My Favorite Mobile Strategy Game Just Returned From the Dead After 10 Years

The original Battle Nations, a free-to-play, turn-based military strategy game developed by Studio Z2Live, tragically shut down on Sept. 28, 2016. Battle Nations Rewritten, a new iteration created by a group of dedicated fans, came back to mobile game stores on May 20, 2025. Long live Battle Nations Rewritten. I formed a Battle Nations guild with my friends back in middle school to take on some of the game's raids, but we were always severely under-leveled and outnumbered by our enemies. Battle Nations was released during the heyday of mobile gaming, completely revolutionizing what I believed the platform could do. Endless runners like Jetpack Joyride and Subway Surfers gave way to Battle Nations afternoons, filled with planning our group conquests, and it was glorious. This version of the game is a complete remake of the original since most of the source code was lost. Battle Nations Rewritten was created by a group of fans who formed their own game studio, Madrona Games. This team ... Read full article.