“From the imagination of Linkin Park comes 8-Bit Rebellion, the only iPhone App game that turns Linkin Park’s world into your gaming reality.”

If that sentence made you at all excited, then the upcoming release of the iPhone and iPod Touch (as well as iPad) game, Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion, is going to send you into a spin.

Described as a “groundbreaking” multiplayer game (featuring the band’s brand new song, Blackbirds, and other of their hits), work on 8-Bit Rebellion is said to have begun more than a year ago, when the band approached developer Artificial Life with the concept of creating a “heightened app experience” for music and game fans alike.

The result? The first massively multiplayer iPhone app designed around a music artist, with game characters from a world famous band and intimate involvement from the band’s members in every aspect of the game, from character design and story, to gameplay and music.

Linkin Park vocalist Mike Shinoda said of the collaboration with developers Artificial Life:

“The collaborative process with Artificial Life was exceptional. They were able to turn my sketches and our creative ideas into a living, breathing world that we think gamers will thoroughly enjoy.

“This game is not just made for Linkin Park fans - anyone will be able to play and enjoy 8-Bit Rebellion. My bandmates and I grew up playing games like ‘Metroid,’ ‘Donkey Kong,’ ‘Zelda,’ ‘Space Invaders,’ ‘Mega Man’ and ‘Rygar.’ We wanted this game to have the feel of a vintage game, and a big part of it was the music.”

Check out the newly released debut trailer for Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion, and discover a few of the other neat features of the game, below:

Linkin Park: 8-Bit Rebellion Debut Trailer