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Perhaps more than any App Store publisher, Gameloft is just the master of the quickly dashed off tie-in game: a huge chunk of their 123 game strong iTunes library are entries into popular gaming franchises like Splinter Cell, Rayman or Prince of Persia.
What’s awesome about Gameloft, though, is what happens when they can’t get the rights to a gaming franchise. For example, when Gameloft couldn’t get the rights to the Resident Evil series, they just released Zombie Infection, which looked and played exactly like Resident Evil 5. Their title Gangstar: West Coast Hustle is a similar knock-off on the Grand Theft Auto series.
The trailer for their latest game, Dungeon Hunter 2, is obviously one of their latter genre of game knock-offs… this time of Blizzard’s Diablo series. That said, the first Dungeon Hunter is still one of the most competent hack-and-slash RPGs on the iOS platform, and now that Dungeon Hunter 2 is adding co-operative multiplayer into the mix… this is one of my most anticipated iOS games no matter how stupid “Gothicus: land of fear, land of destiny!” sounds when you actually think about it.
