Rock'n'Roll
Spinning maze game launching today for the iPhone.
For Immediate Release:
29th September 2008
Tag Games today launched Rock’n’Roll, it's first title for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch. A super-charged combination of action and puzzling that is sure to set the Apple AppStore alight and delight players across the globe!
Rock’n’Roll is a classic story of friendship and kidnapping! You play ‘Roll’, a rather well-rounded character, who must enter the spinning mazes of Flint Island to recover the Evil Sky Spirit's musical notes and save his best friend ‘Rock’ from imprisonment.
Rock’n’Roll is an incredibly simple game to pick up and play, with a unique 'twist'. Players rotate the entire maze left and right using either the iPhone's motion-sensing or touch controls and using the power of gravity, Roll falls towards the bottom of the screen – whatever direction it happens to be! Collect all the musical notes within each maze to escape to the next one. Finish them all and the Evil Sky Spirit just might release Rock.
Tag managing director Paul Farley says, “We are delighted to bring our much-loved casual game Rock’n’Roll to iPhone and iPod Touch players. We think that Rock’n’Roll’s combination of unique motion controlled game-play, cartoon visuals and tongue-in-cheek humour will be a great hit with players around the world!”
“This is an exciting time for Rock’n’Roll. Globalfun is rolling out the mobile version to carriers across Europe and SkyZone continue to extend the game's popularity in North America. We hope players everywhere will see a lot more of our intrepid heroes ‘Rock’ and ‘Roll’ in the coming months.”
Rock’n’Roll features 30 crazy mazes to attempt over three stunning environments – Coral Reef, Jungle and Mountain Top. Two game modes provide both quest and race against the clock challenges, giving both quickly accessible gameplay and longer term replay value.
The game features an original mix of traditional Rock’n’Roll music that reflects both the humorous nature of the game and the visual setting of each environment.
Key Game Features
• Unique maze based game-play
• Supports motion and touch control
• Two game modes – Quest and Clock
• Spitting Gophers
• Fun cartoon graphics
• A sense of humour
Rock’n’Roll is available from the AppStore now for £2.99 or $4.99. Players can find the game at:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=291690961
You can see a video of Rock'n'Roll in action here:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlt2NlVyRGM
Rock’n’Roll for mobile phones is published by Globalfun ( www.globalfun.com) in EMEA and will be available for download from major network carriers across Europe from October 2008. The game is already available on North American mobile carrier decks and is published by SkyZone Entertainment ( www.skyzonemobile.com)
ENDS
For further details please contact paul.farley@tag-games.com
Notes to Editor:
Tag Games Limited
Tag Games is an independent game development studio and publisher formed in May 2006 by three game industry veterans keen to bring high quality, innovative and original games to the mobile games – and wider casual gaming markets.
The studio's first title "Dead Water" was released in September 2006 to widespread critical acclaim. Since then the studio has built an enviable reputation for innovation and quality, building strategic partnerships with a number of major games publishers and development studios around the globe. Recent releases include the original title “Rock’n’Roll” and the best-selling casual title “Granny In Paradise”. Tag has continued to build on this reputation, earning Gold and Silver awards from consumer reviewers for their titles and delighting gamers around globe.
Having achieved profitability early in 2007, the company raised seed investment from serial Scottish technology entrepreneur Bill Dobbie and the Scottish Enterprise seed fund. Tag Games was featured in the 2007 "02/Real Business 50 to watch in Mobile" listing, which featured the Top 50 mobile related companies in the UK, including global networks such as Vodafone, Orange and T-Mobile. Tag Games is headquartered in Dundee, Scotland.
http://www.tag-games.com
Contacts:
Tag Games
bizdev@tag-games.com