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Star Wars Assault Team, Tiny Death Star get bullseye'd like womprats
It seems that Disney has instituted its own version of Order 66 and cleansed the iOS App Store, Google Play Store and Windows Store of free-to-play mobile games Star Wars Assault Team and Tiny Death Star. Both Pocket Gamer and Game Informer report that the decision to pull the games - both of which had been available for less than a year - was made so that the company could focus on Star Wars Commander. Further, it seems that Nimblebit - co-developer with Disney Mobile on Tiny Death Star - was not made aware of the game being retired prior to the game, well ... being retired. "We're very disappointed to see Tiny Death Star shuttered less than a year after launch," Marsh wrote to Game Informer. "We had no prior knowledge that the game would be removed and no longer even have a contact at Disney after the recent layoffs." "Suffice to say if you're a developer looking to partner with Disney this might not be the partnership you're looking for." Ouch. Maybe it's because the games just didn't fit Disney's new canon for the Star Wars universe? [Image: Disney]
First Star Wars game from Disney, Tiny Death Star, out now for free
That's no tiny moon – it's a Tiny Death Star, the first Star Wars game from Disney since it bought LucasArts in 2012, made in collaboration with Tiny Tower developer NimbleBit. Tiny Death Star is a pixelated Star Wars take on Tiny Tower, with players building their own Death Stars for the dark side of the Force. It's available now, free, for iOS, Android, Windows Phone and Windows 8. Disney shut down LucasArts as a development studio in April, shifting it to the licensing business. NimbleBit has made its mark in mobile development in recent years, with more than 10 million downloads of Tiny Tower as of 2012. But no matter how you may feel about Disney, LucasArts, Star Wars or NimbleBit, it's clear that Tiny Death Star is pretty darn adorable.
Aussie rebels steal secret plans for Star Wars: Tiny Death Star
Star Wars: Tiny Death Star has snuck onto the Australian App store and onto Australia's Google Play store. That's no small feat considering how imposing even the tiniest that's-no-moon must be. Star Wars: Tiny Death Star is a variant of NimbleBit's property management game, Tiny Tower. Players must construct levels with the world destroyer and help usher the Death Star into a prosperous future of intimidating the rebellion. The game is due to hit iOS and Android in North America sometime soon.
LucasArts and NimbleBit team up for Star Wars: Tiny Death Star
You love Star Wars -- yes, you do, don't lie -- and if you're an iOS gaming fan, you probably also love Tiny Tower, the micromanagement game from developer NimbleBit. Now, the two have been combined in an all-new title called Star Wars: Tiny Death Star. The game tasks you with building an all-new Death Star, level by level, in the same adorable 8-bit style NimbleBit has been perfecting for years. Not much else is known about the game at the moment, as Disney Interactive has held back all but the details above, but the game is slated to arrive "soon" for "mobile devices," which will undoubtedly include the iPhone and iPad.
Star Wars: Tiny Death Star coming soon from Tiny Tower devs
NimbleBit, indie creator of the mobile free-to-play hit Tiny Tower, has partnered with Disney to produce Star Wars: Tiny Death Star, due out soon for mobile devices worldwide. Similar in concept to Tiny Tower, Tiny Death Star is a simulation game in which players build floors and manage businesses in a bid to populate a tower (or a mobile instrument of planetary destruction, in this case) with workers and residents. Tiny Death Star will feature familiar Star Wars-themed locations filled with series characters and Galactic Bitizens. As of last year, Tiny Tower has racked up over 10 million downloads across the iOS App Store and Google Play.
