LimeLife Releases Top Chef Challenge

Mobile content publisher LimeLife announced the launch of Top Chef Challenge, a new mobile game inspired by cable network Bravo's reality series Top Chef. Set behind-the-scenes of a fictional new restaurant, Top Chef Challenge enables players to customize their own characters--beginning as an entry-level dishwasher, they advance to chef status via a series of mini-games and kitchen drama test reflexes. Bravo will debut the mobile game tonight (9/8c), in conjunction with its Top Chef Holiday Special broadcast.

This is the first we've heard from Limelife in awhile - they bill themselves as the only company which specializes in publishing mobile content for women. They have put out some decent titles in the past including Girls Night Out Blackjack, but they haven't made much noise in the mobile gaming space recently. More pointedly, we are anxious for them to commit to the off-deck marketplace. There certainly is an audience wating for their games in places they may not have considered (womengamers.com and grrlgamer.com come to mind).

We (Movaya) will try to find some time to play Top Chef Challenge, which certainly is targeting a solid genre of mobile gaming. Game play is similar to Diner Dash and CakeMania, both of which have done well in mobile, and I imagine this was very intentional. Stay tuned, if the game blows us away we will report back. Hopefully I won't get fired for publishing an average review if it is called for :)