Limbo is a critically acclaimed and very artistic platforming game that arrived on XBLA a few years ago, and has since arrived on PS3 and PC. It’s by a company called Playdead, and it’s a black-and-white short tale about a little boy in search of his sister. The game puts a series of physics-based jumping puzzles in a starkly threatening environment, as the little boy fights a big spider and makes his way through a crumbling world.
And now, Playdead has announced that the game is coming to iOS. On July 3, it’ll be available on the iPhone 4S, the iPad 2, and the latest iPod touch, and devices newer than those, for $4.99. Playdead says it has been “rethinking the controls and performing extensive optimizations to ensure an amazing touch-based experience,” but we’ll have to see if the game uses virtual buttons, or goes for a more specifically touchscreen control scheme. There likely won’t be any new content, but this is an excellent title, and should be a good addition to Apple’s platforms.
Moody platformer Limbo coming to iOS next week originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 26 Jun 2013 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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