DIGITAL GAMES

Days of Thunder for iPhone

Paramount Digital Entertainment and Freeverse are offering Days of Thunder, a stock car racing game for the iPhone and iPod touch from the Apple's App Store. Paramount says it’s an action-packed excitement of full contact stock car racing while battling the field and racing your way to the finish line. 

The game allows you to play the part of Cole Trickle and use the iPhone's accelerometer to speed your way through six racing circuits, defeat your competition, and win the Days of Thunder Cup, for an introductory price of 99¢ for the opening weekend. 

Among its other features, you can draft off of the cars in front of you and when you are ready to slingshot past them, "Drop the Hammer" and get a burst of speed and invincibility. With seven challenging racers in each race, you can crash your opponent's car and watch the carnage in slow motion. 

Then hunt down your rivals, take them out and add their car to your garage. Unlock and collect up to 14 new race cars throughout the game, each with their own unique characteristics including acceleration, top speed, handling, attack and defense. 

The game promises five original music tracks to enhance the gameplay.

Paramount Digital Entertainment is actively using mobile platforms to promote its entertainment offers. In December last year, it had introduced Iron Man: Aerial Assault game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game is based on the 2008 Marvel Studios film released by Paramount Pictures. 

Also last year, Paramount and mobile game developer and publisher Magmic Games had launched mobile game on Eagle Eye, based on DreamWorks' "Eagle Eye." The thriller is directed by DJ Caruso and executive-produced by Steven Spielberg. It’s starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis, Anthony Mackie, and Billy Bob Thornton. The game was designed in parallel with the movie's climactic plot. 

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