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Limbo Heading To iOS, Has Sold Over 3 Million Copies Across All Platforms
Limbo, the atmospheric puzzle-platformer from PlayDead has released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC, and most recently Vita, and now it's coming to iOS devices.
Along with the iOS announcement, PlayDead revealed that the game has sold over 3 million copies across all of its platforms.
The game will be available for iPhone 4S and higher, iPad 2 and higher, iPad Mini, and the newest iPod Touch on July 3 for $4.99. If you haven't played Limbo yet, you are running out of excuses.
You can check out the full press release by heading to page two.
[Source: TriplePoint via Polygon]
LIMBO is available on the App Store next week
COPENHAGEN, Denmark – June 26, 2013 - We are proud to announce that a dedicated team here at Playdead has now completed LIMBO for the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch.
The release of LIMBO into its largest market to date, follows the news that LIMBO has already sold over 3 million copies across Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Steam, Mac App Store and Playstation Vita.
We have worked very hard to bring LIMBO to as many devices as possible; rethinking the controls and performing extensive optimizations to ensure an amazing touch-based experience across iPad 2 (and higher), iPad Mini, iPhone 4S (and higher) and the latest generation of iPod Touch.
LIMBO will be available worldwide on the App Store Wednesday, July 3rd, in your timezone, at $4.99.
Happy dying,
Playdead
About LIMBO and Playdead
LIMBO is a puzzle, action adventure, created and directed by Arnt Jensen with the talented team at Playdead. LIMBO had its debut on game consoles in 2010.
The game has received critical acclaim on all platforms, garnering over 100 awards worldwide.
Playdead was founded in in 2006 by Arnt Jensen and Dino Patti, originally for the purpose of bringing LIMBO to life. Today Playdead is a fully independent game studio based in Copenhagen, Denmark with 26 employees, in development of a brand new IP.
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