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Line Rider Coming to iPhone, iTouch
Posted by Brian Crecente at 11:30 AM on September 3, 2008
I'm a huge fan of Line Rider, that's probably pretty obvious by now, and you regular readers probably know that I'm also a reluctant fan of the iPhone. So I was pretty psyched this morning when I saw that the inXile folks will br bringing their version of Line Rider to both the iPhone and iTouch for an absurdly low $US 3.
The iPhone version of Line Rider will include the ability to upload and download tracks on the web via the official Line Rider site and will make use of the touch interface for track creation and play. You can also watch your tracks play out in a movie mode.
These new versions of the game are set to hit the App Store and iTunes later this month along with the DS, PC and Wii versions of the game.
iPHONE™ & iPOD Touch™ Users GET READY TO RIDE THE LINES!
inXile entertainment TO RELEASE LINE RIDER™
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. - Sept. 5, 2008 - inXile entertainment today announced they will release a version of the internet phenomenon Line Rider for the iPhone™ and iPod Touch™ in September 2008. The new version of Line Rider will be available on iTunes for $2.99 and will feature the ability to upload and download tracks on the web at the official Line Rider Web site www.linerider.com. Created in September of 2006, Line Rider was an immediate online sensation with millions of players worldwide and thousands of videos posted on YouTube.com showing off users "custom" Line Rider tracks.
"We have over a million visitors to LineRider.Com every month, and our strong and vocal audience has been asking for an iPhone™/ iPod Touch™ version of Line Rider ever since the touch interface was introduced," said Brian Fargo, chief executive officer of inXile entertainment Inc. "Line Rider is a natural fit for the iPhone as mobile users will be able to share their tracks and ride the lines almost anywhere now."
Line Rider 'fan boy' TechDawg will be collaborating with inXile to create some groundbreaking tracks that will be available for download from the Line Rider web site. The iPhone™ and iPod Touch™ version will feature a touch interface and will allow users to playback tracks in a 'movie' mode as well as upload tracks to the Internet for others to download and play. Players will be able to search for tracks by track name and/or author, rate other people's tracks and browse the list of "Most Recent Tracks" as well as "Top Rated Tracks".
Also scheduled for release in September 2008 is Line Rider™ 2: Unbound from Genius Products for Wii™, Nintendo DS™ and PC. These brand new games will feature new game modes, riders, community features and creative tools. Line Rider 2: Unbound is the next level in this gaming phenomenon and will feature 40 mind-bending puzzles created by the #1 Line Rider player in the world, TechDawg.
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Monsignor
Posted 5:18 AM 3/9/08
Is this really considered a game? I think it is more an application, like Windows Paint. Unless I'm missing the objective of this "game".
Monsignor
Rakotto
Posted 5:17 AM 3/9/08
Epic game.
With the capabilities of the Iphone, I predict an awesome game. =)
Rakotto
notquitecenter
Posted 5:13 AM 3/9/08
I have a friend who works for an Apple store and he's incredibly anal about people calling the iPod Touch the iTouch.
So yeah.
@Falsoman: YEAH!
notquitecenter
Falsoman
Posted 5:10 AM 3/9/08
@MP-Geist: Or maybe it sounds SO RIGHT!
Falsoman
C4Dillon
Posted 5:10 AM 3/9/08
@MP-Geist: Be careful using the words "Apple" and "wrong" in the same sentence, you'll get them all uppity.
C4Dillon
RoboticSpacePenguin
Posted 5:08 AM 3/9/08
Yeah, there's a reason they didn't call it the iTouch.
RoboticSpacePenguin
MP-Geist
Posted 5:05 AM 3/9/08
I'm not an Apple geek, but please call it the iPod Touch. iTouch sounds so wrong.
MP-Geist
chaos242
Posted 5:05 AM 3/9/08
I've yet to try this game out, but I've been interested in the videos that I've seen.
chaos242
jurb
Posted 5:04 AM 3/9/08
*ipod touch
jurb
Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer
Posted 5:28 AM 3/9/08
I love lines!
Arnold Rimmer's Garden Strimmer
Struct09
Posted 6:19 AM 3/9/08
Add me to the list of people who get annoyed by people calling it the "iTouch". I wish it didn't annoy me, but it does :(
Struct09
vickissv3
Posted 6:14 AM 3/9/08
When will people understand that it's called the iPod Touch, NOT the iTouch.
vickissv3
Spoony Bard
Posted 6:05 AM 3/9/08
@notquitecenter: Wait till you start calling the Apple Store the iStore ;)
Spoony Bard
tmanflys
Posted 6:44 AM 3/9/08
@Struct09: yup, me too
tmanflys
Jagged Toaster
Posted 6:42 AM 3/9/08
@Struct09: Same deal here. People are lazy though, so it won't stop.
Jagged Toaster
henri1kk
Posted 7:13 AM 3/9/08
@Struct09: Damn, I thought this was only my pet peeve but I see a lot of people share it!
henri1kk
Brian Crecente
Posted 7:54 AM 3/9/08
@vickissv3: I think you're missing the acrid sarcasm intended by the reference. My assumption is that no one says that accidentally.
Brian Crecente
nitromic
Posted 7:44 AM 3/9/08
@vickissv3: When will be stop giving a shit about stuff like that? It's not like you don't know what they are saying.
nitromic
otis123
Posted 8:48 AM 3/9/08
what's an itouch? Last time I checked only idiots call a iPod touch a itouch.
otis123
Brian Crecente
Posted 9:34 AM 3/9/08
@otis123: you forgot the TM after the word ipod.
:P
Brian Crecente
nusli
Posted 9:32 AM 3/9/08
ahhh.. i thought this post was for "line rider"
nusli
RocketMan919
Posted 10:44 AM 3/9/08
@Brian Crecente: (unrelated to post) The reason the price is only three dollars is that a clone called flying rider was created and given out for free until this god-forsaken company came and shut down the whole operation. The dev must have worked so hard on that, it sucks that they took it down. Plus, now i gotta spend 3 bucks to get my line rider action on, and i'd prefer it if it were free.
RocketMan919
Tilimorf
Posted 12:59 PM 3/9/08
Now I can sled down mountains where ever I am!
Tilimorf
Pablos102030
Posted 2:52 PM 3/9/08
Oh nice! Will definitely get.
Pablos102030
Chef
Posted 4:47 PM 3/9/08
As long as it has less hooting and hollering, and more lines and riding, I'm all for it.
Chef
ArakniD
Posted 3:02 AM 5/9/08
Um.
cant you just go to Linerider.com and play it there or something?
I dunno i dont have one
@Monsignor:
The ones for Wii,PC, and DS will be games since they have mission modes and stuff.
Can't wait to be honest.
and yeah
itouch sounds stupid.
ArakniD