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  • Dragon Quest Tact is coming to Android on January 27th

Square Enix has announced that its free-to-play collection-based tactical RPG Dragon Quest Tact will be coming to the West on both Android and iOS. Back in February (2020), Square announced the game for Japan, and it would appear it was launched in July (2020) and has already racked up 500,000 installs. I suppose this success is the reason the game will soon come to new territories. While the English version isn't slated for a release until 2021, it's already available for pre-registration on the Google Play Store.

Since the English trailer for Dragon Quest Tact doesn't actually show any gameplay, I've placed the Japanese trailer above so people can at least get a glimpse of what the title will offer. Square describes the game as a "tactical mobile RPG," which is a fair description, though if you peruse the Japanese Play Store listing, you'll see that reviews mention poor drop rates and questionable monetization, so this gacha title should fit in well with the rest of Square's free-to-play catalog.

As you would expect of a gacha game, you'll get to collect all sorts of monsters from the Dragon Quest universe in order to use them to battle your foes in a tactical grid-like layout. While we don't yet know what sort of in-app purchases the English version will offer, it's clear the Japanese version already contains IAPs that range up to .99 per item.

Now, if you'd like to get your hands on Dragon Quest Tact early, a closed beta test will take place soon, and all you have to do to sign-up is pre-register on the Play Store. Beta participants will be selected randomly, though there is no word which Western territories will get to take part. So if you'd like to try your luck to take Dragon Quest Tact for a spin before it's official release in the West, you can pre-register through the Play Store widget at the bottom of the page.

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Source: Twitter, Dragon Quest

UPDATE: 2021/01/14 6:25am PST BY MATTHEW SHOLTZ

Dragon Quest Tact is coming to Android on January 27th

Back in September 2020, we learned that Square Enix would be bringing its free-to-play collection-based tactical RPG Dragon Quest Tact to the West after a successful launch in Japan earlier in the year. At the time of this announcement, we knew the title would come to both Android and iOS, though there was no word when the game would be released. Well, Square has finally revealed the date, which means everyone can expect the game to arrive on the Play Store on January 27th. Oh, and if you download the game on or near this release date, you'll receive an iconic King Slime monster as a limited-time bonus.

As you can guess, this is a game where you'll journey into the world of Dragon Quest to collect monsters that will aid you in your fight to destroy the evil that plagues the in-game world. After all, this is a free-to-play gacha game, so in-app purchases that range up to $79.99 per item are included. Of course, if you'd like to receive a notification the day the game arrives, feel free to pre-register through the Play Store widget at the bottom of the page. This way, you can guarantee you'll snag that big blue King Slime pictured above.

UPDATE: 2021/01/27 6:32am PST BY MATTHEW SHOLTZ

Dragon Quest Tact is available, but you can't play just yet

As promised, Square Enix has indeed released Dragon Quest Tact on the Play Store on the planned release date. People have been receiving pre-registration release notifications as of this morning, including myself, but sadly the game's servers aren't actually live despite this notification being sent out, and so everyone will have to wait until later today to play the latest free-to-play gacha game from Square Enix.

As a matter of fact, the Play Store description states that the game should go live at 14:00 PST, though a recent tweet from the game's Twitter account has stipulated that the posted start time may fluctuate to ensure a smooth release. Despite the fact Square thinks possibly delaying a game release that was just announced by Android's pre-registration system is a smooth launch, I suppose it won't hurt to wait a few more hours to access this game.

So if you're looking to get in on the latest gacha-based RPG from Square Enix, you can install the game through the Play Store widget below. Just keep in mind that the game's servers won't be up until later today.

DRAGON QUEST TACT Developer: SQUARE ENIX Co.,Ltd.
Price: Free
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