From the half insane minds of Halfbrick studios (Fruit Ninja, comes Monster Dash, a fast paced action runner that looks like Canabalt with guns.

From the press release, “Just two buttons controls the action – jump and shoot. The action speeds up and changes gears with every new world, but thankfully there are weapon and health pickups to get Steakfries (Barry Steakfries, the main character) into serious action mode. Blast your enemies with the one shot Pacifier, electro-charge your way to victory with Mr. Zappy, and look out for the ultimate in raining destruction – the Machine Gun Jetpack!”

In typical Halfbrick fashion, they have a great, semi-live action promo video to get you good and excited for its August 19th launch. Hope you like it!

Be sure to also check out the additional screenshots after the jump.

Fruit Ninja, the million app selling game that has you callously slicing up fruit, is gloriously coming to the iPad later this week. The new app includes all sorts of multi-touch hacking and slashing, including 8 finger head to head Classic Attack (complete with bombs that you can pass to your opponent) and Zen modes that is sure to cause more than one iPad drop before the year is up.

Fortunately for us, the app will retain its current fantastic game modes, as well as its new Dojo where you can buy all sorts of new and updated goodies. Just like with the iPhone version, Halfbrick Studios is “committed to ensuring it receives the same attention with updates and new content as the current iPhone version”.

In preparation for the hi-def, multi-touch mayhem, Halfbrick has released a promo video… and it looks fantastic. Enjoy!

$2.99

Fruit Ninja HD

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Released: 2010-07-14 :: Category: Games