In case you woke up this morning wondering why Tilt to Live HD hasn’t hit the iPad app store yet, it’s because it has been delayed :(. And if you weren’t wondering, then we saved you the trouble, so wonder no more! We’re currently still going through the approval process, but once things are in order we’ll be sure to let everyone know the actual release date. It sucks that things took a little longer than expected, but hey, that is the way of the app store.

We’ve got a lot of neat Tilt to Live stuff  in the works (iPhone and iPad included) along with some new projects, so it’s not all doom and gloom ;).

You can consider it in the mail if you used free, 5-8 day super-saver shipping. We submitted the release build to Apple yesterday, so we’ve penciled in September 30th the official release date. So on September 30th, barring some misfortune, expect to grab Tilt to Live HD for free. Free to play Classic with 4 weapons, $3.99 to own it all.

One thing you’ll notice immediately from this screenshot is the word “Score” where “Time” should be. While we were tweaking gameplay for the upcoming Tilt to Live HD, we invented a brand new Gauntlet mode; one that takes advantage of all this glorious space. It’s the same idea: survive weaponless in a barrage of dots, axes, and nasty surprises. But it’s no longer your time that counts. It’s how you use it.

What’s different?

• Everything.
• Dots, axes, and knives will be coming from all four edges of the screen, not just the right.
• No predictable formations, only chaos!
• No lives, you wimp.
• No depleting life bar at the bottom. Orbs give you points, instead.
• Orbs are more valuable if you collect them quickly.
• You won’t be graded on how long you last, but how many points you can gather.

Be on the lookout for TtL HD later this month. Classic mode is free to try, but this new Gauntlet is only playable in the full version.