Thursday, April 25, 2013

App Store Update: April 25

Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention. For more mobile game trailers, reviews and news be sure to Subscribe to IGNMobileGames on YouTube.

App Store Update Video

Game Debuts

Robot Unicorn Attack 2 – (Freemium)

Everyone's favorite cybernetic pseudo-horse with a metal horn returns for more running and rainbow-flashing fabulousness.

The Nightjar – ($4.99)

It's "a video game without video," as you rely on your ears to guide you through with very little visual assistance.

Circles Memory Game – ($1.99)

A social version of the classic memorization game, Simon. Can you best your friends at tapping the colors in sequence?

Tug the Table – ($0.99)

A two-player app in which you try to defeat a friend at tug-of-war – just with a table instead of a rope.

Gun Commando – ($0.99)

A callback to the simpler days of first-person shooting, in the tradition of Duke Nukem, Wolfenstein and Doom.

LEGO Batman: DC Super Heroes – ($4.99)

Last year's LEGO Batman 2 drops the numeral for its late arrival into the App Store.

The House of the Dead: Overkill – The Lost Reels – ($4.99)

Sega expands their most recent revival of the House of the Dead brand with new levels, new enemies, new everything!

Random Heroes 2 – ($0.99)

Ravenous Games just keeps pumping more awesome apps into the Store, and their latest is a sequel to last August's winning side-scrolling action/platformer.

Talisman Prologue HD – ($4.99)

The App Store's latest virtualization of a tangible board game is an adaptation of the classic Talisman, a title originally released 30 years ago!

Max's Pirate Planet: A Board Game Adventure – ($2.99)

And here's another new board game, this one skewing toward the younger set.

Runaway: A Twist of Fate – Part 2 – ($4.99)

It's been about a month since Part 1 of this new Bulkypix adventure series was released, and fans who've completed that episode can now continue the story.

Cosmic Conquest – ($0.99)

Real-time strategy that encourages you to explore Uranus.

Iron Man 3 – (Freemium)

And our last new release of the week, the film tie-in for the new Iron Man 3 movie. (It's got a whole lot of suits.)

Price Drops

Cavorite 2 – ($0.99)

Dr. Cavor is digging down deep once again, and you can fully fund his excavation for a dollar less than normal is you act fast.

Crabitron – ($2.99)

Take control of a giant, grinning space crab for two bucks off today.

Freebies!

League of Evil 2 – (Free)

Wondering whether Ravenous Games' Random Heroes 2 is worth your cash? Check out this other "2" from the same team to test their game design prowess:

JOOL – (Free)

The bird from the Twitter logo goes on a running adventure, while a devil runs the opposite way:

B-Squadron: Battle for Earth – (Free)

Free vertical-scrolling shoot-'em-up action.

Hidden Doodles – (Free)

And, to round out this huge day, a free "hidden objects" design to stress out your eyes.

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Lucas M. Thomas doesn't need to download an app to play Tug the Table. (He has a dining room.) You can follow Lucas on Twitter, @lucasmthomas.

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