Tampere, Finland, July 10th 2012 – Award-winning game developer 10tons Ltd launches four popular games for the PlayBook™ tablet: Sparkle, Joining Hands, Azkend and Ironworm. This signals the start of 10tons’ support for the PlayBook tablet. The games are immediately available on the BlackBerry App World™.
“The PlayBook software development kit is amazingly solid and developer friendly.”, says Sampo Töyssy, the Vice CEO of 10tons. “Bringing games to a new platform has rarely been as hassle-free as our experience with the Playbook.”, Sampo continues.
Sparkle is an award-winning action puzzle game where the player uses the Orb Slinger to shatter the Orbs of Darkness before they release their destructive powers. Sparkle has won several awards including the Grand Prize in Nokia’s Calling All Innovators 2011 competition.
Joining Hands is a one-of-a-kind puzzle game suitable for all ages. Among other things Joining Hands has been praised for the flawless gameplay and the fresh concept.
Azkend is a popular match-3 puzzle adventure game featuring polished graphics, innovative gameplay and enchanting atmosphere.
Ironworm is a hard rocking physics action puzzle, where the player swings a heavy metal worm to smash enemies and thrash environments.
Sparkle App World link: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/116340
Joining Hands App World link: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/117001
Azkend App World link: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/117021
Ironworm App World link: http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/117012
Links to all 10tons’ PlayBook games: http://10tons.local/Games/playbook.html
10tons plans to bring even more games to the BlackBerry App World in the future and is prepared to support BlackBerry 10 devices.
About 10tons:
10tons Ltd is a Finnish game development studio founded in 2003. 10tons is known for supporting numerous platforms including iOS, Windows, OSX, Android, Symbian, bada and webOS. 10tons has released more than twenty games, including Boom Brigade 2, Joining Hands, Sparkle and Azkend. For more information, please visit www.10tons.com, follow us on Twitter at Twitter @10tonsLtd or visit 10tons’ Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/10tons.
About RIM:
Research In Motion (RIM), a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry® solution in 1999. Today, BlackBerry products and services are used by millions of customers around the world to stay connected to the people and content that matter most throughout their day. Founded in 1984 and based in Waterloo, Ontario, RIM operates offices in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. RIM is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ: RIMM) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RIM). For more information, visit www.rim.com or www.blackberry.com.