Galaxy on Fire 2 THD Now Available for Android Devices with NVIDIA Tegra Chipsets

Fishlabs, the company behind the popular Galaxy on Fire mobile game, has just announced Galaxy on Fire 2 THD, which was especially designed to work on NVIDIA Tegra-powered Android mobile devices.

Galaxy on Fire 2 is a sci-fi action trader mobile game that provides players with hours and hours of trading and a six to ten hours of fully voice acted storyline.

Although the game can be played for free for an unlimited time with full functionality within the first solar system, player will have to unlock the game to be able to visit more than 20 solar systems and complete the game.

The game is available as a free download from the Tegra Zone app on the Android Market, but players will have to unlock the Galaxy on Fire 2 THD via in-app purchase for $ 14.99 / € 11,99 / £ 8.99.

“We have been working closely with NVIDIA to deliver the best visual quality and game play experience on Tegra-powered super phones and tablets. With the heavily enhanced in-game assets and the advanced shaders, Galaxy on Fire 2 THD looks like a completely new game,” said Michael Schade, CEO of FISHLABS Entertainment.

Galaxy on Fire 2 THD has been especially optimized to utilize the eight-core rendering power of Tegra’s GeForce GPU.

According to Fishlabs, new details have been added to the design of each of the over 30 spaceships and 100 space stations, while the space background images as well as all planets have been re-painted at 2048 x 2048 pixels resolution.

Some of the game features include:

- A huge galaxy with over 20 solar systems and beautifully rendered planets;
- 100 unique 3D space stations and more than 30 customizable space ships;
- Unique reputation and diplomacy system;
- Story-based, mission-based and free gameplay;
- Complex trading system with over 170 different commodities of all kinds;
- High quality visuals and music, full voice acting (English) and 3D sound;
- OpenFeint integration of leader boards, achievements and saved games;
- Supports up to full native 1280 x 800 pixels resolution.

Furthermore, Galaxy on Fire 2 THD features sophisticated OpenGL ES 2.0 specular and displacement shaders on all in-game assets.