It's Raptor Copter (iTunes link), a new iPhone game by Flashbang that takes the spirit of 3D, jeep-based Raptorcide and moves it into a 2D Choplifter-esque title. Your brief: "Capture raptors, drop them into factories, and teleport their sweet meats to the future."

Game's fun, and for a limited time only $0.99, but the good news keeps coming. Flashbang say that Raptor Copter was little more than a tech test, see if the iPhone could handle their Unity engine. Seeing as it can, they "are planning a Off-Velciraptor Safari iPhone port at some point", and if they're planning that, then hopefully an iPhone Minotaur China Shop can't be too far behind.

Raptor Copter Teaser (iPhone) from Flashbang Studios on Vimeo.

In slightly more serious news, the Rock, Paper, Shotgun guys also sat down to talk with Flashbang's Steve Swink about a variety of issues, including how games such as MCS, Off-Road Velociraptor Safari and Jetpack Brontosaurus come into being:

RPS: Which comes first - the name for the game, or the idea behind it? It’s really tempting to believe that someone said, “Jetpack Brontosaurus”, and someone else said, “Okay!”

SS: That’s very nearly how it went down! Jetpack Brontosaurus came from a single whiteboard sketch by our art director, Ben Ruiz. He was doodling one day on one of our ubiquitous wall-mounted whiteboards. What started as a humble Brontosaurus quickly grew to include turbines and safety helmet. It hung there for weeks as we finished up Raptor Safari, jet-setting its way into our collective hearts and subconscious. When the question was asked “so, chaps, what next?” all eyes turned immediately to Messeurs Jetpack and Brontosaurus upon the wall. It was a toss-up between Jetpack Brontosaurus and Stegosaurus Swiftboat. No contest.

It's all worth a look on an overcast Saturday, that's for sure.

Minotaur China Shop Is Live, We Talk To Flashbang & Minotaur Diary, Page 17 [Rock, Paper, Shotgun]