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While Apple’s ensured all of it’s home-baked apps are making the most of the iPad’s retina display and new A5X chipset, it also had a handful of third-party app developers ready to show what the new hardware’s capable. First up was Namco, who revealed the iOS-exclusive SkyGamblers, and Ace Combat-styled jet combat simulator, with a whole load of detail crammed into both the plane models and background – something all those extra pixels can certainly help with and something we’re looking forward to testing out later this month. Taking a different approach, Autodesk’s SketchBook app took the opportunity to show off the level of detail its sketches were now capable of, alongside a new engine for the ink. We’re not exactly sure what that entails, but we’re sure it’s going to make our works of art really zing. The app can even export images larger than 100 megapixels and will be out in April. Finally, Infinity Blade developers Epic Games took to the stage to unveil Dungeons – the next iteration of the swiping and slashing dungeon battler.
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Apple reveals next-generation apps for the new iPad: Infinity Blade: Dungeons, SketchBook, SkyGamblers originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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