Dedicated version of Gameloft's NOVA in production for iPad
Mark Hickey shows off what they hope will be a stellar debut
Gameloft’s NOVA was announced as one of the first iPad specific titles at today’s iPad launch event in San Francisco.
As with the original iPhone App Store launch. Gameloft were one of the privileged partners to get up on stage and show their wares running on the new device (which yet again they’d had only 2 weeks to play with) and duly Mark Hickey unveiled an early version of an iPadded NOVA.
Naturally bearing many similarities to the iPhone (ahem) original, the First Person Shooter looked extra special on the bigger screen, with impressive frame rate and sharp visuals. Graphics aside, the notable additions included a changed screen display and the ability to move the virtual d-pad to where you felt most comfortable.
Indeed Hickey stressed the ability to set up your own controls before also intriguingly mentioning that there would be new gestures for interacting with games enabled by the iPad.
Sadly, that was about all we got for the moment save for a release date of ‘later this year’ and of course some lovely screens. Expect considerably more soon.
