Infinity Blade is a fighting game developed by Chair Entertainment and Epic Games and released through the App Store on December 9, 2010. It is the first iOS video game to run on the Unreal Engine. In the game, the unnamed player character fights a series of one-on-one battles in a derelict castle to face the immortal God King. When in battle, players swipe the screen to attack and parry, and tap the screen to dodge and block enemy attacks. Upon victory or defeat, the player restarts the game as the character's descendant with the same items and experience level. Developed by a team of twelve people, the game was intended to demonstrate the new iOS version of the Unreal Engine. Four free expansions added new equipment, endings, and game modes. The game made US$1.6 million in the first four days after its release, more than any other app in the history of iOS, and over $23 million by the end of 2011. Reviews heavily praised the graphics and compared the mobile game favorably to console games. Critics also praised the swipe-based combat system, but split opinions on the cyclical gameplay as either addictive or repetitive.

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1775:

American Revolutionary War: After their loss in the Battle of Great Bridge, British authorities were forced to evacuate from the Colony of Virginia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Great_Bridge

1931:

The approval of the Spanish Constitution by the Constituent Cortes paved the way to the establishment of the Second Spanish Republic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Constitution_of_1931

1940:

Second World War: British and Commonwealth forces opened Operation Compass, the first major Allied military operation of the Western Desert Campaign (Cruiser Mk I tank pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Compass

1965:

A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first television adaptation of Charles Schulz's comic strip Peanuts, was broadcast for the first time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Charlie_Brown_Christmas

1979:

A World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox, making it the only human infectious disease to date to have been completely eradicated from nature. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox

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