To celebrate Christmas and the departure of our interns, we did our tradtionnal winter BBQ and setup our illuminated Yoda Christmas tree!

We are not Blizzard but this looks real snow no?

As usual our BBQ features big sausages I’d like to thank Armand, Andreas and Marco for this delicious BBQ.

For those who missed the new blog theme take a look top left of this screen.

Our new game, Mikks is out and available on the AppStore.

Easy to pick up, challenging to master; Mikks is the ultimate game for fans of energetic puzzle games. Fast-paced gameplay meets with hypnotic music tracks and colored blasts!

Your objective is simple: mix colored blocks and match 3 to make them disappear. Keep the board from overflowing with blocks to prevent a game over.

Beneath the retro style of the game is hidden a combo potential that will become the new reference for fans of the “match-3” genre.

• 7 game modes
• Over 15 game parameters and other surprises to unlock
• Fully customizable game settings
• 29 records to make and break against other players across the world via OpenFeint
• An explosive audiovisual experience
• Achievements waiting to be unlocked through the OpenFeint connectivity

Compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch, Mikks™ is available in English and French at the price of 1.99$ / 1.59€. You can download the game directly from iTunes using the following link.

A free version of the game is also available here to let you get a taste of Mikks™!

It’s not Christmas yet, but since we’re such a bunch of thoughtful fellows, here’s the mighty Fishing Cactus wallpaper! It’s available in every shape and size for your everyday desktop needs. Enjoy!

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We have already two projects nearly ready to be released! The first one is Mikks, a fresh, stylized and hardcore color based puzzle game exclusive for the iPhone. You’ll find this one very addictive.

The second project, also another exclusive iPhone and iPod Touch game, is call RollOut, it is a very unique platformer which has been co-developed with Artik Enterainment.

I’ll not say too much about them now, you’ll have to wait until the official press release.

We’ll attend the Game Connection in Lyon next week (8,9,10 December). If you want to meet us there feel free, we are in booth 100.

WOW! Shaun White iPhone Origins trailer has been released, I attached it below! For those who missed the previous news, Shaun White Origins is the new game on which Fishing Cactus heavily participated.

You can also take a closer look at the teaser, trailer and have some additionnal information (such as screenshots) on the official website setup by AMA. Enjoy.

We are finally able to talk a little bit about one of the projects we’ve been working on for the past months.

With the recent press release regarding Shaun White, Fishing Cactus is now able to proudly say that they have been heavily involved in the development process of Shaun White Origins on iPhone alongside AMA and Ubisoft.

The game is making its way to the App Store this December and is truly the best snowboarding game you’ll find on the iPhone, with some exciting new features such as an asynchronous multiplayer system through a ghost that you can send to your friends.

This unique 3D snowboarding project has been truly an amazing experience for Fishing Cactus and working with the Shaun White property a real pleasure for us all.

For those who want to know more about the game here’s the official press release from Ubisoft with some crispy details about the game. Enjoy!

Ubisoft is excited to present Shaun White Snowboarding Origins on the iPhone thanks to a collaboration with Advanced Mobile Applications (AMA Ltd) who will be in charge of developing and publishing the game on this new platform.

Shaun White Snowboarding Origins is expected to launch worldwide in December, closely following the launch of Ubisoft’s Wii console version. This title will encompass everything Shaun White and the iPhone reflect, including Shaun’s extensive community-based cult following.

The game will present a unique and iPhone specific snowboarding experience featuring:
• Four slopes spanning all corners of the globe – Chile, Japan, Spain and the USA
• Strong 3D graphics and quality audio
• Inventive controlling
• Ghost sending and playing option to share challenges, scores and tricks with your friends and the rest of the world, including a world ranking leaderboard
• The possibility to attempt and execute snowboarding tricks including ollies, tail grabs, melon and indy grabs, as well as spins and flips!

If some of you wanted to know more about Minim, our new iPhone game released yesterday, here is a small video showing how this game plays. Thank you Sandrine for the shooting.

Enjoy.

After the terrific success of Shift (downloaded more than 1,400,000 times), we are now proud to release our next new game called Minim on the App Store.

Developed in close collaboration with Atomic Cicada, Minim is a port of the original puzzle flash game they created.

But how original is this game you may ask? Well most games offer you to get more and more, in Minim you start with more but end with less. It is your time to get a chance to play with a chemistry set and your goal is to obliterate molecules by combining connected atoms, reducing the subatomic matter to a single particle.

Minim is compatible with the iPhone and iPod Touch, and requires iPhone OS 3.0. A free version of the game is available on the App Store and features the 5 first levels.

The full version offers you 50 levels (and more to come in a future update) and can be purchased on the App Store for 1.99$/1.59€.

You want to know more? Visit the website dedicated to the game here or watch the trailer below:

If you want to review the game please contact us at contact(spam)@(remove)fishingcactus.com

Enjoy!

Last month we got interviewed by Trends Tendances, a Belgian business oriented magazine. If you like, you can read the full interview here.

You’ll find in this article a brand new screenshot from our upcoming Wiiware game called Eyeballs

Today is a big day!

We are proud to showcase Fishing Cactus’ very first fan art courtesy of Olivier Drouet. Thanks again for having helped us getting some more color on our office walls.

Do you have an exceptional Fishing Cactus (or Root Beer)-related artwork you wanna share with the world? Feel free to send it to fan (AT) fishingcactus (DOT) com.