Remember back in late January when the world was all abuzz with iPad news and, more specifically, we named a handful of game genres we'd like to see on the upcoming tablet? If our spidey sense is functioning correctly, the recent announce of "Gender Wars: The Battle" -- a "turn-based tactic game" (read: RTS) -- seems to indicate Last Flight devs Bloober Team are avid Joystiq readers (obviously BT got its ideas from our post -- don't be so foolish!).
The game (as described by lead designer Peter Bielatowicz) is intended to be "easy to pick up and play" with what sounds like paired down tactical commands for "casual players." Producer Piotr Babieno explains the iPad development focus by saying, "We believe that tactic games will be one of [the] best and most successful games on [the] iPad platform." He also notes that the game will be released at a "very low price" to entice players to get hooked on the "series" and prepare them for future "Gender Wars" titles. And no, neither Beilatowicz or Babieno explain why it's called Gender Wars, but we'll hopefully find out when the game releases this March alongside Apple's new device.
Reader Comments (14)
Posted: Feb 9th 2010 1:38PM (Unverified) said
Agreed. Only one thing should prevent Blizzard from doing a version of StarCraft for the iPad: utter insanity.
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Posted: Feb 9th 2010 5:35AM KungfuSheep said
The nerd inside me rages at your inability to differentiate between "real time" and "turn based"! RAAWWWWRRR!!
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Posted: Feb 9th 2010 6:14AM (Unverified) said
There was an old PC game called Gender Wars, it was some kind of post appocalyptic men vs women version of syndicate if I remember correctly..
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Posted: Feb 9th 2010 6:53AM Herbaceous Border Patrol said
No thanks. If I want a 'Gender War' I'll argue with my wife.
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Posted: Feb 9th 2010 7:02AM howmuchIcarrot said
"gender wars" just makes it sound like some shovelware gag but when I googled the game it became obvious it's actually supposed to be a serious, plot driven game. Bad choice of name if you ask me.
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Posted: Feb 9th 2010 8:44AM Milky1985 said
They might fall foul of trademark issues with that name, especally since they are making a turn based stragey game. The "wars" games are a series on the NES through to DS (everyone probably knows advance wars, be there was NES wars and SNES wars etc as well, its a kinda series), since this is a portable device and sounding like the same kinda gameplay there might be issues!!!
Also how is turn based a RTS, its not real time!!
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Also how is turn based a RTS, its not real time!!
Posted: Feb 9th 2010 9:27AM Problem Medic said
I can smell the nerd rage in this comment section. Quick! Edit the article!
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Posted: Feb 9th 2010 10:57AM FredFredrickson said
Well, even the tech experts are saying they aren't very hot on the iPad at this point. They might as well be developing a new game for the 32X.
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