For a few months now we’ve know about Chillingo’s upcoming game ‘Underground’ a unique horror and graffiti themed side scrolling shoot em’ up featuring artwork from ‘Frames; and music by ‘Pp3d’. Yesterday it finally hit the App Store, along with its release Chillingo also provided the following press release.
Underground
Chillingo and Kinelco Bring 2D Survival Shooter ”“ Underground to the Apple App Store
United Kingdom ”“ September 16th, 2009 Chillingo, the leading iPhone publisher and game development studio Kinelco today announced the immediate availability of their fast-paced side scrolling shoot em up, Underground on Apple App Store.
Underground takes you on a journey with a graffiti artist through the underground transport system as you battle through his inner demons on a mission to rectify a previous art crime. Fight your way through a series of street art inspired levels and lift the curse that haunts their every move. Unfold the story as you stop at each beautifully 3d rendered station and get closer to the truth behind the myth. Classic 2d side scrolling shoot em up gameplay takes you between the stations and represents the thoughts and anxieties of our cursed artist as they make their way to their final destination.
The game uses the iPhone and iPod touch’s tilt and multi touch controls and multi-directional shooting action, using the touch screen. There are three difficulty levels: Easy, Hard and Impossible! You can explore over 60 different enemies with a vast range of behaviors and battle them with 11 different weapons.
The graffiti artwork in Underground is created by Mr Frames, who has previously been commissioned by the BBC, MTV and Royal Academy of Arts. Mr Frame’s contribution lends the game an air of authenticity that is bound to impress the graffiti community and iPhone owners alike. Finishing touch to the game is the immersive and original Hip Hop music score composed by Pp3d.
“Mr. Frames’ cutting-edge graffiti plus an original hip-hop music score from Pp3d are groundbreaking features in the shoot-”˜em-up genre,” said Johnny Coghlan, Head of Publishing for Chillingo. “These elements combined with accessible but intense gameplay results in a game that will appeal to anyone with a genuine sense of style.”
“Underground is a solid shooter with a great story line, beautiful visuals. It’s fun to play and the varied enemies and powerups available will keep things fresh as you replay the story line,” “Paul Barnes of Kinelco Gamessaid, CEO of Kinelco.
Underground is available for £2.39 ($3.99) from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or here on iTunes
Underground Screenshots
I couldn’t wait to redeem my copy of ‘Underground’ and I can assure you I’ll be playing away over the weekend and making notes ready to bring an indepth look at the game to RazorianFly later next week.
Cash Cow
Chillingo just can’t stop pumping out hit after hit, and now Chillingo has announced ‘Cash Cow’ is coming to the App Store, another unique game that will be ideal for both casual and hardcore iPhone (and iPod Touch) game addicts. The PC version of Cash Cow has seen over 1.5 million downloads and not to mention how much fun the game looks!
Cash Cow is an original coin counting game where you help Buck the Cow and his friends save their farm. The objective is simple: earn money by counting up your loose change. Small coins make big coins, and big coins make dollar bills. Things get trickier when you add counterfeit money, ladybugs, gold nuggets, glowing coins, and powerups into the mix.
With its unique challenges, fantastic graphics, and catchy soundtrack, Cash Cow is one app players will come back to again and again!Riverman Media recreated Cash Cow from scratch to make it the best iPhone experience possible. From its wacky new storyline to the physics-based bonus mode, we’ve gone to great lengths to make Cash Cow a best-of-breed puzzle game for iPhone.
The PC version of Cash Cow has been downloaded over 1.5 million times, enjoyed over 5% conversion rates during its peak of popularity, and was on Big Fish Games’ Top 10 for several weeks. Cash Cow’s cheery farm-themed graphics, combined with the universal appeal of counting money, continually attract a broad spectrum of demographics.
Cash Cow Screenshots
We’ll be bringing you an in-depth look at Cash Cow once its released into the App Store. As we reported a fews back Chillingo do have there own social gaming platform ‘Crystal‘ in the works, so we’re hoping to start seeing some of there games roll out with this feature in the near future.
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