Remember FAU-G? nCORE Games is bringing it back from the dead

🫡Jai Hind 🇮🇳 Bharat Mata Ki Jai🇮🇳 As a tribute to our bravehearts of #BharatMata on #KargilVijayDiwas, we announce “FAU-G Domination”. A New Game with never seen before Characters, Guns and Exciting Game Modes/Tournaments. 🏆🌐 #FAUGDomination #MobileGaming #eSports #ComingSoon pic.twitter.com/TWNLaaAdUD

— nCORE Games (@nCore_games) July 26, 2023

The tweet also suggests that nCORE Games is targeting the esports market in India with FAU-G Domination, which could mean that the game will have competitive modes and events.

However, given the track record of nCORE Games, this might be too optimistic to expect. nCORE is the same studio that launched FAU-G on 26 January 2021 with much fanfare and hype, only to disappoint millions of players with its rather short campaign, clunky controls, and poor optimisation. The game also promised to add multiplayer modes like Team Deathmatch and Free for All, but they never materialised. The game’s last update was on 5 March 2021 and since then it has been collecting dust on the Play Store and App Store.

nCORE Games then tried to salvage the situation by releasing FAU-G Multiplayer, a separate title that was supposed to deliver the multiplayer experience that FAU-G failed to provide. However, this game also bombed, as it never came out of early access and stopped receiving updates.

Now with FAU-G Domination, nCORE Games seems to be recycling the same old formula of using patriotism as a selling point, but how well that works depends entirely on the game.