[In this weekly column, Gamasutra rounds up the most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with X-Men, Where's Waldo in Hollywood
and Back to the Future
currently ranking among the platform's top downloads.]
Konami's arcade-ported beat-'em-up heads the iPad's paid chart in its debut week, overtaking longtime sales leaders
Angry Birds HD, Angry Birds Rio HD, and
Infinity Blade.
Ludia returns to the charts this week with a
Where's Waldo? sequel, as Chillingo's newest game
Feed Me Oil HD trails
Cut the Rope HD and
Words With Friends HD at tenth place.
This week's top paid titles are:
1.
X-Men ($2.99)
2.
Angry Birds HD ($4.99)
3.
Angry Birds Rio HD ($2.99)
4.
Infinity Blade ($2.99)
5.
Angry Birds Seasons HD ($1.99)
6.
Fruit Ninja HD ($2.99)
7.
Where's Waldo HD In Hollywood ($0.99)
8.
Cut the Rope HD ($1.99)
9.
Words With Friends HD ($2.99)
10.
Feed Me Oil HD ($1.99)
Here are this week's top free iPad applications:
1.
Strike Knight HD
2.
Mr Giggle HD Lite
3.
Funky Fingers
4.
Angry Birds HD Free
5.
Crayola ColorStudio HD
6.
Back to the Future Episode 1 HD
7.
Call of Atlantis HD
8.
TowerMadness HD
9.
Angry Birds Rio HD Free
10.
Words With Friends HD Free
Backflip Studios' bowling sim
Strike Knight HD ranks as the iPad's most popular download after recently becoming free-to-play, beating recent favorites like
Mr Giggle HD and
Funky Fingers.
Telltale Games also finds chart success by giving away the first episode of its
Back to the Future adventure game series, while former chart leader
TowerMadness HD sees a drop in popularity, landing behind
Call of Atlantis HD at eighth place in today's results.
