The final rites of gibbous summoning have been completed and the world counts down to oblivion as the critically acclaimed Call Of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land has launched for Android phones and tablets. The game is now available from Google Play (with Amazon's Android Store to follow) at a price point £2.99. The Android version is also translated to French, Spanish, German and Italian. The game's designer Tomas Rawlings remarked, "We've had a huge demand from fellow gamers for Cthulhu to spawn onto Android, so we're really excited to be able to deliver on our promise today."

The game requires Android OS version 2.3 (aka Gingerbread), OpenGL ES 2.0 plus a touch screen to run. The developers say they have tested the game on a range of devices including HTC, Samsung, Acer and are confident it will work on most touchscreen tablets and phones.

If you are new to this cult title, it is a turn-based strategy RPG inspired by the works of pulp horror writer H.P. Lovecraft. The game was developed by indie developer Red Wasp Design in co-operation with Chaosium, the publishers of the paper role-playing game, Call of Cthulhu. The video game features nine 3D levels set in the trenches of World War One. In The Wasted Land the player uses their team of investigators to uncover a deadly inhuman conspiracy underlying the Great War. As the game progresses, the player can build up the skills, weapons and equipment of their team. Key to the game is Sanity; the investigators must guard their minds against the myriad horrors that threaten to send them into the mouth of madness. Barbed wire, mustard gas and machines guns will prove to be the least dangerous thing the investigators will encounter as they venture out into No-man's Land to solve the mystery of the Wasted Land.