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Temple Run 2 launches tonight in US, UK [update: it's out now!]

Jessica Conditt — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 18:15:00 EST

Update: Temple Run 2 launched worldwide, and is now available on the App Store.

Temple Run 2, a sequel to the mobile infinite runner Temple Run, is scheduled to hit the US App Store late tonight, Touch Arcade reports. The game hit the New Zealand App Store for free today and is set to launch on iOS devices in the US at 11 p.m. EST, according to Touch Arcade. The original Temple Run has been downloaded 170 million times and is available for Android devices, too.

The above video shows off Temple Run 2's gameplay, including all a generous amount of swipes, double taps and tilts to run through some fresh levels. Members of the Touch Arcade forums note that the sequel will hit the UK at midnight tonight, as well, so people worldwide limber up those tapping fingers.

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Temple Run downloaded over 2.5 million times on Christmas day

Mike Suszek — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:00:00 EST

In the world of impressive holiday sales numbers, Minecraft doesn't stand alone with its 453K Christmas sales. Imangi Studios Founder Keith Shepherd recently tweeted that Temple Run was downloaded over 2.5 million times on Christmas day.

The numbers divide up pretty cleanly, too, as Shepard noted that a million downloads came from iOS devices, another million from Android and the final 500K from Amazon. Of course, this is all a drop in the bucket compared to Temple Run's 100 million download mark, which it crossed in early August.

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Temple Run races to 100 million downloads

Alexander Sliwinski — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 04:00:00 EST

Imangi Studio's Temple Run has achieved 100 million downloads across iOS and Android. We'd describe what the game is about, but from those numbers it appears you either already know or could simply turn to the person next to you and ask. Breaking it down, the free reflex actioner has had over 68 million downloads on iOS and 32 million on Android.

"We never imagined that the game we were making and loved would be so well received around the world," said Imangi co-founder Keith Shepherd. "The last year has been incredible for us, and we are grateful to fans of the game."

To celebrate the milestone, all Imangi's games released prior to Temple Run are free for a limited time. That's... well, according to a quick glance at the App Store, it appears to be all their games.

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Temple Run makes a daring escape to Android

JC Fletcher — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:00:00 EST

Temple Run, the game inspired by (UNSPECIFIED ACTION ADVENTURE MOVIE)'s famous Idol Temple scene, is now at home in a new edifice: Android. Don't worry, Android owners, this is the real Temple Run by Imangi Studios, and not the crummy clone that was culled from iOS.

The freemium game requires Android 2.1 or higher, and can be downloaded right here. Is anyone else still confused by "Google Play?" We get that mixed up with "Google Plus," which is also home to casual games, all the time. What was wrong with "Android Market?"

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Apple removes dozens of clone games from App Store

Jordan Mallory — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 12:30:00 EST

Apple has removed 59 copycat games from its App Store, including Temple Run lookalike Temple Jump, Words with Friends contender Numbers with Friends, Angry Birds clones Tiny Birds and Angry Ninja Birds, and the self explanatory Plant vs. Zombie. All of the offending clones were developed by Anton Sinelnikov.

Temple Jump, specifically, had achieved incredible success on the App Store, surpassing its source material to reach the number 1 spot on the paid Apps list. "This was really upsetting to us and damaging to our brand, because we work really hard to put out very high quality polished games and win the love of our fans," said Natalia Luckyanova, co-founder of Temple Run dev Imangi, during an interview with Gamasutra. "We don't want them to think that we would put out crap to steal a dollar from them."

This App Store raid comes roughly one week after Triple Town developer Spry Fox sued 6Waves LOLAPPS over Yeti Town, another aggressively similar iOS title. We like to imagine Apple Store employees rappelling from the ceiling of a dank, filthy warehouse, shooting iPod Nanos out of high-powered slingshots with extreme prejudice.

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