Touch Pets: Dogs -- Ngmoco Aims to Take Virtual Pets Genre to Next Level

Since the invention of the tamagotchi in the 1990s, a wide range of companies have introduced games where you take care of a virtual pet — with social games on Facebook, like (fluff)friends, recently inspiring strong followings. Ngmoco has one of their own planned for the iPhone and iPod Touch, that is visually stunning and promises a range of features new to the genre. Called Touch Pets: Dogs, it’s due out “soon,” so here’s a closer look at what the game promises, based on what we know.