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Undawn
Undawn is a survival game developed by Lightspeed Studios and
Undawn
published by Level Infinite on June 15, 2023. It is a zombie-
Developer(s) Lightspeed Studios
themed game.
Publisher(s) Level Infinite[1]

Development and release Platform(s) Android[1]

iOS[1]
Undawn had more than 300 developers and was considered a
"key" game developed in-house by Tencent, with an alleged Windows[1]
budget of approximately CN¥1 billion (around Release June 15, 2023
US$140 million). [3][4] It was first announced in March 2021.[5] A Genre(s) Survival[2]
May 2023 trailer revealed that the game would feature actor Will
Mode(s) Multiplayer
Smith.[2][6][7] The game was released on June 15, 2023, for
Android, iOS, and Windows.[1] Garena published the game on June 29 for select Southeast Asia
countries.[8]

Reception
According to a report by Reuters published Reception
on March 21, 2024, Undawn "flopped Review score
spectacularly", generating a revenue of Publication Score
$287,000 in the previous month, according [9]
Pocket Gamer
to research firm Appmagic.[10][4] Some
reviewers noted that the game was relatively
unheard of before the report, despite it featuring Smith.[11][12]

See also
List of zombie games

References
1. Morris, Iwan (February 24, 2023). "Level Infinite announces new cross-platform title Undawn" (http
s://www.pocketgamer.biz/news/80930/level-infinite-announces-new-cross-platform-title-undawn/).
Pocket Gamer.biz. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
2. Goslin, Austen (May 24, 2023). "Will Smith's video game debut reminds us I Am Legend would
have made a great game" (https://www.polygon.com/23735808/will-smith-undawn-game-release-d
ate). Polygon. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
3. https://www.reuters.com/technology/tencents-next-level-up-fewer-big-foreign-franchise-games-
more-in-house-2024-03-21/

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4. Yin-Poole, Wesley (March 21, 2024). "Even Will Smith Couldn't Save Zombie Survival Game
Undawn, Which 'Flopped Spectacularly' " (https://www.ign.com/articles/even-will-smith-couldnt-sav
e-zombie-survival-game-undawn-which-flopped-spectacularly). IGN. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
5. Mohanty, Suchit (March 26, 2021). "Undawn is an upcoming post apocalyptic title by Tencent
Games heading for iOS and Android" (https://www.pocketgamer.com/undawn/undawn-is-an-upco
ming-post-apocalyptic-title-by-tencent-games-heading-for-ios-an/). Pocket Gamer. Retrieved
March 22, 2024.
6. Livingston, Christopher (May 25, 2023). "Will Smith finally picked a game to star in, and... it's a
free-to-play survival shooter?" (https://www.pcgamer.com/will-smith-finally-picked-a-game-to-star-i
n-and-its-a-free-to-play-survival-shooter/). PC Gamer. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
7. Nightingale, Ed (May 24, 2023). "Will Smith to star in forthcoming mobile RPG Undawn" (https://w
ww.eurogamer.net/will-smith-reprises-i-am-legend-role-in-forthcoming-mobile-rpg-undawn).
Eurogamer. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
8. Lozano, Kurt (May 29, 2023). "Garena's Undawn to launch in Southeast Asia on 29 June" (https://
sg.news.yahoo.com/garena-undawn-to-launch-in-southeast-asia-on-29-june-092309773.html).
Yahoo! News. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
9. Quick, Will (June 20, 2023). "Undawn review - 'Zombies to the back!' " (https://www.pocketgamer.c
om/undawn/review/). Pocket Gamer. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
10. Ye, Josh (March 21, 2024). "Tencent's next level up: fewer big foreign franchise games, more in-
house" (https://www.reuters.com/technology/tencents-next-level-up-fewer-big-foreign-franchise-ga
mes-more-in-house-2024-03-21/). Reuters. Retrieved March 22, 2024.
11. Winslow, Levi (March 22, 2024). "Will Smith Zombie Game No One Has Heard Of Bombs" (https://
kotaku.com/undawn-will-smith-tencent-mobile-pc-flop-1851358692). Kotaku. Retrieved March 22,
2024.
12. Bell, Alice; Bell, Alice (March 22, 2024). "Today we learned about a survival game featuring Will
Smith, but only because it's a massive failure" (https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/people-are-tryi
ng-to-convince-us-that-a-survival-game-featuring-will-smith-came-out-last-year-and-were-having-n
one-of-it). Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved March 22, 2024.

External links
Official website (https://www.undawn.game/gl/home.shtml)

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