journey to rescue the Fiends, and travel throughout Minutia to reach Mount Boom, and stop the Slug invasion.
History
[edit]The original Best Fiends game was launched exclusively on iOS devices in 2014 by the gaming start-up "Seriously" which had been founded the previous year by several former Rovio executives. The company's goal was for Best Fiends to start as a game and eventually become a successful brand, as had previously happened with Rovio's app Angry Birds. As part of this strategy, "Seriously" launched a YouTube channel to produce short animated videos alongside the launch of the first Best Fiends game and recruited Heitor Pereira to compose orchestral music for the game.[2][3] The Best Fiends animated videos were produced by Reel FX and featured voice acting from Mark Hamill.[1] Within two weeks of its launch, Best Fiends had been downloaded 1.5 million times.[4]
The original Best Fiends game was the first in a pentology. The second game, Best Fiends Forever, was launched in October 2016,[5] the third game, Best Fiends Slugs, was soft-launched the following December, and the fourth game, Best Fiends Stars, was released in 2018.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Takahashi, Dean (2019-08-26). "Playtika acquires Best Fiends mobile game publisher Seriously". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2022-05-17. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Crook, Jordan (2014-10-09). "Seriously Launches Its First Game, Best Fiends". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Jarvey, Natalie (2014-10-09). "Cinematic Mobile Game 'Best Fiends' Gets Assist From 'Despicable Me' Composer". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 2021-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Johnson, Eric (2014-11-17). "Finnish Gaming Startup Seriously Raises $5 Million". Recode. Archived from the original on 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (2016-10-20). "Finland's Seriously launches clicker adventure Best Fiends Forever on mobile". VentureBeat. Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
- ^ Cowley, Ric (2016-12-05). "Seriously soft-launches last game in Best Fiends trilogy Best Fiends Slugs". Pocketgamer.biz. Archived from the original on 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2021-04-23.