[Every week, Gamasutra sums up sister iPhone and iPad site FingerGaming's top news and reviews for Apple's nascent -- and increasingly exciting -- portable game platforms, as written by editor in chief Danny Cowan and authors Tucker Dean, Jason Johnson, and Ryan Hibbeler.]
This week, FingerGaming covers Capcom's
Ghosts'n Goblins: Gold Knights 2, Cash Cab: Las Vegas and
iShoot 2, among other notable debuts.
Also within are the lists for top-grossing, most-downloaded free and paid Apps from Apple's store, as well as reviews for
Grokion and
The Manhole: Masterpiece Edition.
Here are the top stories from the last seven days:
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Top-Grossing Game Apps: Madden NFL 11 Overtakes Angry Birds to Lead iPhone Sales
"EA's
Madden NFL 11 takes the top spot among today's highest-grossing iPhone games, unseating Clickgamer's longtime chart leader
Angry Birds. Miniclip's
Fragger climbs up to third place, as
Bejeweled 2 leads over
Tetris at fourth place."
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Review: The Manhole - Masterpiece Edition
"Exploration carries the ominous feeling that you're walking in circles. The white rabbit's abode consists of a scant amount of rooms interconnected by ladders, tunnels, and halls leading to nowhere."
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iShoot 2 Now Available for iPhone and iPad
"Ethan Nicholas was one of the first independent developers to strike it rich in the App Store with his million-selling
iShoot. This week brings the release of
iShoot 2, a substantially upgraded sequel for the iPhone and iPad."
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iPhone Social Game Office Heroes Attracts 300,000 Players in One Month
"Astro Ape Studios announced that its free-to-play iPhone social game
Office Heroes has seen more than 300,000 new player sign-ups since its launch on July 21st."
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Capcom Launches Ghosts n Goblins: Gold Knights 2 and Cash Cab: Las Vegas
"Capcom has expanded its App Store catalog with a pair of sequels in its
Ghosts n Goblins platformer series and its
Cash Cab trivia franchise."
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Top iPad Game Apps: N.O.V.A., Angry Birds, AirAttack Lead Charts
"Gameloft's
Halo-inspired first-person shooter
N.O.V.A. ranks as today's biggest-selling iPad game, as last week's chart winner
Madden NFL 11 for iPad trails
Angry Birds."
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Rovio's Angry Birds Headed to Palm, Android...and Theaters?
"Rovio chief executive Mikael Hed confirmed that the company's top-selling App Store sensation
Angry Birds will premiere for Android and Palm platforms in the next few weeks, and could soon be on its way to theaters."
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Review: Grokion
"If you enjoy 'Metroidvania' games, don't discount
Grokion completely. Better yet, wait for the next episode, in the hopes that many of Grokioni's problems may disappear."
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Top iPhone Game Apps: Fragger, Madden NFL 11 Emerge as Big Sellers
"Miniclipi's strategy title
Fragger climbs up to second place after taking third last week, landing behind Clickgamer's
Angry Birds in today's chart results."
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OpenFeint 2.6 Introduces Out-of-Network Invites, Cross-Platform Play
"Social gaming infrastructure developer Aurora Feint announced that the latest version of its OpenFeint network allows users to send SMS and e-mail game invites to any contact listed in their smartphone's address book."
