Namco talks Game Center

It's funny -- right in the middle of all of the fervor during the Game Center launch this week, the first company to the fore didn't happen to be one of these big new startups that's making headway in iPhone gaming. It turned out to be Namco, as one of the oldest brands around, Ms. Pac-Man, became the first title on the App Store to support Game Center. Now, of course, there are a few more games that support Apple's service (and more every day), but Macworld has a great look at what's coming next from Namco.

Turns out Namco's planning to go all-in on both iPhone and Game Center -- in addition to bringing a sequel to the Time Crisis on-rails shooter, it will bring a hidden object, ghost-catching game called Mishap; Gaijin Games' great Bit Trip HD (already a hit on Nintendo's WiiWare); and of course Puzzle Quest 2 very soon. There's no official release dates or prices yet, but all of those should be out in the next few weeks.

With full Game Center integration, there will be plenty of achievement-chasing and leaderboard competition to be had, no doubt. We'll look forward to all of those releases soon.

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Source: http://www.macworld.com/article/154002/2010/09/namco_gamecen…

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reoz1

cool site iphone apps

September 13 2010 at 9:14 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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reoz1

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jaime de la Torre Roura

@Karen LH

You can have different accounts. When you start GC you have the option to loggin or create new account. Just create a new one, then you'll be sent to a web to validate de account. Enter the info of the second account and you're done!

September 13 2010 at 2:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dj Pedro

Pseee, no es que me guste mucho este juego.

September 12 2010 at 2:01 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

woody

Game Center sucks. As does ping.
Apple just doesn't get social networking.
Proprietary walled gardens just don't work Apple.

September 12 2010 at 8:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Karen LH

This is probably an idiotic question, but I'll ask it anyway:

My husband and I share an Apple ID. If we were both to use Game Center, we would want separate accounts. I notice that Game Center's setup suggests logging in with your Apple ID, but also gives the option of creating a new account.

My question is: if we create two new accounts (one of which will use the same email address as our Apple ID, btw), will that somehow step on our current account? They make it look like the new account becomes your Apple ID.

September 11 2010 at 1:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

I wonder when they'll bring Rage Racer (from the PSX) to the iPhone. That's a classic game for which I wouldn't mind paying some $$$.

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