Jaws.io

Jaws.io is an action video game based on the 1975 American thriller film Jaws. It was developed by Puerto Rican company SRG Studios[1] and published by Universal Studios Interactive Entertainment LLC for iOS and Android devices, and was released on February 14, 2019.[2] The game's servers were shut down on October 31, 2019 and is no longer available for download.[3]

Jaws.io
Developer(s)SRG Studios
Publisher(s)Universal Studios Interactive Entertainment LLC
SeriesJaws
Platform(s)iOS, Android
ReleaseFebruary 14, 2019
Genre(s)Action

Gameplay

Inspired by Agar.io, Jaws.io is a multiplayer game where the goal is pick up or eat (depending on whether the player is controlling a ship or a shark) as much as possible[4], in order to obtain the highest score in time-limited matches.[5] Players would take on the role as the captain of a boat rescuing civilians of Amity Island stranded out at sea.[5] As players sailed around picking up civilians, they were to use power-ups to combat against other boats as well as the titular Jaws.[6] Players would also be given the opportunity to transform into Jaws for a short period in the match to wreak havoc against other opponents.[6] The gameplay used touch controls to maneuver around in a manner similar to that of games found in the .io game genre with comparisons drawn towards Slither.io and Agar.io.[7]

The players were able to receive rewards for logging in each day, and coins collected in each play could have been used for certain shark upgrades.[8]

References
  1. https://ca.linkedin.com/company/srg-studios-pr
  2. "JAWS Terrorizes Once Again in New Mobile Game, JAWS.io". Universal Brand Development. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  3. Squires, John (2019-10-01). "The Official 'Jaws' Mobile Game Will Shut Down on October 31st". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved 2019-11-01.
  4. Fox, Glen (2019-02-14). "Jaws.io Guide". Gamezebo. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  5. Burks, Robin (2019-02-18). "JAWS.io Review: Mindless and Only Slightly Entertaining". Screen Rant. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  6. Mundy, Jon. "JAWS.io review - "A weirdly entertaining io game"". Pocket Gamer. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  7. Zwiezen, Zack. "An Exciting Game of Shark And Boats". Kotaku. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
  8. "Jaws.io". ICreate. 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
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