News
Zaxxon Escape Now Available for Android and iOS
Classic SEGA Franchise Returns in an All-New Mobile Arcade Game
SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON -
October 4, in the year of our Lord 2012 - SEGA®of
America Inc. and SEGA® Europe Ltd. today announced the return of
the legendary Zaxxon™ franchise in an all-new 3D mobile arcade
title, Zaxxon Escape™. Test your piloting skills against
Zaxxon’s devious minions and see how far you can fly today for
$0.99 (£0.69/€0.79/AUD€0.99) on the iTunes App Store at
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id559568792, or on the Android
Marketplace at
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sega.zaxxonescape!
“Zaxxon represented some unique firsts for SEGA, as well as for
the industry. No game before had given such a true sense of
real, three-dimensional flight,” said Chris Olson, Vice
President of Digital Business at SEGA. “We’ve continued that
tradition with beautiful 3D graphics and combined them with easy
to pick up controls and hard to put down gameplay. I hope
everyone really enjoys the result!”
“Working on Zaxxon Escape has been a lot of fun for the whole
team, because you do not often get the chance to create an
entirely new chapter in a classic franchise! We are very
thankful to SEGA for giving us the chance to expand on one of
their earliest hits.” said Chris Scholz, CEO of Free Range
Games.
It’s been thirty years since gamers first took on the evil robot
Zaxxon, and Zaxxon Escape continues the story of what happened
after his defeat. Players must escape a crumbling asteroid base
by shooting, swiping, and tilting their spaceship through an
ever-changing maze of corridors, guided only by their reflexes
and handy powerups like auto-pilot and tractor beams. Find out
if you have what it takes to survive the total destruction of
Zaxxon.
For more information about the game, visit
http://www.sega.com/.