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iPhone application developer Firemint announced that its upcoming App Store lineup will take advantage of Apple’s just-announced iPad hardware, with an updated version of its multi-million-selling Flight Control currently in development.
“We are already building our next generation of games for higher definition, more powerful devices than are available today,” the company said in a statement released today. “We like to imagine what the devices of tomorrow will be capable of, and invest in bringing our games to the next generation of hardware.”
Firemint joins a growing number of developers to officially announce support for the platform. Apple demonstrated iPad-optimized versions of Gameloft’s N.O.V.A. and Electronic Arts’ Need for Speed: Shift at an unveiling event earlier today.
Prior to Apple’s event, Stand Alone Inc. also voiced its support for the new hardware. The company will release “a larger version” of its Crosswords app to take advantage of the iPad’s expanded screen size, and will continue to offer new downloadable puzzles from major newspapers on a daily basis.
It is currently unknown if existing applications can be updated with iPad support, or if the change will necessitate new standalone releases. Apple notes that iPad-optimized apps will be featured in a special section in iTunes after the device is released, but has issued no comment as to whether featured games will also be playable on the iPhone or iPod Touch.
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