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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 Tucker Dean, Jason Johnson, Ryan Hibbeler, and Mike Rose.]
This week, FingerGaming covers Gameloft's
Zombie Infection and EA's
Skate franchise spinoff
Skate It.
Also within are the lists for top-grossing, most-downloaded free and paid Apps from Apple's store, as well as reviews for
Ninjatown: Trees of Doom, Super 7 and
Sword & Poker 2.
Here are the top stories from the last seven days:
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Top-Grossing Game Apps: Angry Birds Overtakes Iron Man 2
"EA's
Tetris climbs up to third after placing tenth last week, while PopCap's
Bejeweled 2 rises to fourth place and Square Enix's
Chaos Rings slips to fifth."
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Skate It Rolls Into the App Store
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Skate It uses accelerometer and flick controls to trigger a variety of grabs, flips, and grinds. As with many skateboarding titles, players earn points for stringing together combinations of air and land stunts."
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Review: Sword & Poker 2
"By using poker hands instead of simple color matching, the puzzle game in
Sword & Poker 2 is more compelling than your standard match-3 affair. With the addition of special abilities and re-configurable damage tables, it does a great job of rewarding strategic play."
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Konami Announces Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night for iPhone
"Konami announced today that its
Castlevania franchise will make its iPhone debut with
Castlevania Puzzle: Encore of the Night, a competitive puzzle-RPG in the vein of titles like
Super Puzzle Fighter II and
Puzzle Quest."
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Review: Ninjatown: Trees of Doom!
"
Ninjatown: Trees of Doom plays out in a similar fashion to the likes of
Doodle Jump and
Canabalt. It's wonderful fun, with plenty of variation in content that'll keep you coming back for more."
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Top iPad Game Apps: Dizzypad HD Leads Free Charts
"
Pinball HD, Real Racing HD, and
Scrabble continue to lead iPad game sales in the App Store.
Angry Birds HD moves up a spot to overtake
Flight Control HD, as
Iron Man 2 drops out of the top ten."
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Gameloft Releases Resident Evil Clone Zombie Infection
"One innovation that
Zombie Infection promotes is the inclusion of undead animals. In fact, one level takes place in a zoo filled entirely with zombie wildlife."
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Review: Super 7
"If
Super 7 doesn't create too busy of an experience for you, and if you can get into 'the flow,' I imagine it would be a hit -- one you could play against your friends and really get into."
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Top iPhone Game Apps: Edge Returns to the Charts
"Mobigame's
Edge ranks as the App Store's third-best seller in the Games category after its recent reinstatement. Clickgamer's
Angry Birds once again claims the top spot, as newcomer skateboarding sim
Stick Skater takes second place."
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Gamevil First Quarter Profits Increase by 99 Percent
"Korean mobile games publisher Gamevil announced that it has amassed 3.37 billion KRW ($2.97 million USD) in net income during the first quarter of 2010, owing much of its overseas success to the popularity of its titles for the iPhone and iPod Touch."
