Luxor is a highly popular game with over 75 million downloads worldwide. Game mechanics are simple, you have to shoot colored marbles and make a match of  at least 3 of the same color.

In LUXOR, players will face off against the god’s evil minions threatening to ruin the mystical lands of Ancient Egypt. Players must clear chains by color-matching three or more spheres. Intuitive controls utilizing the innovative Multi-Touch user interface and accelerometer of the devices allow players to slide, tap, shake and tilt to manipulate a magical winged, side-scrolling shooter and launch power-ups. The fate of Ancient Egypt is literally in the player’s hands. The game also includes community features enabled by Plus+, the free social play network.

“We are pleased to bring the advanced capabilities of iPhone and iPod touch to our active base of LUXOR fans, and introduce LUXOR to a new audience of casual gamers,” said Mark Cottam, Chief Executive Officer, MumboJumbo. “Bringing existing fans and new ones into a mobile network that enhances gameplay for the user seemed like a natural extension of the LUXOR brand.”

“We saw MumboJumbo’s LUXOR as a darling in the premium casual game space, and perfectly suited for the iPhone and iPod touch,” said Simon Jeffery, Chief Publishing Officer, Plus+. “It’s exciting to create and serve an integrated social gaming experience in LUXOR for the iPhone and iPod touch using Plus+.”

Plus+ registrants in LUXOR can send challenges to friends via Facebook and Twitter, blaze to the top of global leaderboards and earn points in Plus+. These social play elements add to the hours of gameplay packed across 88 levels of action-packed strategy.

Luxor is available for just $2.99 on the iPhone and iPod touch via the Apple App Store. For more information regarding Luxor for the iPhone and iPod touch, visit http://www.luxoriphone.com/.

[via Business Wire]