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Top-Grossing Game Apps: N.O.V.A. Tops Charts in Debut Week
Top-Grossing Game Apps: N.O.V.A. Tops Charts in Debut Week is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
In this weekly feature, FingerGaming rounds up the top-grossing iPhone and iPod Touch applications, as current that day on the iTunes App Store. This week’s top titles are:
- N.O.V.A. – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance ($6.99)
- Call of Duty: World at War Zombies ($9.99)
- Battleship ($2.99)
- James Cameron’s Avatar ($9.99)
- Need for Speed: Shift ($6.99)
- Where’s Waldo? The Fantastic Journey ($2.99)
- Bejeweled 2 ($2.99)
- Tetris ($4.99)
- Cartoon Wars: Gunner ($0.99)
- The Sims 3 ($6.99)
Ludia’s Where’s Waldo? drops to sixth place after a chart-topping performance last week, as Gameloft’s sci-fi FPS N.O.V.A. takes first place in its debut week.
Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War Zombies holds steady at second place, while EA’s iPhone adaptation of the classic board game Battleship premieres at third.
EA has another hit this week with the street racing sim Need for Speed: Shift, which finishes behind James Cameron’s Avatar at fifth place. PopCap’s Bejeweled 2 and EA’s Tetris follow at seventh and eighth, as Blue Gen’s 99-cent Cartoon Wars: Gunner enters the chart at ninth place.
Surviving High School – Relive The Glory Days
Surviving High School – Relive The Glory Days is a post from: Best Iphone Apps Review Website
Price: $2.99 Score: 8/10 By Yantézia Patrick
For some they were the glory days and for others the nerdy days, but most people can probably look back on their high school days with a good laugh. The clothes you thought were in style, the hair styles you thought were cool…here’s your chance to relive it all.
Surviving High School from Electronic Arts lets you experience high school the way it always should have been. Be a popular jock, a nerd, or the star of the school play – it’s a choose-your-own-adventure game where each decision you make leads you one step closer to who you want to be. However, just like in your own high school days, each decision carries its own consequences, and those decisions have an impact on the outcome of the game.
Wishing you had lived outside the lines a little more in high school? You don’t have to be a bookworm in Surviving High School – you can choose from a number of different character types, including a rebel and an outcast. And just like any good teen drama, some of the storylines in Surviving High School are a bit exaggerated and perhaps unlikely in the “real world,” but that’s the beauty of the game – it lets you be whoever you want to be.
Surviving High School revolves around an 8-week long story at Centerscore High. The end-point is, naturally, the homecoming dance – and there’s a fair amount of game content packed in to this first episode, including mini-games, pop-quizzes and optional extra-curricular activities which will keep the average casual gamer occupied for a decent amount of time.
New “episodes” are released weekly, which add new content and challenges to the game. Each episode is available free to download during the week in which it is released, but there’s a catch – it’ll cost you $0.99 to download a previous episode if you miss it at the time of its release. Just like the first episode “Football Season”, each new episode has a number of different storylines and multiple possible endings depending on how you play the game. There are also secret scenes that can be viewed if you manage to play the “perfect game” – which involves making all the “right” decisions for your particular character.
Even your virtual parents are involved in your high school survival. You can get rewards for scoring well on exams and doing your chores. While it is a bit unlikely that you’d ever get a car for getting straight A’s, in Surviving High School it’s the deviations away from the realistic that gives the game it’s ultimate appeal.
Surviving High School isn’t a game for everyone – the content is aimed squarely at the teen market, but it’s still a lot of fun regardless. The graphics have a distinctive comic-book style and the dialogue is entertaining. The mini-games and quizzes also help to make the game varied, but it’s the choose-your-own-adventure style of play which will keep you coming back and adds some interest to the “life-altering” decisions you have to make. Surviving High School is your chance to make it right. Who will you be?
Surviving High School requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later and is compatible with both iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Dragon’s Lair and Cobra Command Bring Classic FMV Action to the App Store
Classic Original Monopoly Released for iPhone
App: Jewel Quest Myesteries: Curse of the Emerald Tear | Videoreview: Jewel Quest Mysteries: Curse of the emerald
Command and Conquer: Red Alert
Upcoming EA Games: Battleship, Connect 4, and Monopoly Classic
Mystery Mania: Halloween fun for the robot-loving puzzle-solver in all of us.
Mystery Mania: Halloween fun for the robot-loving puzzle-solver in all of us. is a post from: Best Iphone App Review Website
It’s that time of year again, so let’s celebrate with an application that is creepy fun for the whole family.
Halloween is my favorite holiday, hands-down. I’m a horror-movie fanatic and love to be scared (and to scare others). And while the iTunes store keeps most of the hardcore horror off its virtual shelves, there are a few fun and creepy Halloween apps out there.
One of those is Mystery Mania, a very cute, nicely designed and simple puzzle game for the iPhone. Now, it’s important to note that these puzzles are super-simple, for the most part, so if you’re a hardcore gamer you’ll breeze through this. Me, though, I’m more about the story, design, and fun gameplay, so this one is perfect for me.
[Video Review by Johnny5]
I’d love to see a few sequels to this one. In general, there’s not too much bad I can say about it. Sure, some of the in-puzzle animations are a little lengthy and it would be nice to be able to skip them, but it’s a minor annoyance that is overpowered by good gameplay and some fun cut scenes.
Buy Mystery Mania HERE.
New Details of Need for Speed: Shift and NBA Live Released
Today we got some updates from EA on two highly anticipated franchise games coming to the iPhone. What we still don’t know yet are release dates for either. Though I think it’s safe to say they are trying to get them out in the next couple months in time for Christmas.
Need for Speed: Shift
The latest in this racing franchise from EA is Need for Speed: Shift. This iPhone translation looks like it will be a scaled down translation of the console game. While that’s a little disappointing, the previous in this franchise, Need For Speed Undercover [ our review ] was an absolutely excellent game on the iPhone.
Take a look at these screen shots for a look at the game. Note that I’m fairly sure that these are just mock-ups. They don’t look nearly as crisp as you’d expect for actual screen shots and there are other noticeable inconsistencies.
Unfortunately the specs read a lot like the previous version. 20 different customizable and upgradable cars (NFSU had 20 as well), 3 different racing environments, Tokyo, Chicago, and London (NFSU also had 3), 28 different events (NFSU had 20).
So, what is different?
The main thing is that there will finally be multiplayer. Unfortunately there’s no Internet multiplayer, only Wifi and Bluetooth. In addition I’m sure we’ll see the graphics quality upgraded a little. The previous one was very good for the time, but we expect more now. Take a look at the supplied stats below for more.
RIP IT UP AROUND THE WORLD
Rage on the roads of Chicago, London, and Tokyo in up to 28 Street and Pro racing events.MATCH YOUR SKILLS AGAINST FRIENDS
Challenge friends to head to head races via Bluetooth multiplayer or WiFi.MUSCLE OVER PERFORMANCE?
Get behind the wheels of 20 of the fastest, hottest, most powerful cars in the world and blow the doors off your competitors.UPGRADE AND CUSTOMIZE
Take your ride to another level with Top Speed, Handling, Acceleration, and Nitrous upgrade features.RACE FOR REWARDS
Earn points and trophies on the circuit for your Aggressiveness and Precision. Be a full-throttle Need For Speed superstar.
NBA Live
Considering the huge number of games in the App Store, over 15,000 at last count, there has yet to be a full 3D basketball game. NBA Live will change that. While we haven’t seen it yet, we’re hoping that it has the depth and great gameplay of EA’s last sports game for the iPhone, Madden 10. Take a look below for the stats, it’s looking good, though multiplayer is noticeably missing from the list.
NOTHING BUT NET. NBA LIVE by EA SPORTSTM delivers the most realistic 5-on-5 action available for iPhone® and iPod touch®!
Tip-off anytime, anywhere, and watch your game come to life in vivid 3D. Even replay your most awesome plays. It’s fun and intuitive enough for the casual gamer, but also delivers the authenticity to meet the demands of the most hardcore basketball fans.
AUTHENTIC TEAMS, REAL STARS, TRUE LEGENDS
With real NBA rosters, you can dominate the game as Dwight Howard and other NBA All-Stars. Or unlock legends and elevate your game with true Hall-of-Famers.MULTIPLE MODES FOR EVERY KIND OF NBA ACTION
Match up all 30 NBA teams in the new 82-game Season Mode. Play a casual game in Exhibition Mode, or battle all the way to the Finals in the ultra-intense Playoff Mode.PLAY WITH TOUCHSCREEN CONTROL
Control the game with a virtual analog stick. Use the accelerometer to accurately shoot free-throws. Touch the clip board to pick from a number of offensive plays or to select your defensive strategy.TAKE IT TO THE RACK WITH A SOLID SOUNDTRACK
Stay in the zone with 15 music tracks from artists like Matt and Kim, Snoop Dogg and Xzibit.COMMENTARY FROM A BROADCAST LEGEND
Hear legendary announcer Marv Albert accent the action as you rain 3s from downtown.