Rockstar sets sights on iPhone games development

Rockstar sets sights on iPhone games development

Two Rockstar Leeds titles headed for Apple's mobile platform

Rockstar Games has revealed plans to release two new titles for the iPhone - specifically, adaptations of two games developed by its Develop Award-winning Leeds studio.

The firm is lining up both upcoming title Beaterator - made in collaboration with Timbaland, and in gestation for some time - and GTA: Chinatown Wars for the Apple device.

"The simple, pick-up-and-play nature of Beaterator lends itself so well to the Apple platforms," said Sam Houser, founder of Rockstar Games.

"We are happy to deliver an application that allows for such unprecedented sharing and ease-of-use."

Of the GTA title, he said: "Chinatown Wars is a perfect match for the iPhone and iPod touch.

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"We are very excited to bring this incredibly ambitious version of Liberty City, with this level of detail and immersive gameplay on Apple's new gaming platforms."

Little did they know...

posted by Marque Pierre Sondergaard Sep 07, 2009 at 1:21 pm
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Marque Pierre Sondergaard

I remember a design challenge panel at the GCDC in Leipzig in 2008 where designing GTA for iPhone was posted as a utopian challenge. What a difference a year makes...

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