Hydro Thunder Hurricane coming to Win8

A blast from the Vector Unit past is back!  Hydro Thunder Hurricane, the Xbox LIVE Arcade hit game from 2010, is revving up its boost engines for another run -- this time for Windows 8!

We've been hard at working porting the game over to PC over the last few months.  In particular we've been optimizing the game to run on tablet PCs, so Hydro Thunder fans can pick up their slates and enjoy rocket-powered speedboat racing out in the real world.  You know, at work, at school, at your in-law's place....wherever portable entertainment is necessary.

HTH will be available for Windows 8 in the Store when the OS launches later this year.  The game will feature all the levels and tracks from the XBLA version, as well as the bonus tracks and levels from the Tempest Pack DLC.

No word on pricing yet.  Stay tuned!

Helllooooo, Nook!

We just released both of our current Android games -- Riptide GP and Shine Runner -- on the Barnes and Noble App Store for Nook.

Link:  Vector Unit games on Nook

Seriously, the new Nook tablet is a pretty impressive piece of hardware.  It packs a lot of punch for $199.  At least, it runs both of our games well, and that's no easy feat seeing as how they're packed so full of 3D physicsy goodness.  

The old Nook Color ain't so bad, either, and the price is seriously right at $169.  I mean, dang-- that's like the price of a large popcorn at the movies these days.  Well, almost.  But you can't race jet skis in a bucket of popcorn. 

Blimey! We're on the BBC!

BBC reporter Marc Cieslak covers the latest phones coming out at Mobile World Congress.  Yeah, that's cool.  But even cooler is how, along the way, he shows both Riptide GP and Shine Runner as examples of "graphically gorgeous gaming".

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20120305-why-do-phones-all-look-the-same

NVision Magazine premieres, interviews The Unit

Dialect has just launched NVision magazine, a slick new Android digital magazine app that features in-depth articles and interviews about games, technology, movies, and a lot more.  In its first issue, there's a feature story about next-gen tablet development that features interviews with Matt Small and Ralf Knoesel of Vector Unit, alongside some other developers you may recognize.

Definitely recommend checking it out -- not only because we're in it, but because the articles and production values are really top-notch.  And despite what you might think, it's not just a big ad for Nvidia products, and you don't need an Nvidia tablet to run it.  There's really a lot of good stuff in there.  Plus it has a really sweet 3D interface.

Download it here from the Android Market -- excuse me, "Google Play".

Shine Runner Shines on the Transformer Prime

Gadget Helpline just printed an article listing out the best apps to take advantage of the power of the ASUS Transformer Prime tablet, and guess which games they picked?  Alongside Grand Theft Something-Or-Other they singled out Shine Runner.

We searched the Market for games that had been optimised for Tegra 3 devices – the Quad-Core processor that the Prime uses. There are several out there, but one that we came to land on was Shine Runner. It’s a high quality and extremely addictive game that requires you to race a hovercraft through swamplands as a hillbilly character, collecting money and delivering loot.

Thanks for the props, GH!  We're glad you've enjoyed runnin' shine with us!  We'll have to look into that other game at some point too.

Link: Top Apps for the ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime