Considering it’s a cutesy game in a world full of them, it’s nice to see Laughing Jackal add some new features.

Some of these include online leaderboards which let you test your skills against other Hungry Giraffe players worldwide, Achievements, Worldwide Calorie Counter which keeps track of all the calories eaten by every single player, an all-new store menu, a new Angel Feather powerup which save you from certain death (each download giving you 5 Angel Feathers before you have to buy your own), new upgrades for negating poison, obtaining more boost from low-calorie foods, store more Hard Hats, and much more.

Check out the initial launch trailer for Hungry Giraffe to see it in action.

Hungry Giraffe  was commercially successful, with over 100,000 downloads worldwide.

We recently reviewed the game and appreciated some of its features.

Laughing Jackal have also provided some gameplay footage of the Minis version in action:

Our editor Kartik said about the game: “The game has a solid and enjoyable foundation, and you can pick it up and play it whenever you feel like and have tons of fun with it. It’s that kind of game. The visuals are charming and pleasant to look at, and the soundtrack is nice. ”

About Hungry Giraffe:

A 20 foot tall, 1200kg giraffe needs a ton of food each day just to survive. But, oh no! All the tastiest leaves have been eaten, while up in the sky endless streams of snacks, fruit and junk food hover just out of reach! Can you propel our long-necked, half-starved critter on his twisty-turny upward journey? Hungry Giraffe is the greatest giraffe-feeding game of all time! Dare you miss out?

That’s all there is to this game. Play Hungry Giraffe once, and you’ve basically seen all there is to be seen. While this lack of variety and innovation is definitely working against this game, it also makes for a simple and enjoyable experience, basically because what the game does, it does rather well.

You have to make sure that your giraffe eats everything edible that appears on the screen- from apples and strawberries to tacos and burgers. Eating food is what keeps the giraffe going, it’s what gives it strength to climb further upward. Some kinds of things give it more fuel than others- eating tacos will give you a larger boost than eating bananas.

But that’s not all the giraffe comes across. There are anvils and hammers and dumbells and other such things which are placed dangerously close to the food, and you have to avoid them as best you can. If the giraffe eats these, it gets weighted down, its speed slows down, and the danger of falling out of the screen is higher.

Then there’re the poisons. Eating these poisons has adverse affects, with the giraffe throwing up all over the screen. This blocks your view, and while pills can reverse this condition, it’s best that you avoid poisons too.

It’s a very simple premise, as you can see, and there really isn’t much to talk about. The game has a solid and enjoyable foundation, and you can pick it up and play it whenever you feel like and have tons of fun with it. It’s that kind of game. The visuals are charming and pleasant to look at, and the soundtrack’s nice. But there’s nothing out of the ordinary here.

Hungry Giraffe is a very ordinary, very simple game that won’t really stick out in your memory, but will give you several hours of enjoyment.

This game was reviewed on the PS3. 

Laughing Jackal have today announced that Hungry Giraffe, will be coming to the North American PSN store on February 7th, exclusively and free for PlayStation + users, before going on general release on February 21st priced at $3.49.

Established in 2005, Laughing Jackal are the developer of PlayStation minis such as Duæl Invaders, Vibes, Ace Armstrong vs. the Alien Scumbags, Stellar Attack, Cubixx, Orbit, the Fighting Fantasy series of gamebooks and the zombie chain reaction puzzler OMG-Z.

Laughing Jackal have today announced that their PlayStation Mini game Hungry Giraffe will be coming to the European PSN store a week earlier than originally planned on February 1, exclusively and free for PlayStation + users, before going on general release on the 15 February priced at £2.49 (€3.49).

Here’s a new trailer of the game: