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3D Realm: Prey coming to the iPhone
This is pretty exciting -- 3D Realms has announced that their 2006 first-person shooter, Prey, is coming to the iPhone. IGN has a preview up now, and it looks pretty impressive -- the texture work is very well done, and the gravity-defying puzzles that helped the original game stand out as an above-average shooter are back as well.
As you can see above, the controls are overlaid on the touchscreen, and while IGN says they take a little getting used to (they're obviously not the usual WASD and mouse movement that most shooter fans are used to), they do work well once you figure them out (and you can change the transparency of the controls, so they won't get in your way while you're blasting aliens). 3D Realms says there's no release date yet (the port is being done by a company called MachineWorks Northwest), but it'll definitely be something to watch out for.
As you can see above, the controls are overlaid on the touchscreen, and while IGN says they take a little getting used to (they're obviously not the usual WASD and mouse movement that most shooter fans are used to), they do work well once you figure them out (and you can change the transparency of the controls, so they won't get in your way while you're blasting aliens). 3D Realms says there's no release date yet (the port is being done by a company called MachineWorks Northwest), but it'll definitely be something to watch out for.
Thanks, Nick!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
GeoTracker said 5:41PM on 2-11-2009
I'll bet Duke Nukem Forever shows up first.
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bob said 6:03PM on 2-11-2009
i think its meant to be in the next month
dastranger said 9:21PM on 2-11-2009
LOL, that was my first thought as well when I saw this article. Knowing the release track record of 3D Realms, who knows when this will come out, and who really cares. Besides, Prey is simply a terrible game.
Duke said 6:10PM on 2-11-2009
Doubtful- http://duke.a-13.net/
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BigDog said 6:17PM on 2-11-2009
Woot, my suggestion made it :)
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