To celebrate the launch of Psyonix’s brand new space shooter ARC Squadron on iOS today, players can download the title at a very special launch day price of just $0.99 (equivalent of around 61p) for the next 24hrs!

Piloting a sleek blade of a spaceship through gigantic tumbling asteroids and exploding space stations as an elite pilot in the ARC Squadron, the aim is to take on the evil race known as the Guardians in head-to-head combat. Tearing up and taking over the universe by ravaging planets and killing peaceful life forms, the Guardians are prepared for war! Penetrating their defences, hunting down each of the nine Guardian overlords and destroying the threat to humanity through nine missions provides plenty of one-touch-control action on tablets and smartphones. There is a massive amount of content packed into the game that looks vibrant and glossy, which is unsurprising as the Psyonix team bring a wealth of experience to the title with the studio previously having contributed to a number of blockbuster titles including XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Mass Effect 3, Bulletstorm, and Gears of War for clients including EA, Epic Games, Microsoft, Sony, 2K Games, and Square Enix. "ARC Squadron is our first mobile title, and we couldn't be happier with the outcome", said Dave Hagewood, Studio Director at Psyonix. "We refused to settle for anything less than the level of quality that we put into our console games, and ARC does not disappoint".

Three difficulty modes await, offering players the choice of six different ships with unlockable skins and 10 upgradeable weapons to allow for customization in gameplay. Happily, ARC Squadron stops short of being a mindless shmup against faceless enemies as the pace is broken up with special bonus Wormhole levels where grabbing a high score and grabbing collectables by deftly dodging oncoming space debris and/or moving obstacles for as long as you can which is also good practice for manoeuvring through the Guardian’s lasers and missiles.

For more details and to make the most of the iOS launch price (Android coming soon), see the Psyonix website.