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App Store Freebies Roundup
When it comes to App Store deals, nothing beats apps that have gone FREE (especially good ones) – even it is just for one day. Our Freebie round up today has a good mix of games that could be worthy additions to your app collection. For those of you who can’t get enough of the immensely popular numbers game, Sudoku! is a fully featured Sudoku title that comes with 20,000 puzzles, ranging from Easy to Devilish (5 difficulties). Also free today is Dragon Slaughter Episode III – Dragon King, a very solid tower defense that received a Grab It rating in our previous review. Earth Vs Moon, a great missile command type game that was featured as yesterday’s freeappaday freebie, remains a free download on iTunes (at least for the time being).
The complete Freebie roundup can be found after the break, but be sure to hurry as some of the price drops are only valid for a very limited time!
Spartacus: Blood and Sand now FREE for limited time
Fighting Game fans on the iDevice have undoubtedly been getting their fill (and unleashing countless fireballs) with the recently released Street Fighter IV. Not to be lost in the Capcom hype and buzz, Artifical Life’s Spartacus: Blood and Sand has just dropped in price from $4.99 to FREE. Based on the original Starz TV series of the same name (produced by Sam Raimi), the iPhone game features great visuals, solid controls and numerous gameplay modes. For those who like the genre and/or enjoy the well received TV show, this is one App Store deal that shouldn’t be missed.
Artificial Life, Inc., Spartacus: Blood and Sand (TMA Review) – Free
Free App O’ the Day: Robocalypse Mobile Mayhem
For those of you keeping tabs on the Freeappaday initiative, you’ve likely been enjoying some pretty sweet free iDevice games on a daily basis. Well today’s Featured freebie is none other than Robocalypse, originally a Nintendo DS title that has charmed and been enjoyed by mobile gamers around the world.
In Robocalypse – Mobile Mayhem, players build and command robot armies to fend off attacks from the evil Demolisher and his near-endless supply of maniacal mechanical marauders.
Featuring 10 unit types, 20 varieties of weaponry, 17 campaign missions, 18 unique multiplayer maps, a cast of powerful Hero robots and an intuitive touch-screen interface, Robocalypse – Mobile Mayhem ensures fun for everyone.
Along with other big name RTSes at the App Store (The Settlers, Command & Conquer: Red Alert), Robocalypse remains one of the most fun and highly polished in the i-RTS genre. Needless to say, if you appreciate a well made game, this is one that shouldn’t be missed. Be sure to check out some other notable App Store Freebies, including WildSpace, after the break!
Vogster Entertainment, LLC, Robocalypse – Mobile Mayhem – Free
iSink U – FREE from Artificial Life March 5-7
iSink U, Artificial Life’s popular Battleship clone, will be set free for 2 days starting today (did you get that?) If you aren’t sure why you should download a FREE game, check out TMA’s iSink U review, grab it and have a blast (how bout that one?) Here’s another one: with prices this low, make sure to wear your life preserver! Or: I love the smell of the sea, it really sinks!
Here’s what Artificial Life have to say:
To celebrate our iPhone app download surpassing the benchmark of 8.3 million, we are holding a promotion of “Get-Paid-Game-For-Free”. Some of our top-rated, top-downloaded iPhone game titles will be offered for free for a limited time!!
The first FREE game is going to be iSink U (battleship boardgame title), which will be free during March 5-7 only. This paid game has been previously featured in “New & Noteworthy” on the App Store.
Artificial Life, Inc., iSink U – FREE from 5-7 March
AppStore News: CoD WW Zombies and Guerilla Bob update, GTA CW and BS DC go on sale
Well then, folks, it’s updates galore! Well, not “galore” per say, but nevertheless two major titles got updated today. One is the recently released Guerrilla Bob (TMA Review – Grab It) with the most notable addition of multiple save slots and the promise that not the whole game is reset on death, rather only the stage.
The other major title is, of course, Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies (TMA Review – Kiss It) – a first-person survival shooter that came out of nowhere late fall 2009 and was highly acclaimed by the critics. Among many other improvements include a new map Verrückt (Zombie Asylum) that is now available via In-App purchasing for a hefty price of $4.99.
For the steals and deals the recent blockbuster title, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (TMA Review – Double Kiss It) and the only game to have ever got a Double-Kiss It rating from TMA has been updated with a minor improvement of random selection from the iPod playlist as well as getting a price cut to $6.99 to celebrate the Chinese New Year. If you haven’t picked up it already, now is the time to do it!
And last but not least – Broken Sword: Director’s Cut (TMA Review – Kiss It) the best adventure game on the iPhone has recently been supplemented by the Spanish version Broken Sword : La Leyenda de los Templarios – Montaje del Director in addition to going on sale in celebration of Valentine’s day. If you are a fan of adventure games – this is not to be missed.
Full update details after the gap.
Price Drop: Golvellius – The Valley of Doom
Light-hearted levelling RPGs like Zenonia and Inotia: A Wanderer of Luone have captured the App Store’s heart. Well, it doesn’t get much lighter than Golvellius – The Valley of Doom, a throwback to the bygone days of 8-bit console RPG games. In fact, it was a hit in the late 1980’s on Sega’s Master System and has been a classic ever since. Well, thanks to its benevolent dev, DotEmu, it gets the FREE treatment. 1.3 brings a number of improvements which have been requested by users since version 1.0 and is much better. It is time to RPG the 80’s way!
DotEmu, Golvellius – The Valley of Doom – FREE!
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Price Drop: 1112 episode 01 – FREE for limited time
Apparently FreeAppADay.com is not the only site, sponsoring game giveaways. Thanks to the French iPhone site FunTouch.net, Agharta Studios have dropped 1112 episode 01 (the first ever adventure game designed exclusively for the iPhone to FREE for a limited time. This is an excellent game, critically acclaimed by leading iPhone blogs and featured in our The App Store’s Best Adventure Games. So what are you waiting for – there’s no reason NOT to get it while it’s free whilst preparing for the second part which was hinted at in TMA’s interview with Agharta Studio.
Agharta Studio, 1112 episode 01 – Free
AppStore Gaming Steals and Deals: Arcade, RPG, and lots ‘n lots of guns
Once again TMA is bringing you, our cherished readers, notable releases, sales and downright giveaways handpicked by your’s truly.
First thing I wanted to note is that the just-released original puzzler, Hand of Greed has been set FREE for a very limited time. In this game you take the role of a thief who must reach treasures, avoiding blades and other manner of hurtful devices. It is a fun romp. Did I mention that it’s FREE?
Brainium Studios LLC, Hand of Greed – Free
Next we have GHOSTS’N GOBLINS GOLD KNIGHTS – an Arcade classic by Capcom brought to the Jesus phone with quite a facelift. It has been dropped to just $0.99 for a limited-time 80% OFF sale. For all of you with struck by nostalgia, skip today’s Tim Horton’s and pick this game up!
CAPCOM, GHOSTS’N GOBLINS GOLD KNIGHTS – $0.99
And a couple of new releases to wrap things up. First – our own shigzeo’s favourite portable RPG of all time – The Quest has been extended with a new expansion, that can be played either as a standalone game or as part of the whole series. All you old-school RPG fans – go get it! Be sure to check out our review of The Quest here.
Chillingo Ltd, The Quest – Hero of Lukomorye III – $2.99
And last but not least – an indie top-down shooter release with robots and more robots! I have already played it for some time thanks to an ad-hoc build from the developers and will do a review of it soon. But I can tell you right now that 2360: Battle for Cydonia is well worth getting, especially at it’s launch price of only $0.99 (limited time 75% sale).
Brisk Mobile Inc, 2360: Battle for Cydonia – $0.99
Price drop: CYEARS ShootingSimulator – FREE to dodge!
Sometime ago I reviewed CYEARS ShootingSimulator an interesting and original game that provided the unique perspective on how it would feel like being the enemy in a vertical shooter game. And while it got a Slap it rating from me, my main concern was the price/quality ration. Well, the developers have decided to drop it to FREE! I don’t know for how long it will last, but there is no reason not to get and find out whether I was right or not. And you can always check out my review again.
IMJ Mobile, CYEARS ShootingSimulator – Free
FreeAppADay Freebie – Reign of Swords
Hey folks.
Recently we reported the FreeAppADay.com initiative. And guess what they have in store for us today! Reign of Swords is an excellent strategy game and the developers have been kind enough to give it away absolutely free for one day – a drop from $1.99!
Read our review of Reign of Swords
Punch Entertainment, Inc., Reign of Swords – Free
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