SEGA “seriously committed” to the iPhone

Holly Green — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:27:53 +0000

Riding high off the impressive success of Super Monkey Ball during the App Store’s 2008 debut (and the hype surrounding its sequel, Super Monkey Ball 2), SEGA’s Ethan Einhorn recently discussed their success with the iPhone platform, which he attributes to the ” gaming trojan horse” aspect of introducing their products to the Apple crowd. In an interview with IGN, Einhorn recently said:

“It’s reached out to a huge cross section of the community that is not buying a device just for games. So when you have something that’s this powerful — that’s easily competitive with the other handsets that are on the market — and you can put games on it that have full 3D graphics, you’re able to satisfy the gamer audience that we know is there but also reach out to a totally new audience.”

He adds:

“There are some really, really neat things coming down the pipe. SEGA is very seriously committed to making great iPhone games. And also looking at what we can do building great games from the ground up. That’s something that’s really important to us on our premium top-tier games. Building for this device specifically and making sure that the experience is great and ties well to the control scheme.”

And speaking of Super Monkey Ball, SEGA has announced that Super Monkey Ball 2 will be rollin’ in time for the holiday season. The smash follow up adds some improvements to the original, including local Wi-Fi access, new minigames, new levels, and improved controls and graphics. No price has been announced, but it’ll likely be the same as its ground breaking predecessor, at $9.99.

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via Joystiq

Adult Swim favorite 5 Minutes To Kill (Yourself) now available on iPhone

Holly Green — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:56:43 +0000

Hillbilly squids. Fast food crime fighters. John C. Reilly. Is there anything Adult Swim can’t make funny?

I’m not the hugest fan of online flash games, but Adult Swim stuff just does it for me. That’s why I’m pleased to hear that 5 Minutes To Kill (Yourself) is now officially on iPhone. For those of you who haven’t played the game on Adult Swim’s official site, or at least seen the hilarious late night commercials, you simply must give a go. The game is pretty simple; you have five minutes to kill off your player Stan before he’s forced to sit through another mindless business meeting. It seems ole Stan would rather maim himself with a fax machine than die of sheer boredom, and its up to you to save him…by offin’ him. Its a mercy kill. Think of it as euthanasia, if that helps.

The bloody fun starts at the iPhone App store, for $2.99.

Joystiq

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