Take 2 Interactive and XS Games announced today The Red Star will be released for iPhone and PSPgo this spring.
The Red Star is a mashup of top down shooting action and beat‘em up gameplay, which enjoyed widespread acclaim on the Playstation 2. The game is based on the graphic novel of the same name by Christian Gossett. Chief Executive Officer of XS Games, Steve Grossman, said the mobile version of Red Star manages to stay true to the classic gameplay.
“The Red Star is a proudly old school combination of classic action genres, much in the spirit of Contra and Streets of Rage. PSP®go and iPhone are the perfect platforms for this game in terms of controls, visuals, and price.”
The Red Star brings to life an alternate reality where the world has been wracked by vicious conflict between the world’s powerful nations. The game focuses on the URRS (a superpower similar to the USSR) who use advanced technology to harness soldiers’ latent mental powers. Players can choose to play as one of the graphic novel’s three most prominent characters: Maya Antares, a powerful sorceress in search of her husband lost in battle, Kyuzo, Maya’s personal bodyguard as well as a powerful fighter, or Makita, a quick and agile warrior forced to abandon her life as a world-class athlete when her homeland was invaded.