Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner Out Now

[Maura]

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The first mobile Star Wars game with augmented reality technology hits the App Store today for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPod touch (4th Gen only), courtesy of THQ Wireless and developer Vertigore Games. The first-person action game puts the player in the Millennium Falcon’s gunner turret hotseat, immersing them in more than 20 arcade-style levels that feature the legendary smuggling vessel’s most exciting moments, including the Death Star escape, asteroid field pursuit over Hoth and the infamous Kessel Run. As they blast their way through waves of TIE fighters and Star Destroyers, players can earn credits that can be used to make special modifications to the Falcon’s attacking and defending capabilities, including concussion missiles and a low-level tractor beam.

The aforementioned optional augmented reality mode lets players use their iOS device’s camera to overlay enemy fighters on top of their natural surroundings, with the compass or gyroscope enabling 360-degree, full body motion control movement. A free update which is scheduled to arrive in the next few weeks will also enable users to take and share augmented reality photos from within the Falcon’s turret.

Here’s Josh Shabtai, CEO and creative director, Vertigore Games, talking about the game:

“It’s no exaggeration to say that our mission at Vertigore Games – building experiences and proprietary technology that blur the lines between fantasy and reality – has been sparked in large part by our lifelong fascination with the Star Wars universe. With the release of Star Wars Arcade: Falcon Gunner, we’re excited to create the first mobile augmented reality Star Wars experience.”

Download the game here for $4.99/£2.99.

Source: THQ Wireless

 

[Gregoris]

this video contains content from sony music entertainment, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds

 

[Keebs]

Playing it atm and it's really gr8 fun. One big downer is battery consumption tho, it literally devours power!

 

[bubugame178]

lols it looks fun

 

[davidram1]

Although this has downloaded to my itunes.......it won't synch with my iPhone 4G. Even when I manually select it to synch (checking the box or drag and drop to phone), it still won't synch. When the synch process completes it automatically unchecks the star wars app box and then the icon on the phone screen (in itunes) disappears. Any advice??

 

[Dj101]

try downloading it directly to your phone...hit a wifi hotspot if you wanna avoid data usage