Ashley Wood's World War Robot comes to iPhone, iPod touch

Newtoy, an independent video game developer, has collaborated with acclaimed artist Ashley Wood, to bring his World War Robot to the iPhone and iPod touch.

Ashley Wood, renowned for his work on the graphic novels Popbot and Zombies vs. Robots, is credited with creating one of the world's first digital comics for the Sony PSP - Metal Gear Solid: Digital Graphic Novel. Wood's clients include Dreamworks, Warner Bros, Sony, Konami, Vivendi International, Random House, Marvel Comics and Todd McFarlane Productions.

Designed exclusively for the iPhone and iPod touch World War Robot is a game, which sees the human race split by religion and politics as they wage a savage war between Earth and Mars. Giant robots augment the destruction with what are promised to be incredible battles.

Paul Bettner, creative director at Newtoy sees the game as a distinct move away from traditional video game studios.

"World class game makers from around the globe - artists and illustrators, designers, musicians, coders - joining forces to craft the highest quality entertainment experiences on the most cutting edge game platforms. We are moving away from the monolithic studio model of development. We want to redefine the way video games are made."

Yet to surface on the Apple iTunes App Store more details can be found at worldwarrobotgame.com.

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