Infinity Blade is one of the most—if not the most gorgeous looking game for iOS to date. So, how would Chair Entertainment make Infinity Blade 2 a better game than Infinity Blade? By sticking with what works. The changes may not be too epic, but Infinity Blade 2 managed to up the quality of the original game.

Soon after the release of Infinity Blade II, earlier iDevice users flooded the forums at the iTunes store review page with reports of “Keeps crashing” and “Can’t even start it,” warning prospective buyers that the game had a critical bug that causes unexpected crashes accompanied with choppy frame rates. This weekend, the v1.0.1 update was issued to address the problems.

Earlier this week, we reported that ChAIR Entertainment would be releasing Infinity Blade II on December 1st. ChAIR lived up to its promise, and the highly anticipated sequel to Infinity Blade is now available in the App Store. Says the company, “Infinity Blade II combines addictive gameplay, breathtaking visuals and an engrossing story to deliver the definitive blockbuster experience on Apple’s world-class gaming platforms.”

Infinity Blade 2 from Chair Entertainment and Epic will finally be released this Thursday, December 1st. The game was first demoed during the Let’s talk iPhone event in early October. According to developers, the game will take advantage of the newer iOS devices featuring Apple’s A5 processor chip which brings up to nine times the graphics power over previous models.

At Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” press conference, Mike Capps from Epic Games showed Infinity Blade 2, which will be available on December 1st exclusively for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch. Infinity Blade 2 will use features unique to iOS 5 such as iCloud, enabling profiles and save games to transfer seamlessly between devices.

In case you haven’t been checking your iPhone or iPad’s update button on the App Store, there’s a pending update waiting for you. Epic Games and ChAIR Entertainment—the two companies responsible for bringing one of the best iPad games to date—have just updated Infinity Blade with a nice, new feature: multiplayer, or Arena mode. They’ve also lowered the price to $2.99.

A few days after it came out, Infinity Blade became the top paid app on the App Store. This is despite the criticisms hurled against it by early reviewers who found the game’s shallow gameplay a bit disappointing. Then why did it top the App Store charts? Curiosity perhaps? Did the game’s short preview (which was more than stellar due to its awesome graphics) create enough curiosity that led people to purchase the full game as soon as it came out?

When Apple first previewed iOS 4 back in April, one of the many features touted was Game Center, a social gaming network akin to Xbox Live. The release of iOS 4 came and went, and there was no sign of Game Center. But in their press event yesterday, Apple announced that Game Center will be available when iOS 4.1 is available sometime next week. Users will be able to keep track of high scores and challenge their friends in games that have multiplayer functionality.