In celebration of Universal Pictures’ latest movie Despicable Me, Namco is releasing a game for the iPhone/iPod Touch and the iPad with the same characters from the movie. The film premiered yesterday and Namco was there to unveil the new game. The movie will be released to the public on July 9, but the iPhone/iPod Touch game, Despicable Me: Minion Mania, is available now on the Apple App Store. The iPad version of the game will be released on July 7th.
Players command Gru’s army of tireless minions in a puzzle based game. The Army has to be trained for the next evil undoing. There are 20 different stages to play through and all of Gru’s weapons are available to the player.
In addition to the Despicable Me: Minion Mania announcement, Namco announced a few other games heading to the iPad. PAC-Match Party HD will be heading to the iPad and so will Isaac Newton’s Gravity HD. PAC-Match Party HD is a match three puzzle game. Players have to attempt to match three of the same kind of object to clear the board and reach the next level. In Isaac Newton’s Gravity HD, players have to solve physics-based puzzles.
If you are a fan of puzzle games, head over to the Apple App Store and check out Namco’s latest releases.














