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Social Gaming Network Announces Updated F.A.S.T. Game Available on Apple App Store

Posted on: Wednesday, 17 June 2009, 16:03 CDT

iPhone OS 3.0 Capability Enables Live Competition Via Bluetooth

PALO ALTO, Calif., June 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Social Gaming Network today announced its F.A.S.T. (Fleet Air Superiority Training) application has been updated with iPhone OS 3.0 features to enable lightning fast multiplayer gameplay over Bluetooth. Made possible by the iPhone OS 3.0 update, the reworked F.A.S.T. lets pilots play one-on-one over Bluetooth. In the genre of dogfight games for the iPhone and iPod touch F.A.S.T., the air combat flight simulation program, is the ultimate speed-driven, live, multiplayer game.

"The ability to now play games from the Apple App Store over Bluetooth is an unprecedented achievement. Friends can now play F.A.S.T. against each other anywhere, anytime," said SGN CEO and co-founder Shervin Pishevar. "F.A.S.T. built for iPhone OS 3.0 breaks the mold for social mobile gaming and we are excited to lead this charge by continuing to build the most innovative games that keep people around the world interacting in entertaining ways."

Fly white-knuckle, breakneck speed missions with a variety of jet aircraft armed with advanced missiles and miniguns. Battle over Wi-Fi, and now Bluetooth, using multiple weapons such as radar guided and heat seeking missiles, and 20 millimeter miniguns. This game also utilizes accelerometer technology and the innovative Multi-Touch user interface of iPhone and iPod touch to deliver simulated flight through realistic flight controls.

Additional features of F.A.S.T. include a 360-degree environment with realistic flight controls and graphically rich airborne combat environment. The 'stunt camera' view lets you see the dogfighting action from above. Players fly 30 missions of increasing difficulty, from novice to insane and choose from 10 advanced aircraft including stealth fighters.

The F.A.S.T. application is available for a limited time for just $5.99 from Apple's App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/.

About SGN

SGN is the largest developer of social mobile networking games and applications. SGN's current stable of advanced games has led to more than 13 million downloads of its suite of games on the iPhone and iPod Touch. iBowl, the company's most successful game, was also recently named #6 on Apple's Top 20 Apps of All Time list and awarded 24% of the iPhone and application market by ComScore. SGN's games also command more than one million game players per day across multiple social networking platforms including Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. For more information, please visit www.sgn.com.

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Source: PR Newswire

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