'Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' coming to iOS

Hothead Games has announced that it is creating an interactive Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.

Previously thought to be a game based on Douglas Adams's works, the studio is instead creating an interactive version of the guide itself.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy promises to include all of the important information on towels, vogons, Milliways, Babel Fish and Pan-Galactic Gargle
Blasters that one should need in daily intergalactic travels.

"We really focused on taking existing Guide entries and presenting them in a new, interactive way," said Hothead's producer Joel DeYoung.

"We have so much respect for the original that we had to stay true to the style of Douglas Adams, and deliver an app that feels familiar to fans, but updated for today's devices."

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy was created by Douglas Adams and first appeared on BBC Radio 4 in 1978.

A film adaptation starring Martin Freeman was released in 2005.

A date has not yet been announced for the interactive Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy app.