Editing Mob Games season 1

{{Short description|Reality competition television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2026}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Mob Games Poster.jpeg
| caption              = Release poster
| genre                = [[Reality competition]]
| creator              = Mob Studios
| director             = Alex Brow<br>Jordan Pierce
| creative_director    = Alex Brow
| presenter            = Alex Brow
| country              = {{plainlist|
* United States
* Australia
}}
| language             = English
| num_seasons          = 1
| num_episodes         = 10
| executive_producer   = {{plainlist|
* Alex Brow
* Jordan Pierce
* Lena Morales
* Ethan Cole
* Marcus Reed
}}
| cinematography       = {{plainlist|
* Daniel Huxley
* Aaron Knox
}}
| editor               = Liam Porter
| company              = {{plainlist|
* Mob Studios
* IronFrame Productions
}}
| network              = MobStream
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2026|9|10}}
| last_aired           = present
}}

'''''Mob Games''''' is a reality competition television series created by Mob Studios. Hosted by Alex Brow, the series features 2,500 contestants competing across large-scale physical, psychological, and strategic challenges for a total prize pool of $50 million. The winner receives $15 million, the largest guaranteed individual payout in reality television history.

Unlike traditional elimination formats, ''Mob Games'' emphasizes mass-decision mechanics, forced collaboration, and player-driven consequences, with eliminations frequently affecting hundreds of contestants at once. The series is structured to rapidly reduce the field while preserving long-term alliances and rivalries.

The first season premiered on MobStream on September 10, 2026, with episodes released weekly.

== Premise ==
2,500 contestants are brought to a purpose-built competition zone known as the Mob Complex, a self-contained city consisting of districts, towers, industrial arenas, and isolation chambers. Contestants are identified by names rather than numbers, and are required to form rotating alliances that directly affect survival.

Each episode introduces large-scale games designed to test endurance, trust, leadership, and moral compromise. Cash-out offers are frequent and often eliminate entire groups rather than individuals. Players may accumulate personal earnings, but only the final winner receives the $15 million grand prize.

== Episodes ==

=== Season 1 (2026) ===
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 1
 |Title           = Welcome to the Mob
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|9|10}}
 |ShortSummary    = 2,500 contestants enter the Mob Complex and are immediately divided into 250 groups of ten. A $5,000,000 cash-out offer is presented, allowing any group to take the money at the cost of eliminating every other group that refuses. 37 groups accept. The remaining players face a mass endurance trial that eliminates over 1,000 contestants in under two hours.
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}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 2
 |Title           = Numbers Mean Nothing
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|9|17}}
 |ShortSummary    = Contestants are reassigned into uneven alliances. Leadership roles are auctioned for immunity, forcing players to bid using future prize percentages. A failed negotiation results in the single largest elimination of the season.
 |LineColor       = 8B0000
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 3
 |Title           = The First Betrayals
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|9|24}}
 |ShortSummary    = Teams are placed into isolation chambers and must unanimously vote one member out to survive. Several groups collapse, eliminating all members.
 |LineColor       = 8B0000
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 4
 |Title           = Cash Burns Fast
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|10|1}}
 |ShortSummary    = Contestants are offered escalating cash deals that erase allies instead of themselves. The prize pool drops by $12 million in one episode.
 |LineColor       = 8B0000
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 5
 |Title           = Mob District
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|10|8}}
 |ShortSummary    = The remaining contestants are split into rival districts competing for territory. Losing districts are erased entirely.
 |LineColor       = 8B0000
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 6
 |Title           = Trust Is a Weapon
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|10|15}}
 |ShortSummary    = Players must publicly assign trust scores to others. Low-scoring contestants are automatically placed into elimination trials.
 |LineColor       = 8B0000
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 7
 |Title           = One Choice, Many Deaths
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|10|22}}
 |ShortSummary    = Individual decisions trigger chain eliminations affecting dozens of players. Several fan-favorite alliances collapse.
 |LineColor       = 8B0000
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 8
 |Title           = The Final 50
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|10|29}}
 |ShortSummary    = Physical endurance and psychological endurance merge into a 24-hour survival test that reduces the field to 12.
 |LineColor       = 8B0000
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 9
 |Title           = Split the Money
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|11|5}}
 |ShortSummary    = The final contestants negotiate how to divide $20 million. Any agreement reached eliminates all dissenters.
 |LineColor       = 8B0000
}}

{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber   = 10
 |Title           = $15,000,000 Decision
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2026|11|12}}
 |ShortSummary    = The final three face a blind decision challenge where only one contestant leaves with $15 million.
 |LineColor       = 8B0000
}}
}}

== Production ==
=== Development ===
Mob Games was conceived as a response to the increasing scale of modern reality television, aiming to test whether large-group decision dynamics could replace traditional head-to-head competition. The series was greenlit in late 2025 with an unprecedented prize pool commitment.

=== Filming ===
Filming took place across multiple custom-built locations in Nevada and South Australia. The Mob Complex covered over 200 acres and operated continuously for 41 days.

== Reception ==
Upon release, ''Mob Games'' became MobStream’s most watched original series, with particular attention given to its elimination structure and refusal to focus on individual backstories early in the season. Critics noted the show’s emphasis on collective consequences as a defining difference from similar competition series.

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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[[Category:Reality competition television series]]
[[Category:2020s American reality television series]]
[[Category:Television series debuts in 2026]]
[[Category:Mob Studios]]