Tangram shapes up for mobile phones
Get your head around the ancient Chinese puzzler
We're all for more mobile games based on puzzles developed by ancient civilizations, if only because they usually represent a break from the 'match three coloured balls' format that's omnipresent in today's mobile puzzlers.
Meet Tangram, then. Due to be released by THQ Wireless in July, it's based on an age-old Chinese puzzle whose name translates as 'Seven Boards of Cunning'. Baldrick would approve.
Tangram puzzles feature seven coloured pieces, which fit together to form a square. Your job is to rejig them to form specific shapes, using all the pieces, and not overlapping them.
The mobile version will include 200 puzzles to complete, with four game modes: Arcade, Time Challenge, Random, and Creativity. The restricted play area and colourful shapes make it ideal for mobile, so we're looking forward to getting hands on with it.
