Big Fish Games has announced that Big City Adventure: San Francisco -“ integrates peer-to-peer multiplayer gameplay with voice chat, making it the first game app to offer this feature on iPhone and iPad.
Big City Adventure: San Francisco turns mobile gaming into a social experience using iPhone and iPad’s built-in networks -“ WiFi, 3G and EDGE,” said Patrick Wylie, vice president of Big Fish Games Studios. “Friends can chat while playing against each other from wherever they are in the world. We’ve also developed a native app for iPad, offering an HD version with high-resolution graphics so you can see with incredible detail when zooming in on the larger screen.”
In Big City Adventure: San Francisco, players embark on a treasure hunt through San Francisco as they search for thousands of hidden objects. As players progress through the game, they collect postcards with interesting facts about the city and its history; the postcards can be sent to friends on Facebook. The game includes 48 rounds of treasure hunting and 48 rounds of mini-games, including jigsaw puzzles, matching objects, and memory challenges.
Big City Adventure: San Francisco was originally designed by Jolly Bear Games as a PC download and retail game. The iPad and iPhone versions integrate Z2Live’s multiplayer and voice chat solutions, which connects people over WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G and EDGE network.
Pricing and Availability
The Big City Adventure: San Francisco apps for iPhone ($4.99 U.S.) and iPad ($6.99 U.S.) are available now in five languages (English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese) at www.itunes.com/appstore.
