Chicago’s Newest Video Games
STATE OF PLAY: A new generation of game studios has risen from the ashes of Midway Games and EA’s local office, bringing games for all ages across gaming platforms
By Rod O’Connor
(page 5 of 6)
Touch of Death (iOS: Apple devices)
GET IT: Released in December; $1.99 at apple.com/itunes
DEVELOPED BY: Lunar Giant (lunargiantstudios.com), a small Batavia operation that made its mark with 2010’s Delve Deeper, a retro-cheeky dungeon-adventure/strategy game
PREMISE: This side-scrolling kung fu beat-’em-up, set to a funky 1970s beat, pays tribute to the 1980s classic Double Dragon.
AUDIENCE: Nintendo nostalgists, Curtis Mayfield fans
Photograph: Courtesy of studio
This article appears in the February 2012 issue of Chicago magazine.
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