[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
Madden NFL 11, The Incident, and
So Long, Oregon!, 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
Finger Balance and
Rocket Sheep Rampage.
Here are the top stories from the last seven days:
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Madden NFL 11 Out Now for iPhone and iPad
"Though it was beaten to the App Store by Gameloft's
NFL 2011, Electronic Arts strikes back this week with the iPhone 4-optimized
Madden NFL 11 and
Madden NFL 11 for iPad."
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Top-Grossing Game Apps: Madden NFL 11 Sells Big on iPhone, Tops iPad Charts
"EA's
Madden NFL 11 leads as today's highest-grossing iPad game app, dropping last week's sales leader
Angry Birds HD to second place.
Scrabble for iPad trails at third, as the free-to-play
Fishies and
We Farm take fourth and fifth place."
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So Long, Oregon!: A Worthy Follow-Up to Enviro-Bear 2010
"While
The Oregon Trail is more geared toward simulation-styled gameplay,
So Long, Oregon! presents its semi-educational content in the context of a side-view stunt racing game in the vein of titles like
Excitebike and
Trials HD."
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Review: Finger Balance
"It's not that it fails as a game -- actually, it's not half bad -- but this ball-rolling high-wire act sits a tad too high on the horse, constantly condemning you for the slightest misstep."
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The Incident: A Retro-Styled, Cataclysmic Action Game for iPhone and iPad
"Big Bucket Software's universal iPhone and iPad game
The Incident challenges players to dodge falling objects and climb a growing stack of furniture, musical instruments, vehicles, and other everyday junk that endlessly rains from the sky."
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Top iPhone Game Apps: Osmos Charts High in Debut Week
"
Hungry Shark: Part 2 climbs up to second place in App Store game sales as the Discovery Channel's Shark Week concludes.
Angry Birds keeps the top spot, as a recent content-expanding update puts
Fragger ahead of
Doodle Jump."
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2K Brings Hit Wii Minigame Compilation Carnival Games to iPhone
"2K won big with
Carnival Games upon its initial release in 2007. Wii owners were charmed by the game's easy-to-grasp gameplay and lighthearted midway aesthetic, and the title went on to sell more than 6 million units worldwide."
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Review: Rocket Sheep Rampage
"If you happen to be slightly off-kilter and have an affinity for old electronic handheld games like
Auto Race and its numerous variations, think of
Rocket Sheep as a sequel 35 years in the making."
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Top iPad Game Apps: Madden NFL 11, AirAttack Head Paid Charts
"Jet Set Games makes an impressive showing with its iPad strategy title
Highborn HD this week, landing ahead of
Wheel of Fortune HD and
Scrabble for iPad at fifth place.
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Square Enix Debuts Chaos Rings for iPad, Announces App Store Catalog Sale
"Square Enix has released an iPad version of its iOS-exclusive role-playing game
Chaos Rings, and has dropped the price of every other game in its App Store catalog to mark the occasion."
