Geometry Wars Blasts on to Mobiles
Xbox Live Arcade hit is coming to your phone, courtesy of... Sony?
One of the most popular games in Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade is making the quantum leap to cellphones - and Sony is the one to make it happen.
Not the cellphone versionSony BMG Music, which is half-owned by Sony, said on Friday that it is working with Project Gotham Racing developer Bizarre Creations and mobile phone game maker Hardcore 3D Wireless to bring Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved to phones later this year.
You'll remember Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved as the simple-yet-maddeningly-addictive game that helped make the Xbox Live Arcade the success it is. You guide a simple ship in a constrained portion of interstellar space, seeing off geometric enemies and black holes in the process.
It sounds simple enough but this devilish game has ensnared gamers around the world, with the very best vying for the top of the leader boards on Xbox Live in hours-long struggles against the shapely enemies.
So far only the US release has been confirmed, but it seems likely that the game will make it out in Europe too.
Alex Wollenschlaeger
Editor, Kikizo
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