With the iPad section of the App Store now open for business , it ’s meter to take a looking at some of the plot vying for your tending ( and dollars ) . I spoke to several developers who ’ve prepped iPad - optimized games for your downloading joy .
ProRattaFactor’sfirst iPad release , a selection space shooter calledAce Omicron , is actually a universal app , meaning the plot is compatible with both the iPhone and iPod cutaneous senses as well as the iPad . Think of Ace Omicron as Asteroids , HD . Do n’t let the ability to upgrade your ships and weapons fool you , this $ 3 game is all about classic colonnade action . Check out thetrailerbelow :
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Globetrotters
Meanwhile , Globetrotterslooks to be the first four - player party game for the iPad . The game ’s title is signally literal : you act as an astronaut with a jetpack strapped to his back and must catch falling stars before your opponent do . By “ trotting ” around the planets , you ’ll slowly shrink them until they disappear ; the last player on a planet scores the most points .
This $ 1 game was developed in conjunction by Broken Rules andStudio Radiolaris ; it ’s the first release of their new independent games label , Broken Radio Games . The game was originally conceived as a flash bulb app and look remarkably simple in its gameplay . Hopefully the multiplayer aspect will keep actor soar upwards among the stars for a while .
Hangman RSS
Hangman RSS
Other apps are hoping to construct upon the winner they ’ve already achieved in iPhone form . FingerArtshas announcedHangman RSS HD for the iPad , a cagy newsworthiness - reading secret plan that populates with current news from around the world . The original iPhone release of Hangman RSS has garnered more than 500,000 downloads and reached several top - ten lists . Hangman RSS , which costs $ 1 for the iPhone and iPod trace , is a $ 5 app for iPad drug user .
Like the Greco-Roman game of Hangman , actor must occupy in the missing letter of current headlines before their stick figure incarnation “ succumbs to the snare . ” As the biz gets tough , the player must meet in more and more letters in the newspaper headline . FingerArts ’ decisiveness to port the game to the iPad is unsurprisingly give its original success on the iPhone platform and the iPad ’s stress on the intelligence - savvy east - reader grocery store .
