Earlier today we reported that Gameloft had released a new Guitar Hero-like game called Guitar Rock Tour [App Store].

The game reflects a high quality product as we’ve come to expect from Gameloft and includes 17 real songs including Beat It, In the Shadow, Girlfriend, Message in a Bottle, and Rock You like a Hurricane. All songs can be played on guitar or drums.

The gameplay video shows guitar portion only and tutorials for both sections:

App Store Link: Guitar Rock Tour, $9.99

Note: This game does not presently work on the iPod Touch.

Gameloft, one of our favorite iPhone developers, has released a Guitar Hero clone to the app store called Guitar Rock Tour [App Store].

The $9.99 game promisies “the only game on iPhone where you play guitar & drums like a rock god”. Features include:

• 2 instruments to play: Guitar & drums.
• Famous rock songs: Beat It, In the Shadow, Girlfriend, Message in a Bottle, Rock You like a Hurricane, Smoke on the Water, and more!
• Only rhythm game with console-type 3D graphics & animations.
• Exclusive Rock Star career mode takes you from your garage to the biggest stadiums!

We’ll provide a look at this new game shortly.

App Store Link: Guitar Rock Tour, $9.99

Note: It does not presently work on the iPod Touch.

Tapulous has released the previously announced Nine Inch Nails version of Tap Tap Revenge [App Store].

The first-ever special edition of Tap Tap Revenge, featuring 16 tracks from the last two Nine Inch Nails albums, The Slip and Ghosts I-IV. Put your rhythmic skills to the test, tapping and shaking your way through 16 tracks hand picked by Trent Reznor himself.

The new version contains a difficulty level unlocking and a Nine Inch Nails theme.

Tap Tap Revenge is the iPhone version of Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero and gameplay involves tapping the screen to the music. The premium version costs $4.99 while the original version of Tap Tap Revenge remains free [App Store]

App Store Link: Tap Tap Revenge: Nine Inch Nails Edition, $4.99

TechCrunch reports that Tapulous has announced that they will be offering a premium version of their rhythm game with a Nine Inch Nails theme. The new version will offer over a dozen NIN songs from its last two albums and may pave the way for additional licensed content in the future.

Tap Tap Revenge [App Store] is the iPhone version of Dance Dance Revolution or Guitar Hero and gameplay involves tapping the screen to the music. Tap Tap Revenge has seen enormous success in the App Store with over a million downloads as of August 2nd, 2008.

The current version of Tap Tap Revenge remains a free download. There’s no indication how much the premium version would cost.

As Palluxo! reports, Tapulous‘ iPhone take on Dance Dance Revolution, Tap Tap Revenge, has reached the one million downloads mark just two weeks after its release in the iTunes App Store.  Tap Tap Revenge is the second app to enjoy a million downloads, the first being the Facebook app [App Store] which crossed the line on July 26.

According to Tapulous,

“We have great designers, iPhone hackers from the good old days, award-winning Mac developers, and lots of entrepreneurial energy. Plus we have great investors, and we love them for believing in our vision: Andy Bechtolsheim, Marc Benioff, Jeff Clavier, Katrina Garnett, Khosla Ventures, Rajeev Motwani, Ben Smith and Rob Theis, to name a few,”

Tapulous is marking the the occasion by running a contest in which they are giving away one thousand albums. Winners can choose any music they want from Lala.com’s catalog of over 5 million songs. To participate, just sign up for a Tapulous profile–free of charge. (Users of Tapulous’ iPhone Twitter client, Twinkle [App Store], may have already done so.)

Tapulous indicates they will be launching several additional apps in the coming months, including premium editions of their existing products.

Tapulous’ Tap Tap Revenge [App Store] is another no-brainer download from the iTunes App Store.

This free game brings a fun and addictive rhythm game to the iPhone and iPod Touch. In the style of Dance Dance Revolution and Guitar Hero, the objective is to tap on the beats as they come down the screen.

The game was actually based on Tap Tap Revolution, a game that had been available for Jailbroken iPhones. The new developers have since added accelerometer support with left, right, and forward movements as well as two-player support.

The initial version only comes with 4 songs, but offers the ability to download more tracks. No extra songs are presently available but Tapulous is promising new tracks will come soon in addition to a stability update.

This YouTube video provides a good overview of the game:

Game Details

Name: Tap Tap Revenge
Developer: Tapulous
App Store Link: Buy
Price: Free
Compatibility: iPhone and iPod Touch

Dance Dance Revolution fans will be pleased to learn that a great looking iPhone take on that match-the-beat classic is headed to the iTunes App Store.  iPhone developer Nate True has sold his popular iPhone jailbreak title Tap Tap Revolution to a new company called Tapulous who have renamed it Tap Tap Revenge.  True was hired on as a developer at Tapulous to expand the game’s featureset and maintain it as it makes its debut in the App Store.

Among the new features added to Tap Tap Revenge are an overall new look, which True indicates is still evolving, an interesting head to head mode that allows two players (or one frighteningly dextrous player) to battle it out for the title of Rhythm King, and some degree of accelerometer control (as can be seen in the YouTube video), but we don’t have details on the last.  One feature that was dropped from the jailbreak original is the iTunes Library option which allowed gameplay using any song in a player’s library.  True indicates that iPhone SDK restrictions forced this omission, but the he has “a sneaking suspicion that it won’t be gone forever.”

Tapulous hopes to have Tap Tap Revenge available for download on App Store launch day, July 11.  And the best news of all?  It will be free–”at least to begin with,” cautions True.  So grab it early, folks.

[ via TUAW ]