Key Notes
- Dispatch will launch on iOS and Android on December 9, with four free episodes and a $19.99 full-game unlock that varies in price by region.
- The base game is being rebuilt for touch and vertical play, with Google Play Games on PC support and launch exclusions for China and Japan.
- Existing Deluxe Edition owners also receive Commentary and Storyboard modes as AdHoc marks an audience milestone of more than five million players.
Dispatch is coming to iOS and Android on December 9, with the first four episodes available free and a $19.99 unlock for the complete game. AdHoc Studio announced the mobile release as part of the superhero workplace comedy’s first-anniversary update on October 22.
The phone version is being rebuilt for touch controls and vertical play, and will also support Google Play Games on PC. AdHoc says the launch will cover regions where the PC and console editions are sold, excluding China and Japan. Prices outside the United States will vary.
Four Free Episodes Before the Full Unlock
The mobile offer gives newcomers the opening half of Dispatch’s story before asking them to pay for the rest. That is a substantial sample of a choice-driven adventure: players can meet the cast and see how its workplace conversations and emergency assignments fit together before deciding whether to continue.
AdHoc’s announcement describes the package as the base game. The studio lists the $19.99 payment as the full-game unlock, rather than a subscription. It has not said that owning a PC or console copy automatically grants the mobile version.
Pre-registration on Google Play and App Store pre-orders are being prepared ahead of December. A Google Play listing already outlines the mobile controls, including a Cinematic mode for widescreen presentation and a Dynamic mode that switches to a vertical layout when the phone is held upright. A store listing is not confirmation that the December release is playable today.
For a game split between conversations and emergency assignments, portrait and widescreen layouts address different kinds of interaction. The mobile listing presents them as selectable modes, so players can choose how to frame the adventure instead of relying on a single fixed orientation.
A Superhero Game About Managing the Team
Dispatch follows Robert Robertson, also known as Mecha Man, after his suit is destroyed. Instead of immediately returning to the field, he takes a job at a superhero dispatch center, managing a group of former villains while trying to rebuild his own career.
The PC version combines branching conversations with strategic assignments. Players decide which hero to send to an emergency, develop the team’s abilities and deal with personalities that can complicate an otherwise sensible plan. Relationships and office politics sit alongside the practical business of keeping the city safe.
For mobile players, that means the central attraction is a complete narrative and its choices, rather than a newly announced collection of repeatable missions. The free opening episodes give the commercial model a clear stopping point: continue the story through a paid unlock, or finish the sample without purchasing the rest.
Anniversary Extras Arrive Before the Mobile Port
Existing Deluxe Edition owners also receive new Commentary and Storyboard modes. The former provides more than 16 hours of cast and crew discussion across the episodes, while the latter lets players experience scenes through their original animatics.
Those features are an update for the existing Deluxe package, separate from the mobile base-game announcement. Standard Edition owners can buy the Deluxe upgrade for $10.99 at its regular U.S. price. AdHoc says Switch players need to download the new DLC pack before using the added modes.
The anniversary also brings a milestone: AdHoc says more than five million players have joined Dispatch. That is the developer’s audience figure, and should not be treated as a newly disclosed mobile-sales total. The mobile launch is still ahead, giving the game another route to players a year after its original PC and PS5 debut.
