Halfbrick Studios, developer of the mobile hits Jetpack Joyride and Fruit Ninja, announced that its next release Colossatron: Massive World Threat will launch this year for iOS platforms.

Announced earlier this year, Colossatron puts players in control of a huge robot snake (from space, of course) that grows in size and destructive capacity as players attach like-colored body segments. At the same time, players must also fend off attacks from surrounding enemy vehicles, making it necessary to chain together color combinations to form new and unique weapons.

Colossatron will hit the App Store by the end of 2013.