February 11, 2009   iPhone Apps

3D Realm: Prey coming to the iPhone

This is pretty exciting — 3D Realms has announced that their 2006 first-person shooter, Prey, is coming to the iPhone. IGN has a preview up now, and it looks pretty impressive — the texture work is very well done, and the gravity-defying puzzles that helped the original game stand out as an above-average shooter are back as well.

As you can see above, the controls are overlaid on the touchscreen, and while IGN says they take a little getting used to (they’re obviously not the usual WASD and mouse movement that most shooter fans are used to), they do work well once you figure them out (and you can change the transparency of the controls, so they won’t get in your way while you’re blasting aliens). 3D Realms says there’s no release date yet (the port is being done by a company called MachineWorks Northwest), but it’ll definitely be something to watch out for.

3D Realm: Prey coming to the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)3D Realm: Prey coming to the iPhone originally appeared on The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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