Apple App Store gaming update for the week of September 28 to October 4, 2009

The Apple App Store gaming update is Gamertell’s weekly look at the previous week’s Apple App Store game releases. We cover them all – good and not so good – in their respective categories with a breakdown of the great games and the free games right where you want ‘em, at the top and in your face. The list is available every Monday, right as you are about to start that long work week.

I’m sorry to say that this week’s App Store update is, well, not too exciting. I’ll leave it to you folks to dig something out of the list this week, hopefully FIFA 10 will be enough to whet your gaming appetite until next week.

What’s Free

Moonlights lite
“Moonlights is a top quality tower building puzzle game.”

Paradise Monkeys Free
“Help the monkeys to stop the horrible monkey Dracula, decided to take all the bananas on the island! Touch the monkeys as fast as possible, avoiding traps, beat strong monsters and earn gold to increase your power, regenerate your life and unlock bonus.”

Great Colosseum Free
“Great Colosseum is a 2D shooting game! Hide bihind an object, avoid enemy shots, and shoot your enemy! This game features 6 unique characters and 5 stages. A each character has a different weapon, so choose your favorite target! This game also loads VS Human mode, soyou can play with your friends.”

Puzzle 15 FREE
“Old-school classic 15 puzzle as you remember it from childhood (if you don’t remember it, show it to your parents, son – let them recall good old times when they were young, when trees were higher and sky was bluer). Enjoy plastic authentically textured tiles, listen to the music of 70th and compete with people from all over the world for the 1st place in the Best Times list. Game supports English and Russian languages.”

Wargame Lite
“Wargame is a next generation strategy game developed only for iPhone and iPod Touch. Experience intense turn based strategy for hours of ruthless battles, alone or against your friends. With our special tactical map you will have the true feeling of leading an all-out war against your enemies. Prepare yourself general, the future of your nation is in your hands.”

What’s New

Action

FIFA 10: Price: $9.99
“Guide your club or country to glory on the field! “Be a Pro” and kick off your own countdown to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™.”

America’s Next Top Model: Price: $4.99
“Are you ready to compete in the fiercest modeling competition on mobile? Think you have what it takes to take yourself to the top of the modeling world? If so, you’ve come to the right game. Create your own model to battle against previous winners of the show. Strut your stuff on the catwalk, show off your best look and mingle your way to the top of the modeling world!”

Adventure

NOTHING

Arcade

Minibike Racing: Price: $1.99
“Win and unlock all tracks and beat your best time!”

Bastion: Price: $0.99
“In Bastion, the player builds armories and towers, which they must defend, by shooting at the attacking ships, and repairing damage within a time limit. Connecting the armories and towers are roads made up of small blocks. Towers connected to an armory will be activated for firing. Gold is earned by destroying ships which can then be used to purchase upgrades or special weapons.”

Pumpkin Panic: Price: $0.99
“At midnight on Halloween, the pumpkins start coming to life… You are alone in your car with a bag of candy bars… you can see the evil pumpkins coming to life in the graveyard pumpkin patch… if they can get out of the graveyard they will spill out onto the streets stealing candy from all of the trick-or-treaters, causing panic wherever they go!!! Only you can stop the evil pumpkins. By hitting them with candy bars, you can cause them to become good again and to return to the graveyard pumpkin patch. Watch out though if they hit hit you with a dagger or a cleaver, it will cost you some candy bar! Lots of retro game fun for kids of all ages!”

Board

Mr. Mahjong touch: Price: $4.99
“At last you can play this superb range of Mahjong games on your iPhone and iPod touch! Mr. Mahjong brings you fabulous puzzle-solving fun from the Far East. The latest touch controls and high-definition display make Mr. Mahjong touch the best version yet by far! A real treat!”

Remik: Price: $4.99
“Remik is a card game classic played all over the world. This version of Remik is designed beautifully and follows the well known rules. Remik for iPhone is a great game for all friends of classical card games such as Gin Rummy, Canasta, Crazy Eights, Durak or Poker.”

Card

NOTHING

Casino

NOTHING

Dice

WowSlot: Price: $1.99
“Wow! Slot is an exciting slot machine game for iPhone and iPod touch. This time we bring 4 different styles slots to you.”

Educational

KanaBlaster: Price: $1.99
“Adrift in a mine field, the good ship SJC is out of fuel and out of luck. With no one on board capable of reading the characters, the crew are in panic, shouting at the tops of their lungs in a plea for help. If only someone could touch the mines in the right order to disarm them, gracefully freeing our heroes from their horrible fate…”

Family

Pocket Farm: Price: $0.99
“With only a shovel and a handful of seeds, build your farm from the ground up into a money making business. Buy fields, fences, a barn, tractor, pond, and a variety of animals. Place them where you want to design your farm the way you like it. Water the crops from your pond, or use a tractor to plow all the fields at once. When you’ve harvested enough vegetables that are in demand, head to the market where you’ll have to pack customer’s baskets with vegetables without letting them fall off the conveyor belt. Fill adjacent baskets to chain them together and collect bonus multipliers to earn the most cash!”

Music

NOTHING

Puzzle

XenoWars: Price: $0.99
“XenoWars is a “new style” game that combines the fun of the real-time strategy (RTS) game and the traditional match 3 puzzle game. Your mission is to protect your castle against your enemy and to eventually defeat your enemy. In order to do so, you need to collect Mana and produce Units. You can also gather Gold and upgrade your Units to deal with your increasingly-powerful enemy. Plus, Action Points (AP) can be gained to let your Units use special skills. These resources (Mana, Gold, and Action Point) can be earned by solving the match 3 puzzle. The game ends if the Health Points (HP) of your castle drop down to zero.”

Puzzle 15: Price: $0.99
“Old-school classic 15 puzzle as you remember it from childhood (if you don’t remember it, show it to your parents, son – let them recall good old times when they were young, when trees were higher and sky was bluer). Enjoy plastic authentically textured tiles, listen to the music of 70th and compete with people from all over the world for the 1st place in the Best Times list.”

Jam Packed!: Price: $1.99
“Jam Packed! is an addictive new puzzle game for the iPhone or iPod Touch. You must drag all items presented to you in each level into a container that holds them. The catch is that there is exactly enough space to hold all the items on each level, and only if they are put in the container the right way. Simple concept, lots of fun. With over 100 levels included to challenge you, Jam Packed! will provide you with hours of entertainment.”

Racing

Unreal Trial: Price: $0.99
“Are you good enough to overcome all obstacles on your way? Ride your motorcycle over the valleys, hills, mountains and rocks to become first! Unreal Trial is challenging motocross game with beautiful graphics presenting to you huge variability of levels from pretty easy to such which will require all of your skills. Choose one of the three unique motorcycles and try to complete all of the levels in best traditions of Elastomania and Gravity Defied. Advanced real physics engine in combination wih user-friendly adjustable controls makes it possible to get over any obstacle you can imagine.”

Role Playing

NOTHING

Simulation

Wargame: Price: $2.99
“Wargame is a next generation strategy game developed only for iPhone and iPod Touch. Experience intense turn based strategy for hours of ruthless battles, alone or against your friends. With our special tactical map you will have the true feeling of leading an all-out war against your enemies. Prepare yourself general, the future of your nation is in your hands.”

Sports

NOTHING

Strategy

NOTHING

Trivia

Celebrity: TV Edition: Price: $0.99
“How well do you know your favorite television stars? Celebrity is an iPhone/iPod Touch version of the classic party game. With Celebrity on your device, you can turn any gathering of friends into a fun, fast-paced game night with a tap of your screen. Use descriptions, one-word clues, and charades to get your teammates to guess as many television stars as possible before the time runs out. Just be careful—mention any first or last names and kiss your turn goodbye! Make anytime game time with iPhone and Celebrity.”

Word

SAT Vocab Challenge Vol. 2: Price: $4.99
“SAT® Vocab Challenge measures your mastery of 250 words that frequently appear on the SAT. Vocabulary building is one of the easiest, most effective ways to improve an SAT score. Now you can carry hundreds of need-to-know words with you everywhere you go. Turn 5 minutes into a productive study session–standing in line, riding the bus, during a lunch break, or just hanging out at home.”

iPhone and iPod Touch

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