Look for Game Center compatibility to take the form of a familiar face , asNamco Networks’Ms . Pac - Man will soon work with the new Io 4.1 - friendly play service of process launched this week by Apple . Namco made the annunciation as part of a preview of its mobile play lineup for the eternal rest of 2010 .
Game Center debut this week as part of theiOS 4.1 updatereleased by Apple on Wednesday . The societal religious service aims to help connect gamers with their friends , earn achievements , and witness opposition online , but in these early days , it ’s mostly been marked by a want of compatible title .
Namco hopes to change that with an update to its Ms. Pac - Man game . While the company did n’t harbinger an exact release date for a Game Center compatible version , the update secret plan will allow you chomp ghosts and gainsay your champion with only a few taps of your digit .
Time Crisis: 2nd Strike
Ms. Pac - Man will be Namco ’s first Game Center - friendly liberation , but it wo n’t be the last from the secret plan maker . Reory Howard , associate public relation handler at Namco , is sure-footed his company will secure future sack are compatible with the service and its leaderboards , social features , and push notice . He did not comment , however , on whether previously release Namco offerings would travel along Ms. Pac - Man ’s lead .
Time Crisis : 2nd rap
As for other Namco game slated to roll out in 2010 , sports fan of arcade - style gameplay and acute first - person action should be mad to learn that Time Crisis : 2nd Strike is headed to the iPhone . The subsequence to the popular first - person Time Crisis Strike runway - shooter promises better computer graphic , improved gameplay , and a better covering fire - reload arrangement .
Mishap
In Time Crisis : 2nd Strike , you take control of a Vital Situation , Swift Elimination ( V.S.S.E ) agent on a mission to eliminate a global crisis . As you move through the floor , your destination is elementary — shoot everything in sight .
The first iPhone Strike game carry off to disaffect many fans of the serial , as the iPhone ’s accelerometer bear witness to be a hapless substitution for the pop arcade variation ’s animal foot pedal feature . 2nd Strike introduces disturb finger treadle that bring the plot back to its colonnade roots . During Namco ’s manifestation of the secret plan , jumping out behind concealment and dispatching terrorists was simply a issue of several finger rap .
Mishap
Bit Trip HD
Mishap , a hidden object secret plan for the iPhone and iPad , is also developed and published by Namco . This alone title volunteer lush background signal , a distinctively creepy art style , and an enchanting story told throughout the game . Mr. and Mrs. Burton have moved into their aspiration home plate , but there ’s a catch — it ’s haunted . Your deputation is to find as many obscure objects around their house and then use them to capture unruly spirit . You ’ll not only find hidden objects but will encounter other ghost catchers , as you ’re treated to a serial publication of challenging miniskirt - games .
chip Trip HD
study Bit Trip HD to be a unique combining of Pong mixed with Dance , Dance Revolution . alternatively of tennis balls , a serial publication of melodic preeminence advance toward your classic white Pong lawn tennis boat paddle . If you stop a note with your paddle , it will play one bank bill of a song . The more notes you discontinue with your paddle , the more of the Sung dynasty you ’ll play . As you advance through the game , songs will get faster and greenback will be harder and harder to stop . Developed by Gaijin Games , Bit Trip HD has already garnered praise from fans of old 8 - routine games , but we ’ll see if that enthusiasm can translate to cut-rate sale on the App Store
PuzzleQuest 2
What do you get if you intersect a “ catch - three ” teaser with a role - playing game ? D3Publisher ’s PuzzleQuest 2 . come up before long to the iPad via Namco , this use - playing biz is set in a fantastical existence full of magic and swordplay . You assume dominance of either a Sorcerer , Templar , Barbarian , or Assassin on a pursuance to take back the mythical Greenwich Village of Veloren from the malefic demon Gorgon .
PuzzleQuest 2
In the PuzzleQuest serial , all combat is determined through “ mates - three ” mini - game . you may impose impairment , gather mana , or cast spell depend on your moves in the puzzle elements of the game . A sequel to the successful PuzzleQuest , the new game features more miniskirt - game and active element than the original . The game also sports new on-line leaderboards and customizable character .
Namco did n’t give freeing date or prices for any of these game . But Howard tell us to gestate spill in the coming weeks with competitive prices .
