Friday, June 10, 2011

Phone favorite 'Fruit Ninja' slashing its way onto Kinect, Facebook

Los Angeles (CNN) -- Conquering the Apple Store apparently wasn't enough for these ninjas.
"Fruit Ninja," the simple but addictive mobile game that has lived among the top 10 iPhone apps (trailing only "Angry Birds" in popularity) since it debuted last spring is coming to Kinect, Microsoft's motion-control system for the Xbox.
And these stealthy martial artists are launching an assault on "FarmVille" soon, too, with plans for Facebook app.
The moves mark a new phase in the rise of social gaming, which has brought in millions of nontraditional gamers (i.e. younger, older and female players) via Facebook and mobile phones. Compare this crowd with traditional gamers who tend to play games on living room consoles such as the Xbox or PlayStation.
At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), Halfbrick, the makers of "Fruit Ninja," showed off preview versions of both new games.
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3 comments:

  1. I have fruit ninja on my phone but after like two days of playing it, I got bored.

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  2. fruit ninja is by far the best game for ipod imo
    dont play much tho

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  3. Fruit Ninja is awesome!

    Followed :D

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