Hi-Yo Silver! Disney releases The Lone Ranger mobile game

Mobile games are the new tie-ins for Hollywood blockbusters. That’s why Disney is launching a mobile game based on director Gore Verbinski’s upcoming The Lone Ranger film.

For a time, social network games were the new “transmedia” tie-in opportunities for game-movie synergy. But social games have lost some of their luster, and mobile gaming is rising rapidly. So it’s only natural that Disney is releasing this as a free-to-play game on iOS and Android devices.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.