Tetris is getting a daily competitive game show with cash prizes

Tetris is getting a day by day aggressive recreation present with money prizes

The Tetris cellular app is getting a large reboot, and on the heart is a brand new day by day competitors that turns the basic puzzler right into a reside recreation present. It’s referred to as Tetris Primetime, and it’s primarily a cross between an esports competitors and an HQ Trivia-like reside expertise. Each night time, gamers can play for an opportunity at successful their share of a $5,00zero prize pool. Elsewhere, the app can also be getting new modes, together with battle royale.

“Our objective from the start was to make the perpetually Tetris recreation,” says govt producer Ethan Levy, “a recreation that lasts for years and years, with modes for everyone.”

Tetris Primetime will air seven days per week; there can be a number of iterations every day at 7:30PM native time, based mostly in a handful of cities around the globe, together with Auckland, Perth, Moscow, Berlin, London, New York Metropolis, and Los Angeles. Primetime can be obtainable in 16 international locations at launch (the US, Canada, UK, Germany, Eire, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, South Africa, Russia, Chile, Australia, and New Zealand), with a complete of $1 million earmarked for prizes within the first yr. What ties all of it collectively is, very similar to HQ Trivia, a hosted video part that turns the sport right into a televised competitors.

Primetime is hosted by New Zealand actor Millen Baird (pictured above), and it'll function every part from previews of the night time’s competitors to spotlight reels that includes the day’s finest performs. Whenever you open up the app, Baird’s face will seem telling you all about what’s taking place on the earth of Primetime and Tetris generally. Consider it like ESPN, however for Tetris. “It isn’t only a recreation and a contest, but in addition the TV channel that covers the competitors,” says Levy.

Whereas Primetime is the anchor for the revamped cellular app, it’s additionally getting numerous different updates designed to maintain individuals enjoying outdoors of the reside present. There’s Tetris Royale — a riff on final yr’s Tetris 99 on the Nintendo Swap — the place 100 gamers compete to be the final one standing. That is joined by Tetris Collectively, a mode that includes personal multiplayer video games and real-time voice chat. The present solo mode rounds out the choices. And in contrast to Primetime, all of those modes can be found globally.

The replace turns the unassuming Tetris app right into a surprisingly sturdy expertise. It’s additionally simply the beginning. Levy says the group has plans for the longer term that embrace rolling out Primetime to extra international locations, introducing Fortnite-style seasons with distinctive avatars and different cosmetics, and including group modes to the aggressive expertise.

The app is on the market as a free obtain on each Android and iOS.