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Fruit Ninja Gets New Update With Powerups, and Halfbrick's Giving Away Free Copies
As well, in celebration of this new update and the 2-year anniversary of the game, Fruit Ninja is temporarily being given away for free from their Fruit Ninja Anniversary page, where a promo code for the iPhone/iPod touch version can be generated for a limited time. The update will arrive for both versions of the game this Thursday.
Zombie Swipeout from Zombie Smash Developers Announced
Not too long ago, Zombie Smash developer Game Doctors was acquired by Zynga. Their next game, merging of Zombie Smash with the Zynga casual game machine, the Zyngification if you will, has been announced, Zombie Swipeout.
The good news? It's an interesting game. In our few minutes with it earlier this week, it seemed very enjoyable. It borrows heavily from Fruit Ninja yet makes a few interesting twists on the swipe-things-thrown-into-the-air genre. Then there's the aforementioned Zyngification of the game. You earn coins while playing the game to buy upgrades and progress in the game, yet your progress is limited by your energy level. All of that can, of course, be bypassed by buying in-game goods with cold hard cash.
Wether the game suffers from this paywall method is yet to be seen. Game developers are good, how much and how often you can play are dynamic -- so they can change it at any time. Their goal, of course, is to tune it to maximize revenue. To do that, they need to make sure they don't annoy too many players.
Off my soap box for a bit, the game is actually very well done and I look forward to spending too much time playing it. Unfortunately it's only out in Canada for another week or so for some final testing. But it will be hitting the rest of the world soon enough. Keep an eye out for it.
15-Year-Old Swiss Kid Releases First Game, Catch the Airplanes
The game, Catch the Airplanes (and iPad version Catch the Airplanes HD), is a simple one in which players destroy airplanes that make their way onto the screen. Similar to Fruit Ninja, the goal is to get all the planes that appear on the screen without missing any. The Swiss developer has created three modes for his game: survival, timer, and multiplayer. Survival mode goes until a plane gets past the player. Timer mode is a high score game where players try to get as many planes in the given time. And multiplayer (iPad-only) sets players against each other with each player trying to down specific colored planes.
Catch the Airplanes is available for $0.99 while the iPad version, Catch the Airplanes HD, is currently free. Support a young, growing developer by picking up this game.
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Halfbrick Announces a Bevy of Fruit Ninja Licensed Products
While it's not yet clear exactly what these products will be when they are all realized, the prospect of Fruit Ninja card games and underwear is interesting to say the least. These products will be produced through a number of partners and will begin to roll out this week. As of yet, no announcements have been made concerning the cost of any of the products or where they will be available for purchase.
"For the first time, we're creating characters and personalities around the fruit that players slice through," says Halfbrick CEO Shainiel Deo, commenting on the new products. "I'm confident that the Fruit Ninja community will love these products."
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The Binary Mill's Mini Motor Racing Hits the Finish Line With A Little Help From Fruit Ninja and Santa
We got our paws on this overhead racer back in March at GDC. We were pretty impressed with the game then, and we still like what we see. Today marks the day of the game's actual release, and we couldn't be more excited to take it out for a spin.
Mini Motor Racing is a retina-display-ready isometric top-down racer made for iOS devices. There are over 20 of tracks and locations, as can be seen below in the screenshots. In addition, players can upgrade the four different car types (sports, hatch, big-rig and pick-up) with a variety of different add ons like grip, top-speed, acceleration and nitro.But wait, there's more. Mini Motor Racing has a special Fruit Ninja themed buggy and track. FRUIT NINJA!!! Says The Binary Mill, "The Halfbrick folks are located very close to the Mini Motor Racing team from The Binary Mill, and they're good friends -- resulting in this fun addition."
Also, there will be holiday themed cup where players can race as Santa himself, steering a souped up version of his sleigh! Both track add-ons are available as un-locks for players progressing through achievements in the game’s career cup circuits.
All in all, these are very exciting additions to an already exciting game. Grab it right away and stay tuned for a review coming soon - The iPhone/iPod Touch version sells for $1.99 USD and the HD iPad version is $3.99 USD.
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Fruit Ninja Gets Plushies, and Sequel Details Leak
The game is due out sometime in 2012, and will launch first on iOS before spreading out to other platforms. This will be a title to keep an eye on, considering the franchise's already massive popularity. This new gameplay style will be interesting to see how it works compared to the current game. But from the sounds of it, that cute sliced watermelon might just be able to get his revenge just yet.
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Get the Inside Scoop And An Exclusive Fruit Ninja Chapter from Buttonless
Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories Behind Them is coming out December 21 (and available for pre-order now) to bookstores and online retailers everywhere. It's a book about iOS games and their stories by Ryan Rigney, a freelance journalist who has covered the video-game industry from every angle for publications and sites including Gamasutra, PC Gamer and GamePro. We managed to talk with him for a bit about the inspirations for the book, among other things. Click through to the post for the interview AND an exclusive chapter from the upcoming book, all about Fruit Ninja.