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Tony Hawk: Trick Tips, the first iPhone application from skateboarding legend Tony Hawk and leading mobile developer Jirbo/EpicTilt, today reached the number one spot in Top Paid Sports on the iTunesApp Store.  The app is one of three Tony Hawk partnered with Jirbo/EpicTilt to release.

This entrance into the app sector is in step with Hawk’s tech-savvy reputation for bringing his highly coveted skateboarding tips, advice and knowledge to as many of his core fan base as possible. Hawk has been hailed for his creative online interaction with his fan base and this week reached a Twitter following of over 2 million.

“I am thrilled to be able to reach both new riders and loyal fans with these new apps. While I wish I could personally teach everyone who wants to learn. But for now, this is the next best thing,” Hawk said.

Tony Hawk: Trick Tips includes text, video and still photos of Hawk giving step-by-step instruction for 50 of the top skateboarding tricks, from basic to advanced. Featured tricks range from Kickflips and Hardflips on the ground to Frontside Crooked Grinds and Backside Tailslides on rails.

Other features include:

  • Scrolling news from the world of Tony Hawk
  • An entry to win a skateboard signed by Tony Hawk
  • Videos from ShredorDie.com
  • Authentic skateboarding sound effects

The app is available for a limited time for $0.99. Other applications include Tony Hawk: Hawkize and Tony Hawk: Faceplant.

For more information visit the iTunes app store and http://www.tonyhawk.com/apps.

15 Jan 2010

Tony Hawk’s First iPhone Skateboard App

Author: editor | Filed under: applications

EpicTilt and Sony Music Entertainment Launch TapStar on Apple App Store

Addictive Rhythm Game For iPhone and iPod Touch Features Songs From Superstars

EpicTilt today announced the launch of TapStar(TM) on the Apple App Store. TapStar is a rhythm game for the iPhone and iPod Touch that features music from an exclusive label-wide partnership with Sony Music Entertainment. The game includes songs from many of Sony Music’s superstar artists, such as Britney Spears, Cheap Trick, Cyndi Lauper, John Mayer, Los Lonely Boys, Sarah McLachlan, Three Days Grace, and P!nk. Users can play levels from their favorite artists and show off their TapStar skills to their friends as well as compete for high scores.

“TapStar represents the fruit of our labor to understand exactly what an iPhone or iPod Touch user wants in a music game,” said Jonathan Zweig, CEO of EpicTilt. “We’ve had a number of successful apps on the App Store thus far, with well over ten million downloads on the iPhone and iPod Touch, and we believe that casual gamers and music lovers will enjoy TapStar and make it an iconic app.”

TapStar will give users the ability to sample and play along with a variety of Sony Music’s recordings, and then, from the game, link to the iTunes Store to purchase Sony Music tracks.

With its unique landscape view layout, TapStar offers gamers a natural controller feel and uses the innovative Multi-Touch user interface to easily navigate the four touchpoints in the corners of the screen. By increasing the player’s agility with all four corners, TapStar’s functionality facilitates additional complexity to rhythmic patterns and combos. Meanwhile, TapStar’s powerful gaming engine, combined with its high resolution and smooth graphics, offers gamers an accurate playback experience that never loses a beat.

TapStar is available for download from Apple’s App Store on the iPhone and iPod Touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

More information can be found at: http://epictilt.com, http://tapstar.com or http://jirbo.com.