Epic confirms Infinity Blade date

By Fred Dutton Published 29 November, 2010

It'll take a slice out of your wallet.

Infinity Blade, Epic's Unreal Engine-powered iOS debut, will hit the App Store on 9th December.

The third person slash 'em up, developed by Shadow Complex studio Chair Entertainment, will set US gamers back a relatively hefty $5.99. We're chasing Epic now for a UK price point.

You'll need an iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iTouch 3 or iTouch 4 to play.

Chair is promising full Game Center support, various multiplayer modes and additional content to arrive post-launch.

"I love playing Angry Birds and Indie Dev Story but I also love playing something like Infinity Blade," creative director Donald Mustard told Eurogamer last month of its attempt to launch a 'core' game on the App Store. "I'm looking for something like that as a gamer. I hope I'm not alone in that."

Not long to wait until we find out.

Wrap your eyeballs around the launch trailer below for more.

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Comments (15) Latest comment 1 year ago

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  • Ignatius_Cheese #1 2 years ago

    Donald. Mustard.

    Brilliant! :)

  • Vortextk #2 2 years ago

    That close to making me want an iphone.

  • lucky_jim #3 2 years ago

    "...relatively hefty $5.99. We're chasing Epic now for a UK price point."

    Aren't these things always priced the same? $5.99 usually translates to £3.99 (I think), which isn't that hefty - even relatively - for a premium game: £5.99 has been the accepted top whack for iPhone games, with a few pricier exceptions like Football Manager and Chaos Rings.

    I don't mean to whinge, but anyone with an iPhone knows this stuff. You could have just asked someone in the office who has an iPhone!

  • Gl3n #4 2 years ago

    What Jim said.

  • SpaceMonkey77 #5 2 years ago

    This game, makes me want an iPhone more than ever. Looks really cool.

  • WJF #6 2 years ago

    $5.99 is £3.49 or €4.99 depending on country.

    Apple always uses the same system.

    Edited by WJF at 30/11/10 @ 09:47

  • RodHull #7 1 year ago

    Definite purchase, the tech demo was stunning. Thank goodness it's on Game Center, it's such a fantastic feature despite the colonial mispelling! I don't know how we managed without it!!!
    Edited by RodHull at 30/11/10 @ 07:50

  • ant72 #8 1 year ago

    Agreed. I think £3.99 (or whatever) is a bit if a bargain

  • evild_edd #9 1 year ago

    @rodhull: I imagine we managed perfectly well without colonial misspelling, to be honest.... ;0)

  • evild_edd #10 1 year ago

    Oh, and almost certain buy for me, unless it gets shocking reviews....

  • BOFH_UK #11 1 year ago

    Much much cheaper than I'd expected, Epic really do seem to be using this as a 'shop window' for Unreal Engine 3 on iOS and at that price point I can see a LOT of people picking it up. Amazing the pace of development in terms of graphics on mobile platforms at the moment, who'd have thought in June 2009 we'd have something that looks this good 18 months later?

    Definately be picking this one up at launch, really looking forward to giving it a whirl.

    Edit: oh and think about this... The basic iPod Touch comes in under £200 and is more than capable of running stuff like this. I know some will insist that without physical buttons it can't be a proper gaming platform but for everyone else that's starting to become a very tempting alternative to the PSP and DS lines.
    Edited by BOFH_UK at 30/11/10 @ 09:10

  • ZuluHero #12 1 year ago

    I'm getting a touch 4G this week to replace my 3G Nano - this has just made my jaw drop! I'd forgotten that the thing was capable of stuff like this!

    Can't wait :)

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #13 1 year ago

    "I love playing Angry Birds and Indie Dev Story but I also love playing something like Infinity Blade"

    But which is better? There's only one way to find out -

    FIGHT!!!!!

  • Gastrian #14 1 year ago

    Post deleted at 17:56:43 13-04-2012

  • Prox #15 1 year ago

    video caption reads:
    Infinity Blade is due to be released 2011 on iPhone
    which seems at odds with the content of the story ...!