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Apple has released a ton of “Top Lists” regarding their incredible little portable, the iPhone. The iPhone has increasingly become a video game platform with sales of Super Monkey Ball and other iPhone Games flying off the virtual store shelf.

Here is the list of the Top Paid Games on the Iphone.

Top Paid Games:

1. Texas Hold’em
2. Moto Chaser
3. Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart 3d
4. Super Monkey Ball
5. Cro-Mag Rally
6. Enigmo
7. Air Hockey
8. Bejeweled 2
9. Flick Bowling
10. Line Rider iRide

Top Free Games:

1. Tap Tap Revenge
2. Labyrinth Lite Edition
3. Sol Free Solitaire
4. iBowl
5. Pac-Man Lite
6. Touch Hockey:FS5
7. Cannon Challenge
8. Audi A4 Driving Challenge
9. Sudoku
10. reMovem

Video games even creeped into the Top Apps list!

Top Paid Apps (Overall):

1. Koi Pond
2. Texas Hold’em
3. Moto Chaser
4. Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart 3d
5. Super Monkey Ball
6. Cro-Mag Rally
7. Enigmo
8. Pocket Guitar
9. Recorder
10. iBeer

Source: infendo.com

[Thanks, Joe]

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It has been revealed that IGolf and IBowl for Apple’s iPhone have sold a phenomenal 2 million copies since they’re release on the App Store, which debuted on July 11th for iPhone and iPod Touch.

Thanks to that success, the game’s developer, SGN, has also released their newest game, iBaseball. Reports techcrunch.

All of the game’s from the publisher are free to download, and they use the accelerometer in your iPhone to control gameplay, allow you to make motions to throw or bat, for example, much like games for the Nintendo Wii. iBaseball includes applause and sound effects, vibration for when a hit is made and even supports left-handed gameplay. You can also challenge a friend to play, but only by taking turns. However direct head-to-head play will be coming soon as announced by CEO Shervin Pishevar, who also announced that more games from the developer are inevitable (that goes without saying).

The App Store has been a tremendous success so far. There are over 700 iPhone games and applications on the App Store and include some big names that are either already released or in development, including Super Monkey Ball Iphone (which has sold over 300,000 copies), Star Wars The Force Unleashed, Spore Origins, Need for Speed Undercover, Wolfenstein RPG and Doom RPG2, Real Soccer 2009, Bomberman, Peggle, Sonic the Hedgehog, Tetris, The Sims: DJ, The Sims: Bowling, The Sims: Pool, Bejeweled and many, many more.

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EA has announced that they are developed a Spore Space Stage Expansion Pack, with a release date set for Spring of 2009.

The expansion pack will allow players to beam creatures down from their spaceships to explore new planets and go on missions, adding an adventure-style mode to the game. In addition, an Adventure Creator mode will allow players to create their own custom missions, which they can then share with friends and enemies through the magic of the Internet.

In other Spore news, Electronic Arts confirmed that they are indeed releasing a Spore Creepy & Cute Parts Pack to stores worldwide on November 18th, as retail listings had previously revealed. The pack will include an additional 100 new components to create creatures with. The components will be themed in two styles: charming/cartoony and scary/monster-like.

Here’s the E3 2008 trailer for Spore, which is available for the PC, Mac, iPod and for the DS in form of Spore: Creatures.

Via Shacknews

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Last week Apple CEO Steve Jobs announcing the success of the App Store, where users have downloaded more than 100 million games and applications in the last 60 days. The majority of those downloads are iPhone games with over 700 games on the App Store as of today. Out of the gate, SEGA’s Super Monkey Ball for Iphone quickly established itself as a top-seller. Electronic Arts hopes to follow SEGA’s success with its recent release of Spore Origins on the App Store, which will be followed by a mobile version of Need for Speed Undercover. Gameloft’s Real Soccer 2009 was also announced and released last week, the iPhone/iPod Touch game is a fully licensed 3D soccer game featuring almost 200 teams and real life players.

Announced a while back was LucasArt’s Star Wars: The Force Unleashed version for iPhone, and id Software’s mobile devision has also shown interest in the platform with plans to port Wolfenstein RPG and DOOM 2 RPG to the iPhone and their lead programmer John Carmack calling the handheld as powerful as a Dreamcast console.

Game developers are making more and more use of the technology in Apple’s devices. Gamers can purchase the games seen in the below features montage for their Apple iPhone or iPod Touch through the App Store.

A different version of the ad can be found at Apple.com.

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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed has been announced for iPhone.

Like the other versions of the game, which is coming to pretty much every platform known to man (Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, DS, PC, etc.), the iPhone version will have it’s own unique features that will seperate it from the other versions.

The iPhone version will feature gesture-based Force powers using the iPhone’s multi-touch interface.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed is being developed outside of LucasArts by THQ Wireless.

Check out a video of the game in action.

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In Wolfenstein RPG for mobile phones and iPhone, you battle soldiers, the elite guards and the undead that make up a total of 32 different enemies. Fight with a deadly World War II arsenal. Explore full 3D environments in 9 levels of explosive action. “As Allied forces bombard Axis strongholds, the Axis paranormal division ramps up activity in a bid to destroy the world.” Crush the Axis of evil and save the world using over 17 conventional and paranormal weapons, including dynamite and toilets. Wolfenstein RPG uses an Achievement-like system, where you win medals for exploring everything and discovering hidden secrets and treasures. You can even test your skills at 2 mini-games: “War” and “Kick the Chicken”.

The mobile development team at id Software — together with John Carmack — is currently working on both Wolfenstein RPG and Doom 2 RPG for mobile phones, announced id CEO Todd Hollenshead at Quake Con 08. He also said the company would like to bring both games to the iPhone as well. Wolfenstein RPG will be released by EA Mobile on mobile phones in November 2008.

Heroic OSA agent BJ Blazkowicz returns in Wolfenstein RPG on your phone, now with a full 3D engine, enhanced from the Orcs & Elves DS engine. It changes the classic run-and-gun shooter into a turn-based adventure game.

Watch the first Wolfenstein RPG trailer from Quake Con 08.

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Need for Speed: Undercover is the name of the newest installment (#12) in EA’s extremely popular Need for Speed racing series, developed this time by EA Black Box. It is set for a release on November 17th, 2008 for nearly every system known to man, including: Wii, DS, Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, PSP, PC, iPod, iPhone and cell phones.

Need for Speed: Undercover will be more action-oriented this time around where dangerous, high-speed encounters are the name of the game via a new highway battle mode. The game will also include an open-world and hopes to improve on all previous aspects of the game.

EA has stated that they were disappointed with ProStreet, and they hope to take Need for Speed back to it’s roots with Undercover; Where they also plan to bring in more innovation to the gameplay. And hopefully this games longer development cycle will allow that to happen.

In addition, Need for Speed: Undercover has taken inspiration from films such as The Transporter, and will include a large narrative embedded into the structure of the game.

Check out this all new CG teaser for Need for Speed: Undercover to give you a hint at what to expect.

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Apple CEO Steve Jobs has said about the July 11 iPhone App Store launch that 25% of the first 500 applications at the store will be free. Of the commercial applications, 90% will be sold for $9.99 or less, and most interestingly for gamers is that he added a third of the first wave of applications will be iPhone games.

Here are the best choice games (both free and paid) out of the around 165 titles available. Read the list of recommended iPhone games in alphabetical order:

* Adventure: The Interactive Original (adventure) – FREE
* Aurora Feint: The Beginning (puzzle) – FREE
* Aqua Forest (puzzle) – $7.99
* Bejeweled 2 (puzzle) – $9.99
* Bomberman Touch: The Legend Of Mystic Bomb (action) – $9.99
* Bubble Bash (puzzle) – $7.99
* Chess & Backgammon Classics (board) – $9.99
* Chimp’s Ahoy (action) – $9.99
* Chopper (action) – $7.99
* Code Runner – FREE
* Crash Bandicoot: Nitro Kart 3D (racing) – $9.99
* Critter Crunch (puzzle) – $9.99
* Cro-Mag Rally (racing) – $9.99
* Crosswords (puzzle) – $9.99
* Diamond Twister (puzzle) – $7.99
* Enigmo (puzzle) – $9.99
* Etch a Sketch (drawing) – $4.99
* Ms. Pac-Man (arcade) – $9.99
* Motion X: Poker Dice (card) – $4.99
* Moto Racer (racing) – $9.99
* Numba (puzzle) – $9.99
* Platinum Solitaire (card) – $7.99
* Platinum Sudoku (puzzle) – $5.99
* Scrabble (card) – $9.99
* Space Monkey (action) – $9.99
* Super Monkey Ball (action) – $9.99
* Tap Tap Revenge (rhythm) – FREE
* Tetris (puzzle) – $9.99
* Texas Hold’em (card) – $4.99
* Trism (puzzle) – $4.99
* Zen Pinball: Rollercoaster (arcade) – $4.99

The New York Times reports that with the App Store, Apple simplified the process of adding software to the phone. Mr. Jobs contends that Apple does not plan to make much money on games and other applications; he has also said the company does not make much money selling music on iTunes. “We are not trying to be business partners,” Mr. Jobs said of the App Store. Instead, he said, the goal is to “sell more iPhones.” Apple gives developers a 70% cut of sales.

This is interesting because it will increase the number of games that will be made for the iPhones and iPod Touches, compared to bossy wireless carriers that control what programs end up on phones. Especially with Apple manufacturing 15 million of the new iPhone 3G’s (and 2 million more of the iPhone 2G’s) in the second half of this year alone. Even if it’s not a dedicated game portable, that’s still a large potential userbase of gamers. In fact, when you start comparing it to the multimedia PSP, in half a year from now the iPhone will have sold more than half the PSP’s userbase of 37 million. — Part of the games list via IGN

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Square Enix has released Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes on the iTunes Store worldwide. The strategy-RPG is available for play in English and Japanese on the iPod nano with video, iPod classic and fifth generation iPod (and presumably iPhones).

Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes is a Role-Playing Game that transforms your iPod songs into powerful “Tune Troopers” that you can control in battle. As the protagonist Ziggy, you will embark on an epic journey to rescue your brother from the clutches of the Mechanical Militia. Intriguing characters, an epic story and a tactics-based battle system combine for a rich RPG experience previously only available on home and handheld game consoles.

Watch Song Summoner’s story trailer:


ALL FACTS LINED UP:

Title: Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes
Publisher: Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Platform: iPod nano with video, iPod classic and fifth generation iPod
Genre: Role-Playing
Launched on: 7th July, 2008
Price: $4.99 / £3.99 / €4.99 (iTunes Store download)

Story:
From the days of old, Melodica was a land of music, a land of freedom. The people sang, played and danced to the music they so cherished. Until one day, they came— the Mechanoids, who enhanced their bodies with machinery. Those who were tempted by greed and power willingly gave away their souls for bodies of steel, forsaking their humanity to become cold, emotionless automatons. Now, they seek to destroy all that do not embrace their way of life.

But there is hope on the horizon. There are those who are fated to stand against the tyranny of the machines— the Superstars, who can turn sound into lethal weapons, and the Conductor, also known as the Song Summoner, who can summon powerful warriors born of music. In their most desperate hour, Melodica awaits the arrival of their new Song Summoner…

Game Features:
- Transform your iPod songs into “Tune Troopers” to combat the evil Mechanical Militia.
- Tune Trooper types and abilities are determined by the songs used to create them.
- Your Tune Troopers can be powered up even outside of the game–just by listening to the songs you used to create them!
- Control Ziggy, a “Conductor” that creates warriors out of music, and guide him through his journey to save his brother Zero from the Mechanical Militia.
- Experience a turn-based tactics battle system, divided into player and enemy phases where each side takes turns manoeuvring their forces.
- Deploy the right troopers at the right time, and use contraptions found on the map effectively to achieve victory in battle!
- The iPod Click Wheel allows players to play the game as easily as selecting music.