With the Australian Open Tennis championships kicking off this week you can also get into tennis fever with a new kids mobile game called Tennis Hot Shots Galaxy.

Created locally by Millipede creative development with Tennis Australia the game features fantasy tennis tournaments in which players can perform out of this world shots not seen at the real world tournament.

It’s quirky and fun…but the underlying aim of the game is to promote Tennis Australia’s Hot Shots program, getting kids down to their local tennis club to swing a real racquet with friends.

Tennis Hot Shots galaxy is available free for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad – https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/tennis-hot-shots-galaxy/id557108837?mt=8

You can view my interview with the game’s developers below.

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…and here’s a trailer for the game.