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Award Winning iOS Game Flight Control HD Coming to the Mac App Store

And so iOS developers are beginning to port their apps to the Mac App Store. A few hours after the official announcement by Steve Jobs at the “Back to the Mac” event, Australian game studio Firemint (winners of two Apple Design Awards this year) has already confirmed that they’ll be bringing its blockbuster game Flight Control HD to the Mac.

Here’s an actual screenshot of the game already in development:

Flight Control HD has been a very successful game in the App Store so far, with millions of copies sold, two ADAs and portings to Sony’s Move platform and the Nintendo DSi. The announcement of a Mac version is the first of a long series we’ll see developing in the upcoming months. It’s no surprise iOS developers are already considering jumping to the Mac now that Apple is giving them the proper tools to do so.

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Federico is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of MacStories, where he writes about Apple with a focus on apps, developers, iPad, and iOS productivity. He founded MacStories in April 2009 and has been writing about Apple since. Federico is also the co-host of AppStories, a weekly podcast exploring the world of apps, Unwind, a fun exploration of media and more, and NPC: Next Portable Console, a show about portable gaming and the handheld revolution.

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