Apple App Store game update for the week of April 5 through 11, 2010, for iPhone, iPod Touch

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.

Multitasking, a unified inbox, Game Center, iBooks for iPhone, and iAds. Was iPhone 4.0 everything you people dreamed of? To be honest, the unified inbox is good enough but that’s just me.

For gamers, though, the biggest news from the 4.0 press conference was that Apple will be implementing the Xbox Live-like multiplayer service, Game Center. How this affects current multiplayer services like OpenFeint and Plus+ remains to be determined but hopefully this won’t mean having to keep track of three different services. Guess we’ll know come June 2010.

Until that time, here are some games for your 3.2 devices which includes notable apps: Brothers In Arms 2: Global Front FREE, VH1 Classic Presents: Intellivision and ESPGALUDA II.

What’s Free

James Cameron’s Avatar LITE
“Try out the lite version of James Cameron’s Avatar™ and embark on a fantastic journey of redemption and discovery two decades prior to the film’s events. As the first experimental avatar, experience the amazing powers your new body bestows. Will you use those powers to save the Na’vi, or will you work with the humans to destroy their world?”

BrainDread Lite
“BrainDread : The brainfrying spacegame! is a fun way to train and improve your short-term memory and hand-eye coordination.”

Greatest Tank Battles
“Think you’ve got what it takes to go head to head with history’s greatest tank aces? Well, here’s your chance to try! Based on the hit television series of the same name, this game puts you in the commander’s turret – giving you the chance to test your bravery as you try to OUT THINK, OUT MANEUVER and OUT GUN your enemy. It’s time to take YOUR shot at rewriting history’s Greatest Tank Battles.”

Neander Block Lite
“return to a prehistoric past and immerse yourself in the constantly shifting world of neander block…
look out for patterns of three and when the time is right, swap the correct elements for a life-sustaining boost!”

Crash For Cash Free
“Destroy millions of dollars in high-end exotic cars with this high octane physics game! The premise is simple, it’s raining exotic cars and the more you crash the more you cash in! Unlock new cars as your cash flow rises and bask in the glory of brilliant streamer effects, pulse pounding explosions, and hollywood- style “crash time” slow-mo! As the number of car models rises so does the challenge. When a match can’t be made it’s time to use the “Tap Bomb” feature and begin strategically eliminating cars from the playing field. Delete the wrong cars or delete too many and your cash flow takes a hit. How much cash can you crash for?”

The WaterBomber
“Waterbomber is a skill game for iPhone and iPod Touch where you fly a water bomber. You mission is to extingsh the fire which devastates forests. Depending on your skill, you can get bonuses to help you in your task.”

Brothers In Arms® 2: Global Front FREE
“The highly acclaimed Brothers in Arms series returns for its most compelling battle yet amidst the fires of WWII. Try out Brothers in Arms® 2: Global Front FREE and take part in a mission in the Pacific.”

Miracle Stone Lite
“The heroine is a five-year old girl. She found a mysterious stone in the forest. As soon as she touched it, she was transported to a parallel world… where the God of Constellations challenged her to a duel for the stone! Defeat the God of Constellations to get jewels. Collect twelve jewels to get back to the real world. Miracle Stone is very different to other falling block puzzles, as it involves swapping blocks that have been stacked. It’s simple to get the “simultaneous clear” and “combo” actions standard to falling block games, so even beginners can get big thrills. Not only that, there are special actions such as Miracle Stones and Bombs that take the game to the next level of fun.”

VH1 Classic Presents: Intellivision
“Download Intellivision and prepare to be transported back to the dawn of the video game era! Astrosmash, Night Stalker, Thunder Castle – all classics of early console gaming – and now available for the first time on iPhone! VH1 Classic has brought back six of the original Intellivision games. These classic games show what the early days of gaming were all about: Great game-play, fun graphics and awesome, retro sounds. You’ll be addicted after the first play!”

Popnus2 Free
“Popnus2 is an addictive match3 puzzle game that breaks the mold with an innovative and simply twist, freedom of movement. Challenge your mind poping all the nus (pearls) or feel the adrenalin surviving frantic bomb blasts or a rain of nus (pearls). Test your skills with the challenges, only for iPhone – iPodTouch – iPad”

Pocket Legends (3D MMO)
“Pocket Legends” is a ground-breaking and unique Mobile MMORPG, or ‘massively-multiplayer online role-playing game’ where you can join thousands of players from around the world. Play with your friends and make new friends online. Cooperate to undertake wild adventures in endless dungeon campaigns! Play with anyone, anywhere, anytime!”

Earth Is Gone LITE
“In the not-too-distant future…BOOM, BAM, SHAZAM! Earth is gone, but you are not! You are forced into life as a mercenary, fighting for your life against your enemies. Dodge enemy bullets in your ship and destroy them as fast as possible. Let’s see how long you can last.”

Titan Wars
“The Gods are at war and the World is in chaos. Will you defy your fate and become a legend, or disappear into the annals of ancient history? Create your own legend in Titan Wars, a FREE Massively Multiplayer Online game for the iPhone and iPod Touch.”

Dora Saves the Crystal Kingdom: Rainbow Ride Lite
“The Greedy King has taken the color crystals from the Crystal Kingdom and hidden them! Dora needs your help to ride on a magic shield to collect all the crystals and bring color back to the Crystal Kingdom! Join Dora on this easy-to-play adventure in which you tilt your phone left and right to steer Dora along a twisty rainbow slide. Ride over crystals to collect them, and count along with Dora with each recovered crystal! ¡Fántastico! Then, kids can explore their creativity with a special coloring book application with in the game that lets them use the color crystals to color the Crystal Kingdom via a touch screen coloring book. It’s one colorful adventure!”

Star Jim Galaxy Hero
“The combination of gorgeous, arcade-style graphics, intelligent adversaries, a fun story and ease of playing makes Star Jim perfect for any player who wants to enjoy a fun and addictive adventure and always come back for more! Battling against the malicious Craken, a plucky hero with a jetpack is making his way through different galaxies and stellar lands jumping around and catching shiny stars. His ultimate goal? To restore light to the Universe. Jumping and bouncing at high speed from platforms to space and grabbing stars, our hero saves the world from endless darkness and it’s most fearsome enemy – the dark Craken – a sinister one-eyed creature that whizzes around it its ancient flying saucer and controls an army of mind-controlled aliens, galactic helicopters and weird-looking killing balls. In every level the player has to gather the 24 stars available in a specific order while dodging a multitude of threats. The player can collect the stars randomly but he will miss out on the big bonuses he can gain by figuring out a strategy to gather them in the perfect order.”

Table Touch Football Lite
“Table Touch Football is a unique spin off of the paper / flick football game. The goal of the game is to flick a football downfield to try and intersect the endzone (classic game) or intersect a touchdown circle (original, completions game) to make a score. Battle your friends or the cpu in 4 unique and challenging game modes. Post your scores to the online high scores table and compete against players from across the globe.”

What’s New

Action

Earth Is Gone: Price: $3.99
“In the not-too-distant future…BOOM, BAM, SHAZAM! Earth is gone, but you are not! You are forced into life as a mercenary, fighting for your life against your enemies. Dodge enemy bullets in your ship and destroy them as fast as possible. Let’s see how long you can last.”

Vertigo Rogue: Price: $4.99
“Vertigo Rogue is an original, fast-paced arcade style action game that puts you in the seat of a heavily armed helicopter taking on a range of land, sea and air based enemies. As an ex-con mercenary fighter pilot about to retire and settle down, you are whirled into a sinister plot where you are forced to enact the role of a flying mafia hitman in a city where the on-going conflict between 7 criminal organizations is about to spin out of control in a frantic, explosive climax.”

Super Robot War: Price: $0.99
“The war is begin！ Lead your robot to bring a victory on the war field in more than 200 missions, conquer the war with 12 differents robot and 5 type of upgrades.”

Silent Swords ZERO: Price: $2.99
“The prequel to the first stealth action game for the iPhone and iPod touch, Silent Swords ZERO goes back in time to reveal more about the story of the Little Black Ninja. Who is he? What is he looking for? Why are the Silent Swords so special? All the answers lie hidden under the cold white snow in this thrilling new installment of the Silent Swords saga.”

Adventure

Paranormal Agency: Price: $2.99
“Use your supernatural ESP to rid the city of malevolent spooks and spirits in this eerie Hidden Object game! Detective Heather Mills has the amazing ability to see ghosts and other mysterious entities that are not visible to other people. When spooky ghosts and weird creatures start showing up in local homes, it’s up to Heather and her agency to get to the bottom of this macabre mystery and look for reasons behind recent poltergeist attacks on innocent citizens. Help Heather hunt for hidden items in locations all over the city and find out who is behind the attacks. Featuring over 50 levels and variety of hidden object challenges, Paranormal Agency is a thrilling, and chilling, interactive examination of the unexplained. Start your search today!”

Babylonian Twins – The Quest for Peace in Ancient Iraq: Price: $2.99
“Join the twin princes of Babylon, Nasir and Blasir, in their quest for peace in ancient Iraq. A digital masterpiece of authentic Mesopotamian art like nothing you have seen before in one of iPhone’s richest and fastest puzzle platforming experience.”

Arcade

Gold Runner 99: Price: $0.99
“You are a yellow player and must collect all the gold in a level while avoiding green guards who try to catch you. After collecting all the gold, you must travel to the top of the screen to reach the next level. You can dig holes into floors near your location to temporarily trap green guards and may safely walk atop them. Over time, floors dug into will regenerate, filling in these holes. A trapped guard who cannot escape a hole before it fills is consumed, immediately respawning in a random location at the top of the level. Floors may also contain tarp doors, through which you and green guards will fall, and solid blocks, through which you cannot dig.”

ESPGALUDA II: Price: $4.99
“Now you can play the arcade hit and Xbox360 shooting sensation ESPGALUDA II right at your fingertips on iPhone and iPod touch! Dodge and weave through the waves of bullets as they fill the screen, and go for a high score!”

Sketch Nation Shooter: Price: $0.99
“Have you ever wanted to create your own iPhone or iPod Touch game? Now you can and it only takes a few minutes! Watch your drawings come to life in an instant! Now you can make a game from your drawings in just a few minutes. All you need to do is draw a player, enemies, a boss and even a level if you feel adventurous, take their picture and play.”

Tiny Arcade: Price: $0.99
“Hot Retro Action! An upright console in the palm of your hand, Tiny Arcade is the hot retro action suite of games for your touch device. Fight your friends Head to Head with the pocket version of Space Duel (Space Duel is also available for the iPad!), challenge them to Volley, or practice your fighting style solo in Survival! The slick, simple retro graphics of an 80s arcade game have been re-created to stunning effect for your touch device. Tiny Arcade lets you discover the satisfying simplicity of early arcade games – the sound, the style… the fun you can have when a triangle challenges a circle in a fight to the death! Retro-fun for all your Friends and Family!”

Geometry Runner – Ultimate Addictive!: Price: $0.99
“Geometry Runner is a 3D fast-paced experience unlike any other. The game’s visually stunning graphics and unique gameplay style will easily appeal to both experts and casual gamers. As you maneuver through the tunnel, you’ll have to dodge an ever-increasing amount of obstacles. But it’s not as simple as it sounds,so watch out!!!”

AlienCities: Price: $1.99
“AlienCities is a classic arcade city bombardment game with many new features. Blue ugly and stinky aliens have take over major cities on Earth. It is up to you to eliminate the treat by destroying their green stinky buildings they have build. This won’t be an easy task as your resources are limited an the stinky ones can repair their homes while you destroying them.”

Circus Chuck: Price: $0.99
“All 5 stages with 2 forms of control to choose from. You can enjoy classic game stage if you are a hardcore classic game fan or you can test out your skills on our endless mode to see who has the best skill around the world using Open Feint support.”

Board

Press Your Luck™: Price: $2.99
“Big Bucks, No Whammies! The classic 80s game show makes its iPhone™ debut. You are one of three contestants competing to collect “spins” by answering trivia questions, and then using your spins on the Big Board full of cash and prizes. The person who amasses the most in cash and prizes at the end of the game wins, but avoid the dreaded Whammies along the way, they will steal all of your cash and prizes.”

BackgammonCoach: Price: $1.99
“BackgammonCoach is an application for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad which allows you to play backgammon against the computer and obtain mathematical indications about the best possible moves. It is an excellent partner to play against and improve your backgammon skills at the same time.”

Card

NOTHING

Casino

GodoReel: Price: $1.99
“Enjoy the New-Style Three-Line slot game.”

Dice

NOTHING

Educational

NOTHING

Family

Pocket Elves: Price: $1.99
“LOT OF FUN! Pocket Elves is lovely done game inspired by such titles as Pocket God and Pocket Devil. Torture your elves, play with Easter Bunny or Santa, launch fireworks and have fun with explosions!”

Baby BeatBox: Price: $0.99
“Baby BeatBox is a memory building game that uses images and sounds to create a random sequence of patterns that a player must duplicate.”

Music

Classic Country Music Game Show: Price: $0.99
“Classic Country Music Game Show lets you answer trivia questions in a game show format against two other contestants featuring songs that have charted or sold in the top 100 for country music during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s with over 5000 song titles featuring country bands and artists.”

80′s Music Challenge: Price: $0.99
“So, you think you know your ‘80’s music? The ‘80’s music lyrics challenge will put you to the test! Simply touch the start button to start the quiz. You’ll be shown an incomplete lyric with four possible answers. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete the lyric and move on. Loaded with tons of challenging song lyric questions straight out of the decade that brought us the Rubix Cube, Max Headroom, Day-Glo clothes and Atari. If you love the ‘80’s, then you’ll love this app.”

Puzzle

911 Heaven: Price: $0.99
“911 Heaven is a must-have app for the Porsche 911 enthusiast. It includes photos and data spanning from 1956 to 2010. Each car has a photo with key data that includes engine size, horsepower, transmission, curb-weight, top speed and much more. We also included a few non-911 Porsches that are some all time classics. This is a wealth of information at your finger tips!”

Extreme Expose It! The Ultimate BMW E46 M3 2001~2006: Price: $1.99
“You must reveal the image hidden behind the mask. You control the icon by swiping up, down, left or right anywhere on the screen. Create and connect your exposure lines to other ends of the frame. There are BADDIES in the area so watch out! Avoid them when drawing your exposure line across the screen.

KENKEN Pro By Will Shortz: Price: $0.99
“Play the hit puzzle game anytime/anywhere with KENKEN® Pro By Will Shortz. Easy to learn and difficult to master, KENKEN Pro takes the typical number puzzle to the next level with a fun and challenging analytical element. The latest edition of the popular iPhone game features a streamlined interface, tons of new puzzles and a tutorial by puzzle master Will Shortz. In KENKEN players unravel the puzzle by entering the correct number within a 3 x 3 to 9 x 9 sized grid. Like Sudoku, each number can only be used once per row. However, KENKEN Pro ups-the-ante by incorporating basic math functions into the solution. So, while each number can only be used once per row, it must also equate to the numerical value of its respective cage. If it sounds difficult, it’s not. KENKEN is featured in the New York Times and published in more than 70 other periodicals around the world. The game is also a popular math teaching tool for educators worldwide.”

BLACKOUT!: Price: $2.99
“BLACKOUT is a match game with a mission. Time is running out and only you can save the city from blackout! In this illuminating new puzzle game, you must connect chains of subterranean crystals to clear a path of liquid energy that lights the city. Charge your crystal meter, trigger power surges and unlock special effects to score maximum points.”

Pony Surprise: Price: $0.99
“Prepare to saddle up with an adventurous, fun-loving pack of ponies as you enter the world of Pony Surprise. This puzzle adventure is sure to please whether you’re in the mood for a quick trot or a lengthy gallop around the pasture. Hone your puzzle solving skills and reflexes with action packed levels. Unlock colorful surprises to show to your friends! Pony Surprise is a great ride for gamers of all ages and levels of experience. We hope to provide you with tons of fun, so don’t hesitate to contact us with ideas, suggestions, or a bit of pony praise!”

Racing

Monster Trucks Nitro 2: Price: $2.99
“Live out your fantasy with Monster Trucks Nitro II as you drive big-engine, 4-wheel drive beasts over enormous obstacle courses. The game rolls out advanced game physics, breathtaking 3D graphics, more trucks, all new levels, and global high scores. Monster Trucks Nitro II is the adrenaline-fueled, action-packed, heart-thumping sequel to worldwide best-seller, Monster Trucks Nitro.”

Motor Stunt Xtreme: Price: $1.99
“Motor Stunt Xtreme is a motor stunt game in which the goal is to reach the finish as fast as possible.
You’ll have to perform dangerous stunts and big jumps to get across canyons, valleys and all kinds of obstacles. Tilt you iPhone or iPod Touch left and right to pull off front- and backflips but make sure you always land (safely) on your wheels! Move your device back and forth to keep your balance on the narrow surfaces you’ll need to get across. Compare your times with your friends or the rest of the world using the Agon online leaderboards. Challenge your friends in the online friends list and make sure you are fastest! Earn awards for each level you complete without falling flat on your face and publish your biggest triumphs directly on Facebook or Twitter!”

Motorcross Madness – Bike Riding: Price: $0.99
“Navigate your motorcycle on the highway avoiding cars and busses along the way. Using the accelerometer, or your finger, tipping the unit back and forth moving back and forward and side to side to avoid the on coming racing traffic.”

Role Playing

The War Of Genesis3 Episode1: Price: $4.99
“‘The War of Genesis3’ was a big hit at that time. It consists of four CDs. To as a iPhone and iPod Touch game, the game is divided up by episodes. The first episode (Ep1) is about ‘Sivan Schimitar’. User can lead great wars to victory by using various abilities and items strategically.”

Simulation

NOTHING

Sports

Hockey Nations 2010: Price: $3.99
“Hockey Nations 2010 is a full arcade simulation of the sport featuring 14 national teams from around the World. Hockey Nations is the first full scale 6 on 6 Hockey game for the iPhone & iPod Touch.”

Fists For Fighting (Fx3): Price: $2.99
“Put gloves on and use his fists to achieve your goal. In Fx3 take the role of different fighters, each fighting for different reasons and giving everything of whether to beat all their opponents.”

Strategy

NOTHING

Trivia

NOTHING

Word

WordFuz: Price: $1.99
“WordFuz has been designed to be fun and educational. In WordFuz you choose languages where you want to translate words in. The game uses words where you’d come in contact with if you would learn the language. This makes it a very easy app to practice your vocabulary before you go on a holiday for example. Being given a word in one language and having to translate that word into multiple other languages really puts your brain to the test. Take it to the next level by trying to play on a high difficulty with little time to answer.”

WordFactory: Price: $1.99
“The objective is to position the falling tiles so that they clear from the playing board, but to clear the tiles you must make words.”

iPhone / iPod Touch Links for the Week

AppleTell: [Free apps roundup for April 9th, 2010] [Mac, iPhone, iPod and iPad product news - April 9, 2010] [Appletell reviews three familiar Konami games for iPhone, iPod touch] [iPhone OS 4.0 Multitasking] [iPhone OS 4.0 introduces Game Center] [iPhone OS 4.0 introduces Folders]