Lumines: Puzzle & Music Drops the Beat on September 1st

If you’re an avid reader of Gamezebo, there’s a pretty good chance you’ve seen us nerd out about Lumines before. We squealed with delight when a mobile iteration of this music puzzler was announced in early 2015, and did a double-take when we learned there would be two Lumines mobile games coming in 2016. This morning, we’ve learned the release date of the first game — so you’ll have to bear with us as we nerd out again.

Lumines: Puzzle & Music will be launching on the App Store and Google Play on Sepetember 1st for $2.99. The game will be a premium offering with no in-app purchases. By contrast, Lumines VS (launching later this year) will be a free-to-play offering, allowing players to enjoy the phat beats of Lumines regardless of their fiscal trepidations.

Speaking of phat beats, developer Mobcast has just released a teaser trailer that gives your ears a well-deserved taste of what’s to come:

What’s interesting is that, in contrast to our previous understanding that this would be a new entry in the series, a press release issued by the company today suggests that this is a recreation of the 2004 PSP original. There will be the addition of new tracks, a portrait mode presentation, and (of course) tap-based gameplay — but otherwise, this should be a lot like the very first Lumines.

As fans of the series, we couldn’t be happier to hear that.

Jim Squires

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Jim Squires is the Editor-in-Chief of Gamezebo. Everything you see passes his eyes first, so we like to think of him as "the gatekeeper of cool stuff." He likes good games, great writing, and just can't say no to a hamburger. Also, he is not a bear.