Critter Academy is a monster training and fighting game.
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Spicy Horse Games launches free-to-play mobile title Critter Academy

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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American McGee’s Spicy Horse Games has launched a new free-to-play mobile game dubbed Critter Academy on Android.

The game represents another attempt to find the sweet spot in the $30 billion mobile game market. Spicy Horse Games, run by an American and based in Shanghai, is also trying to find the crossover title that appeals both to Western and Eastern gamers.

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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.