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Playbrains has announced their upcoming mobile gaming debut with Babo Crash, a fast-paced action puzzler built for iPhone, iPad and Android platforms. Babo Crash starts out simple with the familiar gem-swapping match-3 gameplay, rewarding players who create bigger matches – but it ramps up the intensity, by adding hero characters with special abilities, real-time enemy combat, destructive powerups, chain reactions and evolving objectives!
Rotating the device shifts gravity – additionally, tilting the device contols a hero’s special powers – a nice touch bringing in the iPhone/iPod Touch accelerometer. Once players guide a bomb to its detonation zone, they’ll instantly clear the stage and enter Overtime, a bonus round where they can rack up huge scores through combo chains and multipliers.
The developers say these are the best features of the game:
BaboCrash brings frenetic match-three action with tons of genre-bending features:
- Addictive, high tempo match-three puzzle action
- Gorgeous graphics with over-the-top special effects
- Strategically rotate your device to control collapses
- Unleash heroic abilities to destroy tons of gems at once
- Combo/multiplier system – the faster you match, the higher you score
- 21 levels to ramp up the madness
- Leaderboards and Achievements via OpenFeint
…. but I say never mind that, check out a trailer of the game itself:
Babo Crash is coming to the App Store in March 2010 for $0.99. Until it makes it on to the App Store, you can check out additional details here.
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Ben Robinson
Ben is a 10+ year veteran of the Mobile industry – starting his career when SMS was a still a relatively new concept for most people (!), he has now consulted on everything from bleeding-edge Mobile content, to the next-gen accessories you might view it on. As a result he has a broad and deep knowledge in numerous areas of Mobile – from network operators to device vendors, to infrastructure and middleware vendors (not to mention content delivery) – and has worked for companies in all of these areas! He is based in the UK, a hotbed of activity for mobile, and recently became a father for the second time – as oppose to in his younger years when he was happy spend time tweaking all manner of mobile devices to 'nth' degree, he now looks for services and hardware that provide the most efficient, compact, and reliable improvements to his already manic life! It’s his opinion that Mobile solutions should be there to help to make your life better – if a particular solution (be it service or device) isn’t doing this, he believes you need to ask the very important question of why you continue to use it... His focus at IntoMobile is mainly on Mobile content, services, and infrastructure, particularly as regards the UK market – and with the occasional look at devices. Additionally, using his extensive experience in the industry, he will provide commentary on the industry at large, with regular (and hopefully thought-provoking) articles.
