Orange County Register

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)

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