Exclusive: Snowboard Hero races onto mobile slopes

Fishlabs has just tipped us off (exclusively, I might add) to its first in-house mobile sports game development, Snowboard Hero – coming in mid-November.

Set in realistic, detailed, snow-filled landscapes, Snowboard Hero promises some utterly irresponsible, powder-fuelled stunts with a variety of different challenges to get you out on the piste.

"The most important thing for us was to create a fast-paced, action-filled mixture of reckless jumps and awesome tricks in a breathtaking winter mountain landscape, and then put it all on a mobile phone," says Michael Schade, CEO of Fishlabs. "The game's combination of racing, jumps, grinding, and unique high-detail courses makes Snowboard Hero a serious hit game contender."

Fishlabs recently topped out the PocketGamer.biz quality index for Q3 2008 (by an impressive margin), so right now we're excited to the tips of our extremities about anything new the studio is cooking up – and you can never have too many snowboarding games as winter approaches (they get us into the seasonal mood, you know).

Snowboard Hero's 18 different challenges involve throttling it down steep slopes, manoeuvring inches away from deadly cliffs, and taking on insane kickers at the fun park. And if that makes sense to you, then you're exactly the kind of snowboarding addicted mountain creeper this game is apparently aimed at. Sweet tricks and wicked jumps are waiting for you on alternative downhill routes, with a variety of unlockable special moves as you meet the harsh time limits.

Don't forget to grind the 'Track It!' button for more Snowboard Hero news as it lands (we have a gameplay video imminent). Bring on the powder, yo!