FTL Coming To iPad

From April 3rd you'll be able to download the critically-acclaimed spaceship sim FTL: Faster Than Light for your iPad.

Developer Subset Games have promised the game will be to the same standard as the PC original release in 2012, but with a lot of added content. This new content will be also available in a free update for the PC version.

The price in North America will be $10, a price for the UK and Europe is yet to be announced.

Here is a full list of the added features to the new edition of FTL taken from the official website:

• "Mind Control System: Temporarily turn enemies into allies. Force a boarder to repair the damage they just did, or have the enemy pilot sabotage their own helm."
• "Hacking System: Lockdown and disrupt enemy systems. Unique effects for each system, ranging from forcing a teleporter remove boarders to making the medbay damage instead of heal."
• "New Sector and Events: Our writer Tom Jubert has returned along with special guest writer Chris Avellone (of Planescape fame), who managed to find some time for us between his work on Project Eternity and Wasteland 2. They've been helping us add a new sector and scatter new events throughout the rest of the game."
• "New Weapons and Effects: Many new weapons that take advantage of new mechanics: overcharging to increase the number of volleys, stun effects to freeze crew, and area effect targeting, to name a few."
• "And more systems, drones, augments, enemy ships, enemy layouts, and hostile environments.