N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance is now available on AppStore

Jul 26, 2010 14:04 GMT  ·  By

Gameloft, one of the leading developers of mobile games, proudly announces the launching of its amazing N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance FPS game for iPhone 4. The company states that this is the first game that takes advantage of all the latest innovations in technology that the iPhone 4 is capable. The game uses the famous Retina display, which allows for excellent screen resolution. N.O.V.A. is also the first first person shooter, on AppStore, that includes gyroscope based controls.

Thanks to the above mentioned technology, the gamers will experience a new control mode never seen before even on PC and consoles. This will enable players to rotate the camera as though they were moving their own head, which allows for more realistic interactions.

The story of the game evolves around one of the popular scenarios found on many other successful FPS games, the fight for mankind's survival against the aggressive aliens. Players are to take the role of retired marine hero Kal Wardin, who is forcefully returned to active duty to prevent mankind's annihilation. The story gets more interesting as, with Earth no longer able to sustain life, huge artificial satellites called “near-orbitals” were constructed for people to live on. To protect themselves, the near-orbitals banded together to form N.O.V.A., the Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance.

The main features of the game includes: an epic single-player campaign with 13 levels set in the jungle, snow, spaceship, bunker and an alien city; 2-4 players in Local & Online Multiplayer; Deathmatch over Wi-Fi (2 players via Bluetooth connection) in 5 maps; Worldwide leaderboards in the game & on the official website; 6 weapons: assault rifle, shotgun, sniper rifle, handgun, rocket launcher and plasma gun, plus grenades & machine gun turrets in certain levels; Full 3D rendered environments enhanced with highly detailed graphics.

The game requires an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad device with iOS 3.0 or later, and around 205 MB space storage. N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance can be bought now from AppStore for $4.99.

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