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The 8lb Gorilla revealed

EA's iPhone micro studio runs through the jungle

The 8lb Gorilla revealed

EA's first 59p game, Zombies & Me, appeared quite unexpectedly over the weekend, sporting the developer banner of a new internal micro-studio, 8lb Gorilla.

The sparse trail of breadcrumbs I'd followed from the App Store turned out to be wrong, however, as 8lb Gorilla isn't actually from the Netherlands at all.

EA has been in touch to explain a little more about the formation of the 8lb Gorilla team, and its remit within the gaming giant. The crew behind Zombies & Me will be concentrating on budget range titles, while the rest of the iPhone department will remain dedicated to full-scale, premium titles.

Despite my terrible sense of virtual geography (apologies on that one, Gorilla Gang) the news remains as exciting as ever. It's been the smaller budget games like Flight Control and iShoot that have really set the iPhone on fire, and a 59p game team with the backing and experience of a giant like EA is destined to impress.

Spanner Spencer
Spanner Spencer
Yes. Spanner's his real name, and he's already heard that joke you just thought of. Although Spanner's not very good, he's quite fast, and that seems to be enough to keep him in a regular supply of free games and away from the depressing world of real work.