April 14, 2012: Contra has been such a terrific series over the decades that it’s surprising we haven’t seen more clones on iOS. Star Marine: Infinite Ammo certainly fits the bill, offering just about everything we could ask for in a side-scrolling action game. With great graphics and pitch-perfect gameplay, Star Marine belongs on any retro gamer's device.

April 14, 2012: With mobile games sold online for only a few dollars apiece, GlitchSoft is tapping into the growing "virtual marketplace" within mobile games. This allows users to pay to customize their game-playing experience by changing characters or buying more advanced weapons, for example.

April 14, 2012: Star Marine: Infinite Ammo is an impeccably fast paced, console grade run n' gun action game that fully utilizes the gaming power of Apple's latest touch devices. Gamers will quickly recognize Star Marine's style of play and enjoy the game's level of precision and polish.

April 14, 2012: Toronto (February 2012) – The Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC) has awarded GlitchSoft financial resources to assist in the development of its upcoming Action-RPG game “Dragon Realm.” Slated for release later in 2013, “Dragon Realm” (working title) will be one of 21 projects supported by the highly competitive OMDC Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Fund in 2012.To date the OMDC IDM Fund has contributed $10.2 million in 97 projects representing a range of genres, delivery platforms and budgets since its inception in 2005. Recently reported results from the Fund include:the stimulation of content creation worth close to $33 million in production the creation of over 700 jobs with funded projects expending approximately $25 million in Ontario on labour costs leveraging an additional $3 from public and private funding partners for every dollar invested supporting projects with commercial success with revenues of projects launched to date of $45 million… and growing.

April 14, 2012: Developed by GlitchSoft, renowned for Destructopus!, ‘Star Marine: Infinite Ammo’ is a side-scroller that is inspired by, and features comparable gameplay to iconic titles like Contra, Rapid Reload, and Metal Slug! Set in the distant future and in the darkest corner of the universe, a tyrant race captures and oppresses all living creatures within their realm. One-by-one the race acquires control over all – that is, until they cross paths with one man. He goes by the name of Arc, and he is a battle hardened drifter with no set course. Untamable, unforgiving, and unstoppable, he will bring apocalypse to the evil race in a fiery charge rampant with bullets and explosions.

April 14, 2012: Oh, the days of the NES. This was a time when the tough-as-nails run ‘n gun games were all the rage – large men with larger guns and names like “Mad Dog” and “Scorpion” ran around and shot aliens and general ne’er-do-wells across time and space. Sadly, despite the occasional Metal Slug game popping up, there just hasn’t been much in the way of wanton running and gunning in two dimensions. Glitchsoft, previously known for Destructopus, is trying to bring the genre back with Star Marine: Infinite Ammo.

April 14, 2012: Founded in late 2009 Ottawa-based GlitchSoft is an independent game studio that produces and publishes games for the iOS platform using its own proprietary game development engine and tool set, called the Helios Game Engine.To date, GlitchSoft has published 4 titles on the iOS platform (including Bar Star and Destructopus) accounting for one million downloads. Of these 200,000 were paid downloads and 800,000 were free games focused on in-game monetization.GlitchSoft is backed by investment from the Wesley Clover Group of Companies and has received funding as a part of Wesley Clover’s Digital Media Portfolio. Through the portfolio, GlitchSoft has access to in-house digital entertainment, live action, and animation studios. All of which allow GlitchSoft to maximize flexibility for production while maintaining efficiency.

April 13, 2012: Take the destruction and human-crushing glee of classic mega-monster game Rampage, make it a side-scrolling iOS game, throw in some adorable animals in distress and you've got the highly entertaining Destructopus!, now available for iPhone and iPod touch.Destructopus! puts you in control of a massive sea beast, the titular Destructopus. Awoken from his centuries-long undersea slumber by "greedy industrialists," the cyclopian terror lays waste to man, machine and skyscraper by scrolling to the right, crushing whatever lies in his path.

April 13, 2012: This villain actually wants to save the world by destroying most of it.What happens when you give a giant octopus the power to destroy nearly anything?Wrap your tentacles around the new $1.99 iOS game Destructopus, a '90s throwback arcade side-scroller from Glitchsoft that unleashes a Destructopus hell-bent on rescuing the world.Why would something so evil-looking want to save the globe? According to the lore, the deep-sea Destructopus is actually peaceful, despite having a vile visage. After being accidentally awoken by "greedy industrialists" during a century-long slumber, the big, bad cephalopod comes ashore to right what's wrong. Fueled by an appetite to rid the world of pollution and reverse the course of a dying world, this "green" monster slowly works his way through cities to destroy corporations and save trapped endangered animals.

May 5, 2011: Destructopus offers plenty in a simple yet addictive package. As enemies and some impressive bosses are defeated, players also accrue coins which can be used to purchase upgrades. These upgrades range from simple dash moves to improved aim, faster speed and health boosts. The continued lighthearted tone behind the game is also evident in the form of the shopkeeper too.

March 31, 2011: Destructopus has been dubbed a side-scrolling Destruct-Em-Up game that packs a wallop. In arcade style, players play as a gigantic octopus-like sea monster as they work their way from coast to coast wreaking absolute havoc! The reason for the rampage? Well, GlitchSoft isn’t revealing any secrets just yet and the development team encourages interested parties to check the game out first hand to see what all the destruction is about.

March 28, 2011: GlitchSoft's casual time management game, Bar Star HD, has caught the eye of Apple and is currently featured on the front page as New and Noteworthy. The original iOS version of Bar Star was a Top 25 hit in the iTunes App Store and received and outstanding 4 star average rating from reviewers!