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New Rolando Video, Now Published by ngmoco
Touch Arcade — HandCircus has posted an update and new gameplay video for one of our most anticipated iPhone games: Rolando. I believe this video comes a few hours ahead of an official announcement that ngmoco is now Rolando’s publisher, as it is now hosted at http://rolando.ngmoco.com. To catch you up if you haven’t been following along, Rolando is an iPhone-specific platform puzzler that we first caught glimpse of back in July before the App Store even launched. The original teaser trailer got us very excited ...

News: Mix: Apple Environmental Update, ngmoco, iPod lawsuit
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — ... to a groundbreaking system of reporting that we believe is unmatched in our industry,” Jobs writes. “We’re approaching this issue at a product level because we think it’s the best way to help our customers make informed decisions about their own carbon footprint and how to reduce it. I encourage you to check out these new reports.” iPhone and iPod touch game developer and publisher ngmoco has revealed its first three releases. Described by the company as a “flagship premium game,” Rolando is a platform-style game developed by Hand Circus in which players will need to solve ...

NGmoco announces new games, will publish Rolando
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... MazeFinger and Topple are scheduled for this month, and they should be priced to go at 99 cents. Rolando now has a date of "Holiday 2008," and there's no price quoted yet. But Ngmoco is definitely making a strong play for getting some premier games in the App Store -- we'll be watching to see how these do and what else they've got planned. ...

Rolando Trailer and Release Date Announced (Dec 12th)
Touch Arcade — ... Ngmoco has posted a new video for Rolando and has announced a release date of December 12th. The new trailer shows more of the game play: ...

‘Rolando’ to be Released on December 18th
Touch Arcade — ... also been spotted on the web. Young also reveals that new videos, screenshots and information will be released this week. Rolando has been a highly anticipated game coming from Ngmoco and will represent their first premium title. While they’ve delivered a number of successful iPhone games thus far (most recently Dropship), these have been described as fast/cheap titles. Rolando is expected to be priced at $9.99. Features listed on their site include: Interactive Environments - Manipulate more than a ...

Ngmoco Discounts Games to Celebrate Rolando Release
Touch Arcade — ... games: Dropship - $1.99 -> $0.99 Dr. Awesome - $1.99 -> $0.99 Topple - $0.99 -> Free Mazefinger - Free While all of Ngmoco’s games are highly polished and well worth their respective prices, we had a particular fondness for Dropship (review) and highly recommend it as the best shooter on the iPhone. Rolando will be released on December 18th. Video and features are listed at http://rolando.ngmoco.com/.

Article: iPhone Gems: Four Hyped Games and a Serious Editorial
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — ... console game success stories: Ngmoco’s Rolando, Cobra Mobile’s Low Grav Racer, Namco’s I Love Katamari, and Source IT Software’s Zombie Mansion. Only one of these titles fully succeeds at offering a console gaming experience, and then, due to obvious polish that the other games here lack. [image] Read on for all the details. And we strongly encourage you to read this article’s conclusion, which is as important as any of the individual reviews above. [image] [image] Published by Ngmoco and developed by Hand Circus, the action-puzzle game ...

Rolando Now Rolling Out on the iPhone!
Planet iPhones — ... of Dropship and Dr. Awesome, here comes another amazing and very hyped title Rolando. The release for the game was announced back on the 1st July and finally after a lot of lingering, it’s finally ...

Rolando Combines Game Play, Physics
iSmashPhone — ... Ncmoco's Rolando is a game with a hidden agenda.  It doesn't just want to, y'know, entertain you.  It also wants to teach you stuff -- physics, in particular: ...

iPhone gaming take the stage at iGames Summit 2009
AppleInsider — ... by Ken Gullicksen of Morgenthaler Ventures, a venture capital firm. Gullicksen first asked what kinds of games are working on the iPhone, if it can be a replacement for the Nintendo DS, and what kinds of games resonate with a significant volume of users. Young answered that the iPhone's design leans toward short gaming sessions that can be interrupted by phone calls, pointing out average play session time for Maze Finger is eight minutes. However, the play time for ngmoco's new rolando is 22.6 minutes, demonstrating that longer and more engaging games are becoming feasible ...

Rolando 2 out now on the App Store
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... , and there are lots of movies to watch over on ngmoco's site, so you can probably get the idea from there. If you're interested in gaming on the iPhone at all, Rolando's on the short list no matter what your tastes are. ...

The App Store Turns 1: A dozen distinctive apps
Macworld — ... Rolandos from Point A to Point B. If the premise sounds fairly pedestrian, the implementation is anything but—Rolando exploits the iPhone’s accelerometer in a clever way, letting you tilt and turn your mobile device to get the Rolandos rolling. You also use finger swipes to make the Rolandos jump and to pan around the playing screen to see what dangers lie ahead. Ngmoco continues to innovate—a sequel to Rolando came out earlier this month—but the original continues to impress ($6; ngmoco ). Shazam Should you ever need to convince Mr. Van Winkle that the iPhone he’s recently ...