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Why Robin Makes Batman Better Flight Control was such a simple, enjoyable, universally acclaimed mobile game, it compelled the boss — and I don’t mean Totilo, I mean the boss — to write a review of it two years ago. He came back from his safari in the messy back country of video game criticism with a nice trophy, too. Me, however, I get to deal with the sequel, a gobbed-up, what-the-hell, coin-operated unhappy meal slid across the fast-food counter of the App Store.
Video giant EA, makers of Madden, Need For Speed and Battlefield (among many others) is snatching up Australia-based Firemint, creators of some of the most popular games on the iPad and iPhone, according to EA.
Firemint, developers of Flight Control and Real Racing 2, say in this interview the full-blown 3D racer for iOS/Android was “…developed over 18 months on a budget of US$2 million.” Now the real question: How much did they make? [PocketfulOfMB.com]
Who among you hasn’t at one point played Flight Control – be it on your iPhone, iPad, or Nintendo DS? Very few I’d reckon. We just got back from speaking with the Australian creators of Flight Control, Firemint and, after asking them how they’re attempting to make lightning strike twice, they handed us an iPad, giving us a practical demonstration, via their new upcoming game Agent Squeek.
The guys that make Flight Control just bought the guys who make Puzzle Quest. If that’s not a new casual gaming superpower, we don’t know what is.
It’s only two days until Sony waves its ice-cream cone shaped wand over the games industry, and Kotaku AU was given a chance to sample the various launch offerings for Playstation Move…
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Firemint’s ultra-popular iPhone game, Flight Control, is also Move compatible on the Playstation 3.
Flight Control, which did very well as an app with the iPhone’s multitouch controls, is getting a release for PlayStation Move at launch. It’s also playable with the PS3′s standard controller.
Firemint, maker of Flight Control for the iPhone and iPod Touch (reviewed by Gawker boss Nick Denton in December), has announced it will bring an “optimised and re-imagined version” of that game to the iPad, announced today.
