{"id":2021,"date":"2014-01-31T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T10:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/iphone-development\/hip-hop-berserker-now-free-creator-thanks-fans-denounces-app-store\/"},"modified":"2014-01-31T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T10:55:00","slug":"hip-hop-berserker-now-free-creator-thanks-fans-denounces-app-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/iphone-development\/hip-hop-berserker-now-free-creator-thanks-fans-denounces-app-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Hip Hop Berserker &#8211; Now Free &#8211; Creator thanks fans, denounces App Store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>College Park, Maryland &#8211; FourTwoThree Studio today is proud to announce the release of Hip Hop Berserker 1.0.1 available for free for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch along with a monthly contest where top players can win free prizes. This innovative hybrid of rhythm and action games has appealed to both casual and hardcore gamers who have lauded the games&#8217; superb soundtrack, gorgeous artwork, and addictive gameplay. AppAddict.net complimented the game calling it, &#8220;DDR for your thumbs.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would personally like to thank everyone who played, tweeted, left great reviews, and told their friends about Hip Hop Berserker,&#8221; says E.A. Gray, creator of Hip Hop Berserker. &#8220;Hopefully, by going free, we will be able to get this unique game into the hands of the masses.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Hip Hop Berserker offers a rich, unique blend of rhythm and action that has reached as high as being the #2 Music Game and one of the Top 100 Games (#85) in the App Store, despite not being featured by the App Store and receiving very little attention from the press. More alarming was the App Store&#8217;s decision to feature Sega&#8217;s Rhythm Thief &amp; The Paris Caper, a competing rhythm game which is not only currently charting beneath Hip Hop Berserker on the iPhone, but has received lackluster reviews. A YouTube video thanking fans and denouncing the App Store&#8217;s policies is currently available on Hip Hop Berserker&#8217;s YouTube channel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not being featured was a bit of a snub from the editors of the App Store, especially considering the fact that Hip Hop Berserker was initially charting better than games they chose to feature,&#8221; Gray continues. &#8220;It displays a lack of appreciation for Hip Hop and its audience, and even more egregious, it&#8217;s a smack in the face to independent developers. This won&#8217;t deter us from our goal of offering fans the best Hip Hop based video game experience on a mobile platform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Device Requirements:<br \/>\n* iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch<br \/>\n* iOS 6.1 or later<br \/>\n* 512 MB<\/p>\n<p>Pricing and Availability:<br \/>\nHip Hop Berserker 1.0.1 is available for free exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Review copies are available upon request.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prmac.com\/external_link.php?release=65103&amp;l=1&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fhiphopberserker.com%2F\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Hip Hop Berserker 1.0.1\">Hip Hop Berserker 1.0.1<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/prmac.com\/external_link.php?release=65103&amp;l=2&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fitunes.apple.com%2Fus%2Fapp%2Fid610634151\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Download from iTunes\">Download from iTunes<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/prmac.com\/external_link.php?release=65103&amp;l=3&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DLZ-ERAnAKBk\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"YouTube Video\">YouTube Video<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/prmac.com\/external_link.php?release=65103&amp;l=4&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fa5.mzstatic.com%2Fus%2Fr30%2FPurple%2Fv4%2F2b%2Ffb%2Fc1%2F2bfbc152-6b15-4eef-4d35-88b1e2455da1%2Fscreen480x480.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Screenshot\">Screenshot<\/a><br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/prmac.com\/external_link.php?release=65103&amp;l=5&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fa5.mzstatic.com%2Fus%2Fr30%2FPurple%2Fv4%2F4a%2F12%2Fee%2F4a12ee91-2212-d0d9-b697-c377601cebba%2Fmzl.xtvvusuh.175x175-75.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"App Icon\">App Icon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>FourTwoThree Studios is an independent game development\/animation company founded in 2013 with the goal of creating fun, beautiful games with captivating stories. Founder, E.A. Gray, also provides voice-work and creative consulting on cartoon\/video-game projects. Copyright (C) 2013-2014 FourTwoThree Studios. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and\/or other countries. Other trademarks and registered trademarks may be the property of their respective owners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FourTwoThree Studio today announces Hip Hop Berserker 1.0.1 available for free for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch along with a monthly contest where top players can win free prizes. Players will swipe\/tap to the rhythm of awesome Hip Hop tracks while following a gorgeously animated narrative. This innovative hybrid of rhythm and action games has appealed to both casual and hardcore gamers who have lauded the games&#8217; superb soundtrack, gorgeous artwork, and addictive gameplay.<\/p>\n<a class=\"moretag noptoppad\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/iphone-development\/hip-hop-berserker-now-free-creator-thanks-fans-denounces-app-store\/\">Read More...<\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iphone-development"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2021"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2021\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.vunet.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}