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Alpha Zero Blasting Its Way Onto iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch on December 13th!

 
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Funkoi Polishing Amazing Arcade Space Action Game for Mobile Gamers

SILICON VALLEY and Da Nang, VIETNAM– December 3, 2012

/ MobileGameWire/ [span style="color: #3366ff;"] [span style="color: #3366ff;"]Funkoi Games[/span] [/span] , a developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, today announced that its first title, Alpha Zero, will be released on December 13th, around the world. Alpha Zero is a fast-paced arcade space action game. Its unique multi-touch controls alleviate the need for dual arcade sticks and bring the player fully into the minute-by-minute action of fighting sorties of enemies, asteroids and capital ships.

“Alpha Zero will take players back to the age of arcade games, while flipping the nostalgic experience on its head,” said Daniel Jeppsson, lead designer and programmer at Funkoi.“We’ve created a frenetic action game that builds on the games of yesteryear and delivers exciting and fun gameplay like no other game in the App Store!”

In Alpha Zero, players take control of an experimental spaceship and blast enemies from all around them in this exciting, fast-paced space action game. Enjoy jaw-dropping visuals and effects as well as an original sound track that will bring you into space for the ultimate battle.

About Alpha Zero

Alpha Zero is a unique new take on the classic 2.5D scrolling shoot‘em up. The game has unique controls, beautiful graphics, and awesome boss-fights. Forget about on-screen joysticks, this is a game made for touch input and should redefine some of your assumptions of hard core gaming on a mobile device.

Features:

• Fast and furious action

• Amazing special effects and beautiful 3D graphics

• Unique backgrounds for every level

• Natural multi-touch gameplay

• 8 challenging missions and boss-fights (more to come)

• 35 different enemies

• Numerous upgrades and special weapons.

• Over 15 ship skins

• Full epic soundtrack

• Three challenging difficulty levels (cadet, ace and elite)

• Campaign story-line, fully voiced and subtitled

• Optimized for retina display iPhones and iPads

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About Funkoi Games

Funkoi is an independent game studio located in the heart of Silicon Valley and beautiful Da Nang. The company was started in early 2012 by its four founders, some of whom have worked in the game industry for many years, and others that are just great at making games. Alpha Zero has been created with the in-house, cross-platform, 3D game engine, the djEngine. Please contact Funkoi for more information at funkoi@funkoi.com.

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NOTE to editors: Preview codes are available, please contact sean@ide-agency.com for a code in advance of the game’s release.

Contact

International Digital Entertainment Agency (IDEA)

Sean Kauppinen

sean@ide-agency.com

+1-415-299-2156