{"id":16314,"date":"2010-03-29T17:20:31","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T16:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.razorianfly.com\/?p=16314"},"modified":"2010-03-29T20:44:39","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T19:44:39","slug":"jet-set-games-announces-highborn%e2%84%a2-the-first-social-strategy-game-for-the-iphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/29\/jet-set-games-announces-highborn%e2%84%a2-the-first-social-strategy-game-for-the-iphone\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet Set Games Announce Highborn &#8211; The First Social Strategy Game for the iPhone."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Becoming the first ever social strategy game for the iPhone, development studio <a href=\"http:\/\/jetsetgames.net\" target=\"_blank\">Jet Set Games<\/a> have today announced Highborn\u00e2\u201e\u00a2. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jetsetgames.net\/games\/highborn\/\" target=\"_blank\">Highborn\u00e2\u201e\u00a2<\/a> is a new type of iPhone strategy game that features casual, round-based multiplayer via <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>. It\u2019s the perfect design for mobile gaming, or for anyone looking for a strategy game that offers an intelligent, tactical experience without the frenetic play of a traditional real time strategy titles.<\/p>\n<p>The full feature set along with a few in-game screenshots can be found below:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8211; A Light Touch \u201d\u201c Highborn is a casual mobile strategy game that offers a satisfying experience for players, no matter if they spend minutes or hours in the game.<br \/>\n&#8211; Time for a New Strategy \u201d\u201c Highborn features a unique blend of strategic movement and 3D combat that caters to a variety of gameplay styles and offers a great deal of replayability.<br \/>\n&#8211; Multiplay at Your Pace \u201d\u201c Round-based gaming enables players to think then act when playing one-on-one against their friends, and allows them to have multiple games going at once.<br \/>\n&#8211; Face Your Facebook Friends \u201d\u201c Players can challenge their friends to a match, or brag about their achievements in their news feed.<br \/>\n&#8211; Many Styles of Play \u201d\u201c Players unlock hero characters as they progress through the game, giving them access to different abilities and play styles, along with different strategies to use against their opponents.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2010-03-20-at-17.00.193.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Screenshots<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Militia_framed.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Sorceress_framed.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-shot-2010-03-20-at-17.00.193.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Highborn\u00e2\u201e\u00a2 is developed by a team of industry veterans, many of who created the original Command &#038; Conquer. This team include the likes of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Westwood_Studios\" target=\"\">Westwood Studios<\/a> Co-Founder Brett W. Sperry, president of Jet Set Games, Rade Stojsavljevic, Co-founder and Vice-president of the company, Adam Isgreen and known game developer, <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/josephthefourth\" target=\"_blank\">Joseph Hewitt<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>No release date has been set for Highborn\u00e2\u201e\u00a2, however the company says its &#8220;coming soon&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Becoming the first social strategy game for the iPhone, development studio Jet Set Games have today announced Highborn\u00e2\u201e\u00a2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2143,16,2137],"tags":[12,2240,3501,2181,2241],"class_list":["post-16314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-app-store","category-first-look-blog","category-iphone","category-social-networking-app-store","tag-games","tag-highborn","tag-iphone","tag-social","tag-strategy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16314"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16377,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16314\/revisions\/16377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}