Squeeballs Party rolls onto the App Store

Every now and then something lands in our inbox that induces curiosity throughout the office.

In this case it was Squeeballs Party, a party game for kids which is now out on the App Store and is set to bounce onto the DS in late October.

Squeeballs are a range of cute looking, cuddly toys, manufactured on a remote and secret island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean (why is it always the Pacific?). However, before they can be rightfully sold they must undergo product testing, "...to the point of destruction," the press release tells us.

It goes on to say, "the unique multiplayer motion gameplay, along with the huge variety of games – each putting those poor little Squeeballs through their paces in increasingly challenging ways, will keep friends and family entertained no matter what age they are."

When it comes to the heart and soul of the game, Squeeballs Party - as you may have guessed - focuses on multiplayer. However there's also a substantial single player element.

As you work your way through the game, new challenges are unlocked with a greater difficulty level in each of the 11 party game types.

Examples of the these are Stampede, which basically involves you shooting the approaching Squeeballs before they smother you with their love.

Feeding Frenzy sees you catapulting the cuddly toys at the ever hungry El Toros to keep them from eating you, and the Creature Testing Belt; a conveyor belt that allows you to pop, slice and punch the Squeeballs as they pass by. The rest of the games continue on in a similar, charismatic vein.

"Squeeballs Party is unlike any other game out there," Harry Holmwood of developer Performance Designed Products concludes. We're inclined to agree.

Available on DS for around £19.99 on October 30th, you can get it now from the App Store, priced $2.99, €2.39 or £1.79 by hitting the Buy It! link.