Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Game Debuts
Railroad Story – ($1.99)
In the tradition of Sid Meier's classic Railroad Tycoon comes Railroad Story, your latest chance to become America's most prosperous purveyor of locomotive lines.
Crazy Police – ($1.99)
An iOS remake of a 1983 Atari 2600 game originally called Busy Police, the newly renamed "Crazy Police" once again casts you as a retro-styled officer of the law on a mission to apprehend some at-large crooks. Levels are randomly generated to maximize replay value.
Super Ox Wars – ($1.99)
Llamasoft's homage to classic vertically-scrolling arcade shooters like Star Force and Xevious, Super Ox Wars puts you in the pilot's seat for retro-styled blasting action with targets spread through both the sky and the ground below. The polarity-switching of Ikaruga provides inspiration too, as you'll make a decision between pursuing red or blue power while playing.
Price Drops
Gene Effect – (Free)
Two months after its debut at $4.99, Lightstorm3D's side-scrolling, mine-exploring, sci-fi action/adventure has gone free for today only.
Stardunk Gold – (Free)
Godzilab's vision of how basketball would be played in outer space is free to download today, with both iPhone and iPad versions available.
CreaVures – (Free)
Chillingo's puzzle/platformer debuted at $0.99 three months ago, but today you can take up the quest to restore color and light to the magical forest for free.
Symphony of Eternity – ($0.99)
The debut price of $8.99 likely turned away a lot of potential players when this retro JRPG first arrived in the App Store last Fall, but it found a larger audience when it dropped down to just 99 cents for a limited time in December. That drastic price slash is back again, so take advantage of it now if you missed it before.
Defender Chronicles II: Heroes of Athelia – ($0.99)
After waiting nearly three years for this proper sequel to the popular Defender Chronicles to arrive, we've only had to wait about a month and a half for its first price cut – Defender Chronicles II went on sale in late May for $2.99, but now you can jump into its hybrid RPG and tower defense design for less than a buck.
Updates
Fruit Ninja – (Version 1.8.1)
Halfbrick's keeping the produce-slicing good times going by rolling out another free update. This one contains three new blades to wield against the endless onslaught of citrusy foods, along with two new backgrounds and some new challenges to tackle.
Cut the Rope: Experiments – (Version 1.4)
Players looking to satisfy Om Nom's endless appetite for candy are getting some extra assistance with Version 1.4's introduction of Superpowers, which will help players get past the toughest levels with new tricks like candy-guiding Telekinesis.
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Lucas M. Thomas is IGN Nintendo's longtime champion of downloadable titles across the Wii, DS and 3DS. He's happy to now be helping Justin round up the best options for App Store browsers. You can follow him on Twitter.
Source : ign[dot]com
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