Spore, 'Touch Fighter' shown on iPhone
During Apple's iPhone SDK press conference today, we got a glimpse of the device's gaming capability with two titles: an in-house project dubbed Touch Fighter and Electronic Arts' Spore.
Touch Fighter is a 3D space shooter using OpenGL technology. You use the iPhone's accelerometer to steer (via moving the device around) and touch the screen to fire. Our friends at Engadget (who are liveblogging the event) also noted that an optimization screen showed it was running at an impressive 27 to 30 frames per second.
EA's Travis Boatman took the stage to show off the company's first product to come out of the iPhone dev kit, Spore. Initial pictures indicate that it's the mobile version shared by other cell phones. You use the accelerometer to move your creature and, of course, there are customizing options as well. [Update: EA confirmed that Spore for iPhone should be out in September, and that they're "actively using the new iPhone SDK to develop games for the iPhone OS." John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts, said, "The animation technology in the iPhone OS enables us to build awesome games. I think iPhone consumers are going to be blown away by the games we create for this platform."]
More pictures after the break.


Touch Fighter is a 3D space shooter using OpenGL technology. You use the iPhone's accelerometer to steer (via moving the device around) and touch the screen to fire. Our friends at Engadget (who are liveblogging the event) also noted that an optimization screen showed it was running at an impressive 27 to 30 frames per second.
EA's Travis Boatman took the stage to show off the company's first product to come out of the iPhone dev kit, Spore. Initial pictures indicate that it's the mobile version shared by other cell phones. You use the accelerometer to move your creature and, of course, there are customizing options as well. [Update: EA confirmed that Spore for iPhone should be out in September, and that they're "actively using the new iPhone SDK to develop games for the iPhone OS." John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts, said, "The animation technology in the iPhone OS enables us to build awesome games. I think iPhone consumers are going to be blown away by the games we create for this platform."]
More pictures after the break.















Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Silly Sauce @ Mar 6th 2008 2:16PM
Perhaps I now have a reason to buy an iPhone...naaahhh
NATO_Duke @ Mar 6th 2008 2:24PM
I love mine though one thing it lacks is the gaming element that it appears to be well built for. (The web based games are kinda lame.)
I'm pretty excited to see how Spore works out for it.
Ieatbrains @ Mar 6th 2008 2:27PM
There will also be a Super Monkey Ball game.
Silly Sauce @ Mar 6th 2008 2:17PM
Perhaps I now have a reason to buy an iPhone...naaahhh
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 2:29PM
Perhaps you had a reason to double post...naaahhh
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 2:31PM
Perhaps he wanted to left clear that he now has a reason to buy an iPhone...naaahhh
Ieatbrains @ Mar 6th 2008 2:26PM
We seem to gete better games for the iPhone/iPod than there are for the Mac.
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 2:30PM
It's true...I rarely even use my macbook pro in OSX, I usually just keep it in Windows and game.
Mills and Boom @ Mar 6th 2008 5:40PM
OSX for work and media organising, XP for play.
That'll never change unless Steam and all the games it hosts work natively in OSX.
Jomolungma @ Mar 6th 2008 2:28PM
The only good thing this announcement might produce is new DS and PSP designs sooner rather than later so that ninty and sony execs can satisfy their paranoia
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 2:28PM
I wonder how long it will take for these games to be hacked for jailbroken iPhones.
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 2:29PM
Perhaps you had a reason to double post...naaahhh
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 2:31PM
Nothing is worse than double posting when your making fun of someone for double posting:(
Ieatbrains @ Mar 6th 2008 2:32PM
Hahaha!
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 2:33PM
YES taste the delicious IRONY!!!! Muhahaha.
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 2:36PM
I hate how many times this happens:( Sometimes I have to hit reply once, other times I hit reply, the page refreshes and goes to the reply box and then I have to hit reply again...I'm going to put a post-it on my computer that says check twice before replying or something.
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 2:56PM
Double post happens when:
You have problems with your connection.
Hit the Add button twice by accident.
When you refresh.
Or when you use firefox.
Try to go to the main page instead of refreshing.
Also don't take it seriously. You post it twice so what, everyone have posted twice, just get laugh out of it or Spam.
Nigeria @ Mar 6th 2008 3:14PM
spam
Co @ Mar 6th 2008 2:38PM
Probably sucks. Now if they put it out for my Voyager....
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 2:49PM
I hope your trying to be sarcastic...
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 2:57PM
Yeah this thing would be awesome in the Ngage and the Gizmomdo.
Scott @ Mar 6th 2008 8:26PM
Voyager? Sorry, you chose that BREW-tastic device and the sad part is after you add an 8 GB memory card to the price, you've even surpassed the price of an iPhone!
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 3:00PM
I like the idea but I'm worried about the controls.
Using the accelerometer sounds like a bad idea. One bad swing and bye bye Iphone.
kangshi @ Mar 6th 2008 3:13PM
it'll be just like the Wii controller. buy yourself a case with a nice handstrap or expect to keep buying new iPhones.
Marty @ Mar 6th 2008 3:03PM
iPhone is just an expensive piece of garbage anyway.
rTwelve @ Mar 6th 2008 3:17PM
AND it checks your email! No other garbage in its class does it.
NATO_Duke @ Mar 6th 2008 4:01PM
Its the first phone my firm has used that everyone likes - so I can't agree its garbage. It works nice and is user friendly.
colin @ Mar 7th 2008 3:31AM
my blackjack checks my email.
also, 30 fps?
give me 60 fps or GTFO!
Silly Sauce @ Mar 6th 2008 3:04PM
DOUBLE POST FTW
Silly Sauce @ Mar 6th 2008 3:05PM
DOUBLE POST FTW
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 3:11PM
Perhaps That's Spam...naaahhh
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 3:12PM
Perhaps I'll stop spamming...naaahhh
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 3:12PM
Perhaps I'll stop spamming...naaahhh
Mr.ESC @ Mar 6th 2008 3:13PM
Perhaps I'll stop spamming...naaahhh
Okay enough ban dodging.The next time the Banhammer will sure hit so until next time.
Curtis the Claw Game Master V2 @ Mar 6th 2008 4:01PM
naaahhh
SeNiLe911 @ Mar 6th 2008 4:17PM
hhhaaan
rTwelve @ Mar 6th 2008 5:38PM
khhhaaan
Mills and Boom @ Mar 6th 2008 5:42PM
Can't wait for the release. I'm going to start porting my games to it. Since they've been out a few years I'll probably charge a little since I've already covered dev costs.
Wonder if I'll be able to get some form of DLC working since it interfaces with the wifi/edge connection...
Shunnabunich @ Mar 6th 2008 10:28PM
Well, one thing that comes to mind is that the App Store notifies the user if an installed app has been updated to a newer version. Using this method wouldn't allow for *optional* DLC, only content bundled as a stock update, but it would be one way to do it, I suppose.
anton @ Mar 6th 2008 6:14PM
Wait... so Flash is a drain on the battery but Spore isn't? What drugs does Jobs think we're on?
Also, EA, WTF? Why not develop Spore for the major players (360, PS3, Wii, PSP) rather than a toy for the fashion conscious but functionally retarded.
Mills and Boom @ Mar 6th 2008 6:20PM
Got that wrong.
3G was a battery drain.
Adobe want to give Apple the mobile phone Flash... Apple want something new- inbetween phone and computer. Which is what the iPhone is.
Consider yourself caught out.
Mills and Boom @ Mar 6th 2008 6:20PM
Got that wrong.
3G was a battery drain.
Adobe want to give Apple the mobile phone Flash... Apple want something new- inbetween phone and computer. Which is what the iPhone is.
Consider yourself caught out.
anton @ Mar 6th 2008 7:43PM
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/08/03/05/steve_jobs_pans_flash_on_the_iphone.html
ill trooper @ Mar 6th 2008 7:54PM
"...rather than a toy for the fashion conscious but functionally retarded"
Angry enough?
From all the people able to see beyond FUD like yours and buy an iPhone, a hearty "Fuck You." Get used to seeing the iPhone, today it just moved into overdrive.
It warms my heart thinking about all you haters getting upset, longterm, ulcer inducing-style.
Mills and Boom @ Mar 6th 2008 9:08PM
Nope. Look up the Adobe comments. They won't make a new Flash for iPhone.
Me and Ill agree haha.
Yea it's an awesome phone. Apparently for customer satisfaction it rules the smartphone market. What a good product it is.
The Blackberry people better have something up their sleeve. Today it was announced it will do everything the blackberry does, and then some.
Justin Nolan @ Mar 6th 2008 11:10PM
Here is a video of spore on the iphone in action: http://digg.com/apple/See_it_in_motion_Spore_on_the_iPhone
jc @ Mar 7th 2008 6:58AM
This is insanely awesome. It's the touch controls of the DS + the Graphics of the PSP (with higher res), and only thrice the price.
Shit, sign me up. Show me Puzzle Quest iPhone and my DS will be on eBay the next day.
LaughingMan @ Mar 7th 2008 8:47AM
Plus the motion controls of a SIXAXIS or (to a lesser extent) the Wii remote, long before Sony got a chance to put that into a PSP.
hvnlysoldr @ Mar 11th 2008 3:30PM
I don't have a cell phone yet and cannot test any good cell phone games and will therefore not pass judgment on these games.