September 16th, 2008
Star Wars Force Unleashed now available in the iPhone App store and for N-Gage
My original iPhone is living in a dock at home serving up Pandora music to my stereo receiver, but it looks like I will have to pull it down tonight and buy a new iPhone game. I am a huge Star Wars fan and just read on the iPhone Blog that Star Wars: Force Unleashed is now available in the iPhone App store. The iPhone Blog has an image gallery of the game and a couple initial thoughts on gameplay.
They are also working on a full review and I look forward to hearing more about it, but will probably have it purchased soon myself. With games like this, I may just have to get an iPod Touch to serve as a new mobile gaming platform. I already have Crash Bandicoot and Super Monkey Ball and am really enjoying these iPhone/iPod Touch games.
UPDATE: I also learned that this same game is now available for the Nokia N-Gage platform. Looking at the Symbian Guru coverage, I don’t think I’ll pick it up for my S60 device even though I am a Star Wars fan. It sounds like the controls may be a bit awkward and the long cut scenes may drive someone crazy. I really haven’t embraced N-Gage on my devices and part of the issue may be that I switch S60 devices around a lot and don’t have a consistent one for playing games on.
Matthew Miller is an avid mobile device enthusiast who works during the day as a professional naval architect in Seattle. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.
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