Details are a bit sparse for now, but we’ve now heard from multiple sources that Tapulous plans to release a version of their popular iPhone music game, Tap Tap Revenge, themed around British alt-rock band Coldplay early next week. This isn’t the first time the company has partnered with a band for premium releases; December of 2008 saw the Weezer-branded “Christmas with Weezer” edition, and an NIN edition was released last September.
The application has been submitted to the app store, and will likely see a release on Monday night or Tuesday morning. No whispers of pricing just yet. Both the Weezer and Nine Inch Nails releases went for $4.99 at the time of their release, though the Weezer edition has since dropped to $1.99 (presumably due to its Christmas theme being a bit less relevant now). As such, it is quite likely the Coldplay edition will launch for around 5 dollars.
As for content, we’re told that it’ll be made primarily of their recent popular stuff, though we’re also told that it will feature at least one remix from outside of their standard discography.
Once the iPhone 3.0 update has been released to the masses, these stand-alone artist-specific releases will no longer be necessary, as the SDK now supports premium content add-ons. However, premium content sales are only available for applications that were not free to begin with; might Tapulous release a be all, end all premium version to encapsulate its catalog of licensed content?
We will update this story if more details come in.
maybe tapulous should work on fixing all the bugs in TTR2 first….
An update is currently in β-testing and will be out shortly :)
I’m still mad I couldn’t get it onto my phone. Stupid 3.0
Coldplay sucks.
Shaun sucks.
Ya know why Tapulous is…oh never mind.
Seriously though, this band both sucks and blows. I just never understood how people can be so passionate about such watered down rock.
3 piece suit rock must die!
because they aren’t music snob douches like you, and they appreciate any and all music they enjoy listening to, and most likely couldn’t care less about your thoughts on music or anything for that matter
I love music snob douches that share my views.
Coldplay fans are so sensitive.
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Does anyone know if there is a connection between this game and the new Stroke 9 hit “Tap Tap Revenge”? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC9LommQ7kI
Well, if they use any songs from their second album all I’ll be tapping is a razor blade on my wrist. That album is just depressing!