Wrestling is a very popular sport and when you speak about professional wrestling, besides WWE, the name of Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling also pops up. Video games based on the World Wrestling Entertainment are a hit with the crowd and a title based on TNA is also coming soon.
Now Longtail Studios has announced a TNA Wrestling game for the mobile platform. The game is expected to not only offer the wrestling aspect to mobile phone users, but also the storytelling facets of professional wrestling. Gamers take the role of an up-and-coming superstar and then can go one on one with their beloved TNA wrestlers both in and out of the ring.
Dixie Carter, President, Total Nonstop Action commented, :TNA is time after time searching out new media platforms to better serve our fans worldwide, and mobile gaming will put our brand at the cutting edge of gaming.:
Jason Altman is the head of production at Longtail Studios. He stated, :Wrestling is about so much more than what happens inside the ring. With the TNA mobile game fans will get to experience and control the action both in and out of the ring.:
Here are the features of the TNA Wrestling mobile video game:
Master strategy and turn-based wrestling gameplay
Strategy gameplay – Decisions and alliances you make outside the ring affect what happens inside the ring
Customizable characters fans can create, including looks and persona
Accumulate points to learn new moves and finishers
Special matches such as tag team gauntlet and iron man formats
Unlockable “unlimited wrestling mode”
TNA superstars such as Kurt Angle, A.J. Styles, Christian Cage, Samoa Joe, Sting, The Latin American Xchange and more!
TNA Wrestling mobile video game is being developed by Longtail Studios. The game will be published by Advanced Mobile Applications and will be released in the spring of 2008.