BREW 2008: Re-Volt first-person shooter for iPhone
You'll want to get your hands on this (we did, and we've got footage)
Canadian developer IUGO Mobile Entertainment is showing off an awesome first-person shooter for iPhone at the BREW 2008 conference in San Diego.
It's called Re-Volt, and it blends Quake-style graphics with iPhone's touchscreen and motion-sensing capabilities, to stunning effect.
I got hands on with it tonight at the show. You tilt the iPhone back and forward to move your character forward, and left and right to strafe. Shooting is automatic, although you can tap the screen to auto-aim at an enemy.
It took me a couple of seconds to acclimatise, but once I did, the game was smooth to play – the controls felt intuitive pretty quickly. It could be an iPhone hit, for sure.
I apologise for the blurriness and dodgy reflections on the following video, which I shot on the stand. The game itself is sharp as a button, and IUGO have promised to send us some proper video footage next week. But this should give you a taster: