Top Android Game Apps: Cut the Rope, NOVA 2 Head Paid Charts

[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free gaming applications on the Android Market as of today, with Cut the Rope, Hanging With Friends, NOVA 2 and Dragon Fly! currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.] This week's top paid titles are: 1. Cut the Rope ($0.99) 2. NOVA 2 HD ($0.99) 3. RoboDefense ($2.99) 4. The Moron Test ($0.99) 5. Fruit Ninja ($1.26) 6. Doodle Jump ($0.99) 7. Madden NFL 12 ($6.99) 8. Dragon Fly! Full ($1.09) 9. UNO ($2.99) 10. Pocket God ($0.99) Zeptolab's Cut the Rope rises to the top of today's paid Android charts, overtaking Gameloft's sci-fi FPS NOVA 2 HD and last week's sales leader RoboDefense. EA's Madden NFL 12 reports a drop in sales after a chart-topping debut earlier this month, as the Tiny Wings clone Dragon Fly! Full places eighth after a recent update. Here are this week's top free Android game applications: 1. Angry Birds 2. Hanging With Friends 3. Angry Birds Rio 4. Bunny Shooter 5. Words With Friends Free 6. Angry Birds Seasons 7. Lane Splitter 8. Drag Racing 9. Fruit Ninja Free 10. Tetris Free Rovio's Angry Birds once again rules the Android Market's free game charts, but faces new competition this week from NewToy's multiplayer word game Hanging With Friends. Bunny Shooter and Angry Birds Rio continue to rank as top downloads, while newcomer Lane Splitter places seventh in today's results.