[Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent -- and increasingly exciting -- portable games platform, as written by editor in chief Danny Cowan and authors Louise Yang and Jonathan Glover.]
This week, FingerGaming covers recent releases like
Doom Classic and
Eliminate Pro, as well as classic updates like
Golvellius and
Command & Conquer: Red Alert's iPhone debut.
Also included is a look at iPhone oddity
My Neighbor Girl, as well as the top free and paid game charts and a multitude of other notable stories.
Here are the top stories from the last seven days:
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id Software's Doom Classic Premieres in App Store
"id Software's genre-defining first-person shooter
Doom has been resurrected for the iPhone.
Doom Classic includes all of the weapons, enemies, and level layouts of the original game, and features Deathmatch and cooperative multiplayer modes."
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EA's Command & Conquer: Red Alert Debuts for iPhone
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Command & Conquer: Red Alert duplicates the real-time strategy action of the PC original, and boasts a number of new platform-specific features and exclusive downloadable content."
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Class Action Lawsuit Accuses Storm8 of Harvesting Player Phone Numbers
"A lawsuit alleges that
iMobsters and
Vampires Live developer Storm8 has collected and transmitted its users' phone numbers without prior consent or notification."
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Top-Grossing Game Apps: Doom, Red Alert Challenge Rock Band
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Rock Band takes the top chart spot for the third week in a row, but faces tough competition from recently released titles like
Doom Classic and
Command & Conquer: Red Alert."
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ngmoco Releases Free Online FPS Eliminate Pro
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Eliminate Pro is free to play, and all paid content is optional. Players advance through the game's ranks by earning credits in battle. These credits can be used to purchase and upgrade weapons, as well as to improve character stats."
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Review: Golvellius: The Valley of Doom
"DotEmu's iPhone version of the Sega Master System action-RPG
Golvellius suffers from many of the problems that plagued other App Store retro revivals. In all, though, I was surprised at how much of the original experience still shines on the platform."
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Top Free Game App Downloads for the Week
"ngmoco's free-to-play FPS
Eliminate Pro has replaced Firemint's
Real Racing GTI as the App Store's top download in the Games category."
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iPhone Oddities: My Neighbor Girl
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My Neighbor Girl is one of the few visual novels in the App Store to feature a full English translation. Even more remarkably, it also includes English dubbing for the dialog sequences -- and it's drop-dead hilarious."
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Top-Selling Paid Game Apps for the Week
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Skee-Ball steals the top chart spot away from
Tap Tap Revenge 3, after spending the last two weeks at second place.
Fling also moves up this week, as
Stick-Fu beats out
Rock Band to take fourth."
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Aurora Feint Launches OpenFeint Gold App Recognition Program
"OpenFeint Gold will spotlight one title each month, and will promote the chosen game extensively on partner websites and on the OpenFeint dashboard across all supported games."
