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GTA: Chinatown Wars coming to iPhone News
iPhone News by Ellie Gibson
Rockstar Games has announced two of its titles are in development for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
First up is Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, already available for DS and out on PSP this autumn. Company founder Sam Houser described the game as a "perfect match" for the handhelds, adding, "We are very excited to bring this incredibly ambitious version of Liberty City, with this level of detail and immersive gameplay on Apple's new gaming platforms."
Also on the way is a new version of Beaterator, the music-making application that's currently in development for PSP. "The simple, pick-up-and-play nature of Beaterator lends itself so well to the Apple platforms," said Houser.
Beaterator and Chinatown Wars will be released for iPhone and iPod Touch this autumn. Look out for previews of the PSP games on Eurogamer later this week.
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Wonder how they'll price it, given that there are similar titles on iPhone under £4
Yeah. Once there'll be even more overlap between iPhone games and DS/PSP releases (which will happen), it'll become really interesting. Why should I pay 40,- € for a DS game when I can get an (maybe even superior) version for 1/10th of that in the Appstore? Just look at CivRev. They could get away with it in this case because it wasn't released at the same time, but what if Chinatwon Wars is released at the same time on the PSP and the iPhone?
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Mentalist(air)
01/09/09 @ 09:25
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It'll be $20 US, tops.
... but I'm skeptical about how playable it'll be. You couldn't play the DS version using just a stylus, could you? |
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I felt similarly hurt UncleLou :-)
Not quite sure whether people hit the minus one button because they're offended, or because they just disagree! Anyway, if someone thought I was wrong saying similar titles are available for under £4, I was thinking of Gangstar: Crime City - which is a full on 3D GTAalike. There is also Payback and Car Jack Streets. |
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01/09/09 @ 12:51
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Not sure how it will control, I do widh there was an official caddy with traditional controls. But saying that worth waiting to see.
The question is how can Rockstar be sure this will be approved? Doesnt the content go against the whole approval criteria. Violence shouldnt be an issue, but drug trading and sexual references may cause an issue. I assume they have had prior contact with Apple over this, and it would certainly be a good thing for Apple to have one of the most high profile games series ever on their system. |
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Apple have to let it through – such a title shows that the iPhone as a gaming platform has truly arrived. Yeah, Doom, Civ, Sims 3, etc. showed it was on its way but such a giant of a franchise shows that it's being taken seriously by everyone now. And Rockstar have to recoup their costs on Chinatown somehow after its dismal sales on DS.
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Considering the power on tap, I assume this is probably going to use the PSP build of the game rather than the DS one.
I'm not too worried about the controls, plenty of small developers have come up with genius control methods on the iPhone already, so I'm sure it's not beyond Rockstar to come up with something that works well. Walking and shooting in Alive4Dead, for example, is pretty much spot on. |
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