AdHoc Studio has announced new deluxe-edition features for Dispatch ahead of the superhero workplace comedy’s first anniversary, alongside a mobile release scheduled for December 9. The iOS and Android version will use touch controls and a vertical-screen layout, as first reported by Polygon.
The studio will also stage a concert at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles on December 3. Anniversary plans extend to merchandise, a physical edition of the game’s digital comics and a Lost in Cult hardcover, Dispatch: Design Works.
Deluxe owners can explore the game’s production
Two new modes are now part of the deluxe edition on its existing platforms. Commentary includes more than 16 hours of audio from the cast and development team, divided across two tracks.
Storyboard mode lets players experience the narrative through the original storyboard animatics. It can run alongside the commentary tracks, pairing the unfinished visual material with accounts of how the production came together.
Nick Herman, AdHoc’s co-creative director and chief operating officer, said the additions aim to give fans further ways to engage with the title’s production and setting. That focus suits a narrative game whose appeal rests on its characters and scripted story, rather than a repeatable competitive mode.
The mobile edition opens with four free episodes
The first four episodes on Android and iOS will be free. Players who want the complete game on mobile will pay $20, giving prospective buyers a substantial portion of the story before they need to make that decision.
The release matters because mobile support can bring the game to an audience that may not own the hardware used for the existing deluxe edition. The vertical format also suggests AdHoc built the port around how people actually use phones, instead of treating it as a direct screen-size conversion.
AdHoc has not identified which platforms currently carry the deluxe edition. It also has not stated the year for the December 3 concert or December 9 mobile launch, nor provided release dates or prices for the merchandise, physical comics and design book.
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