It’s been almost two years since Newport Beach’s InXile Entertainment bought the rights to the simple line-drawing game Line Rider.
The web game has been gussied up, as previously reported, and renamed “Line Rider 2: Unbound.”
Today, the Nintendo DS ($29.99) and PC ($19.99) versions were released to stores by publisher Genius Products. This new version is more of a story, featuring the bob-sledding Bosh, who must save his true love, the blond Bailey, from sled-stealing scumbag Chaz.
The Nintendo Wii version will be available Oct. 6. A version for the iPhone is also in development.
The simple Line Rider game, which is free to play at linerider.com, continues to have a following two years after creator Bostjan Cadiz turned an art-school project into a web distraction. Since being sold to inXile, Line Rider has won gaming awards and shown up in a McDonald’s TV commercial.
Related:
- Line Rider coming to an iPhone near you
- Line Rider 2 game ditches simple for slick
- OC’s Line Rider game turned into McDonald’s commercials
- Line Rider meets OC: The video
- Watch the original video with Bostjan Cadez explaining his pet project
- Official site:Welcome to Line Rider
- Jagged peak video (YouTube)
- Wikipedia entry
- Original story: If you draw it, Line Rider will come (OC Register)
Tamara 'the Gadgetress' Chuang
