Nearly Daily iOS Games Update - 9 April 2011
Sure it’s Saturday, but we’re just catching up from the 48 hours on what is new in the world of iOS gaming.
Save a Star, Be The Bodyguard
Bravo Game Studios, the mobile game developer that brought you the fun and colorful Volcano Escape, today announced The Bodyguard, a brand new shooter that takes a shot at the egos, attitudes and obsessions of Hollywood.
The Bodyguard lets you play the role of celebrity protector, one that keeps away not only meddling paparazzi but belligerent fans as well. Become the bodyguard of caricatured versions of popular celebrities (Lady BlaBla, Rustin Beaver, and Count Edvard ring a bell?) and shoot down stalkers, snipers, a stubborn PESTA protester in a bullet-proof panda suit, and any fan that gets too close before they attack you and your precious celebrity escort. Keep your frightened superstar’s star power up and stress down and then unleash special star power attacks when the fans get a little too close.
Put Yourself in the Game with Ultimate Charades on iPhone and iPad
UK based Soluble Apps today introduces Ultimate Charades with Customisation 1.0 for iOS, their colourful new party game app that lets you make it your very own. Ultimate Charades can be customized to add your own favourite people, movies or things and remove any that aren’t familiar to you. Now you can put the things that matter right in the game. Ultimate Charades puts you in control of the one of the all time classic party games in a way you really haven’t been able to before.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
* 3.6 MB
Pricing and Availability:
Ultimate Charades with Customisation 1.0 is $4.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.
Soluble Applications: http://www.solubleapps.com
Ultimate Charades with Customisation 1.0: http://solubleapps.com/charades/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id428488693
PAN Vision Group, a leading independent Nordic publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment based in Stockholm Sweden, are pleased to announce that Kitty’s Tattoo, a cartoon style Management Game set in a tattoo parlour and developed by Frima Studio, will be releasing on April 14th for iPhone and iPad priced at $1.99/€1.99/£1.79 and $2.99/€2.99/£2.79 respectively.
In Kitty’s Tattoo, players take on the role of Kitty, an up-and-coming tattoo artist and entrepreneur in Milwaukee looking to make her name with the ultimate goal of establishing herself as a legendary tattoo artist. To progress, the player must tattoo customers as fast and accurately as possible to earn Reputation Points before time runs out. Performing harder, more complex tattoos provides more Reputation Points then easier designs. At the same time, players must manage the waiting customers’ patience and well-being as they wait for their tattoos. Eventually, amass enough Reputation Points to open tattoo shops in various cities, making your way to the big leagues and Los Angeles!
Great Composers 1.0 for iOS - Play and Learn with iPhone and iPod touch
Exedria Software has announced the release of Great Composers 1.0, an educational game for Apple iOS devices to play and learn through a combination of match games and flashcards. Great Composers features 62 composers and interesting details about their lives and masterworks. The game features a learning section providing interesting information about each composer, links to learn more and advanced stats to keep track of the high scores. A great, simple way to learn something useful having fun.
reat Composers features:
* 62 composers from all around the world
* rich graphics and portraits of the composers
* details about each composer and links to learn more
* 3 games to improve memory and concentration
* powerful stats tracked locally
* control panel to fine tune all the aspects of the games
* HD retina display optimized
Supported Languages:
* English and Japanese
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch and iPad
* Requires iPhone iOS 3.1 or later (iOS 4.3 tested)
* 34.6 MB
Pricing and Availability:
Great Composers 1.0 is offered at the introductory price of $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.
Exedria: http://www.exedria.com
Great Composers 1.0: http://www.exedria.com/great-composers-iphone-game-app/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id428554829
HISTORY Egypt Engineering an Empire is headed to the iPad!
Slitherine (www.slitherine.com), Matrix Games (www.matrixgames.com), and Bloober Team (www.blooberteam.com) are proud to announce that the critically acclaimed mobile strategy game, HISTORY™ Egypt Engineering an Empire, is headed to the iPad! Now owners of Apple’s popular tablet device can enjoy what is being called by critics as “a must buy” and “a great game for gamers who wish to step into the world of strategy gaming.”
Empires are controlled from three main views: the Campaign Map shows the entire game world, including mountains, forests, coastlines, oceans, rivers, cites, and armies. The City Map gives players an overview of the structure and role of a city within the empire, and provides a basis for economic decisions. The Battle Map is to be used when diplomacy has run its course or when a city is being attacked, resulting in turn-based combat.
The game is graphically rich with fast paced addictive gameplay. It is ideal for newcomers to the turn based strategy game genre.
Get more information on of HISTORY™ Egypt Engineering an Empire from its official product page.
PikPok and Premier League Champions Launch Flick Kick Chelsea Mobile App
PikPok and Chelsea Football Club have today announced the launch of Flick Kick™ Chelsea, a team specific version of one of the UK’s top mobile apps, Flick Kick™ Football. It features all the best bits of the original app as well as Chelsea trivia and the iconic stadium Stamford Bridge as the game’s backdrop. Flick Kick Chelsea challenges players to score for the current Premier League champions from free kick positions by bending the ball around the opposition defenders and goalkeeper. The app is available for purchase for US$1.99 or £1.19.
For the latest news and updates on Flick Kick Chelsea, follow @pikpokgames on Twitter and join the Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/pikpokgames With all the five-star features of its predecessor, Flick Kick™ Chelsea brings you eight addictive game play modes set at Stamford Bridge:
• Online multiplayer
• Pass & play
• Send a shot
• Skillshot mode
• Arcade mode
• Practice mode
• Bullseye mode
• Time attack
Flick Kick Chelsea highlights:
• Know everything about Chelsea Football Club? Test your knowledge against a range of questions about the club
• Full auto-matchmaking multiplayer through Game Center. Face-off against other Chelsea fans around the world
• Set at Stamford Bridge, the iconic home of Chelsea Football Club
• New in-game technology allows you to receive messages and updates from Chelsea at any time
The game has all the qualities that made the Flick Kick series so popular:
• Bend the ball around your opponents
• Take on your friends in multiplayer mode
• Show off your accuracy on OpenFeint and GameCenter leader boards
• Give it all you’ve got, and attain up to *40* GameCenter and OpenFeint achievements
Discover infinite word-search fun with Word Search Plus for iOS
WEBST Consulting today introduces Word Search Plus 1.0, their new word game for iOS. This enhanced word search game offer players an effectively infinite playing experience, access to definitions, and the ability to look up the origins and historical contexts of words they find as well. The app includes an immense word bank, and because new games are created at random players are certain that they’ll never play the same exact puzzle more than once.
Word Search Plus is a fully featured mobile word gaming experience, with enough content and flexibility to satisfy almost any user. The game includes five separate difficulty levels, with the most challenging ones initially locked and up to the player to unlock by completing games on easier settings. For diversity the app includes 23 unique word genre categories, with word groups ranging anywhere from car names to Greek mythology, and cooking terms to world cities. Furthermore, each word included in the game comes complete with a full definition. Enterprising players can even use this game to inspire community competition, posting their high scores on their Facebook page and daring their friends and family to beat them! Word Search Plus represents a modern mobile update of the classic word game experience of the same name, adding in more features while never loosing sight of what has made this unique word challenge a popular pastime to begin with.
WEBST Consulting: http://webst.gr/
Word Search Plus 1.0: http://www.wgames.gr/game.php?n=59
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id425373481
Mediakitchen Releases Ball Frenzy - Have you got the balls to win?
UK developer Mediakitchen today introduces Ball Frenzy 1.0, their new extremely addictive game for iOS devices. Ball Frenzy combines elements of popular ball games such as marbles, pool and bowling. The concept is simple - knock all of your opponents balls off the pitch before they knock off all of your balls. Ball Frenzy is easy to play but difficult to complete. With a simple one finger control and no complex rules, this game is easy to pick up and start playing immediately.
Features:
* One player and two player modes
* Local high score storage
* Local achievements
* OpenFeint high score table
* OpenFeint achievements
* Automatic saving of game
* Pitch flipping feature
* High quality graphics and sound
* Hours of entertainment
* Highly addictive and fun game
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch or iPad
* Requires iOS 3.1 or later (iOS 4.0 Tested)
* 18.2 MB
Pricing and Availability:
Ball Frenzy 1.0 is only $0.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.
Mediakitchen: http://www.mediakitchen.co.uk
Ball Frenzy 1.0: http://www.ballfrenzy.com
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id418034613
Splat It! 1.01 for iOS - Billiards/Paint Ball, Plus Lasers, Puzzle Game
Independent developer Hitesh Patel today announces Splat It! 1.01 for iOS, his puzzle game that challenges players to carom a "cue ball" off walls and blocks, splattering all the blue balls on the table. Featuring four stages and 60 levels of play, each level is a unique puzzle that must be completed to go on. The game requires patience and skill to place and shoot the "cue ball" so that it will run over the blue balls using the minimum number of shots and bounces, gaining the maximum score.
Feature Highlights:
* Puzzle game challenges players to aim and shoot a "cue ball" at target, blue balls on the table
* Cue balls carom off walls and blocks to splatter target balls
* Four stages and 60 levels of play (with additional stages and levels in development)
* Four unique kinds of cue balls with special properties
* Lasers and spikes splatter cue balls
* Cue balls lose 25% of their lives with each bounce, splattering on the fourth carom
* Helpful in-game tutorials
* Challenges reaction time, logical thinking, strategic planning, and visual perception
* Includes Game Center and OpenFeint connectivity
* Download Global Scores
* Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals at each of 60 levels
A mesmerizing game, combining the careful calculation of angles of incidence and reflection with strategic planning and quick reflexes, Splat It! uses a scoring system as systematic as the game itself. Players are scored on the value of targets, balls, and bounces required. Bronze, Silver, and Gold Medals are awarded for global high scores at each of the 60 levels. The game includes OpenFeint and Game Center connectivity.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
* iOS 3.0 or later (iOS 4 tested)
* 10.9 MB
Pricing and Availability:
Splat It! 1.01 is $0.99 (USD) and available worldwide through the App Store in the Games category. Splat It! Lite 1.01 is available free. Review copies are available upon request.
Splat It! 1.01: http://www.gamesbyhp.com/
Purchase and Download: http://itunes.apple.com/app/id410388332
