App Store Weekend Blowout: Saturday January 28, 2012

Here it is! — the only list of on-sale iOS apps you’ll need this weekend. Continually updating Saturday through Monday, our weekly ‘Weekend Blowout’ segment aims to put all the best app sales we think you can’t afford to miss, in one awesome place.

Hit the break for the continually-updating list of sale action! — Plus, be sure to check out this week’s episode of New, Notable and Dropped for a list of the hottest must-have apps to have become available over the past 7-days.

iPhone / iPod touch

Neon Heroes – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Zombie Samurai – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Mini Motor Racing – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Across Age ™ DX – (Was $3.99, Now $0.99)
Ninja Chicken 3: The Runner – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
LANScan – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
iSlash – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
N.O.V.A. 2 – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Yes, Master! – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Aces Bubble Popper Deluxe – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
BannerFlo – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Doodle 2 Go – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)

iPad / Universal

Batman Arkham City Lockdown – (Was $5.99, Now $2.99)
Crystal War Blood Field – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Drop The Chicken – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Bowling Ninja – Tappi Bear – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
BulkSMS – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Exitium: Saviors of Vardonia – (Was $3.99, Now FREE)
Time Ducks – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Mobitee Golf Assistant – (Was $24.99, Now FREE)
SkySafari 3 Pro – (Was $39.99, Now $29.99)
NLogSynth PRO – (Was $14.99, Now $7.99)
Splashtop Remote Desktop – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Mini Motor Racing HD – (Was $3.99, Now $1.99)
Zombie Samurai HD – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
My Download Manager Pro – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Quarrel Deluxe – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Worms Crazy Golf HD – (Was $4.99, Now $1.99)
Across Age ™ HD – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Battleland: Honor of Arena HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Puzzlejuice – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
100 Cameras in 1 for iPad – (Was $3.99, Now $0.99)
Unarchiver (+USB Disk Pro) – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Smart-Office – (Was $9.99, Now $1.99)
Mahjong Deluxe – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Aces Bubble Popper Deluxe HD – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Eden – World Builder – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Paul & Percy – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Two Towers – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Pro Chords – (Was $8.99, Now $2.99)
NOAA Radar US – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
CineXPlayer – (Was $3.99, Now $2.99)
USB Disk™ – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Discovr Movies – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)

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IMGA Nominees Announced, to Honor the Best Mobile Games of the Past Year

The International Mobile Gaming Awards committee, including notable members of the press such as our own Jeff Scott, have announced their nominees for the best mobile titles of the past year. Over 500 titles were submitted for review, and thirty titles in six categories have been nominated for the awards to been announced on March 1st in Barcelona, Spain. Here are the titles in the 6 categories.

Best Casual Game

These titles have been nominated for their excellence in being accessible to gamers of all kinds, while maintaining quality experiences.

CreaVures

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Released: 2011-03-04 :: Category:

HECTOR: Badge of Carnage Ep1

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $3.99
Released: 2010-06-02 :: Category: Games

Jetpack Joyride

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE

Our Rating: :: JOYFUL
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-09-01 :: Category: Games

Sprinkle: Water splashing fire fighting fun!

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $1.99

Our Rating: :: WET & WILD
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-08-25 :: Category: Games

The Blocks Cometh By Halfbot

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $0.99

Our Rating: :: FRUSTRATION COMETH
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-02-17 :: Category: Games

Read on for the full list of nominees.

Best Real World Game

These nominees include games that utilize geolocation to fuel gameplay, along with those that use augmented reality to bring real-world environments into the gameplay.

CityRace – not yet released
Flatmates – not yet released

Meatspace Invasion

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-07-26 :: Category: Games

NBA: King of the Court

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-12-01 :: Category: Games

Shadow Cities

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-05-30 :: Category: Games

Best Sports Games

These games include not just titles that are traditional competitive sports, but also racing games, and titles that take place on vehicles, which could vaguely be considered part of the ‘sports’ genre.

Bike Baron

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $0.99

Our Rating: :: DANGEROUSLY ADDICTING
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-10-20 :: Category: Games

Flick Tennis: College Wars

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Released: 2011-10-27 :: Category: Games

Sports Car Challenge

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-11-21 :: Category: Games

Touchgrind BMX

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $4.99

Our Rating: :: SICK!
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-05-26 :: Category: Games

Trial Xtreme 2 (Android)

Best Mobile Social Game

This category includes games that are part of the traditional ‘social’ genre where farms or cities are developed, as well as titles that involve socializing with other players, including turn-based multiplayer games.

Charadium II

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $1.99
Released: 2011-12-07 :: Category: Games

Funpark Friends

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE

Our Rating: :: PLAYFUL
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-09-30 :: Category: Games

Poker Pals

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: $0.99
Released: 2011-11-03 :: Category: Games

SpellCraft School of Magic

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE

Our Rating: :: MAGIC
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-12-07 :: Category: Games

The Pirate King !

iPhone App - Designed for the iPhone, compatible with the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-11-15 :: Category: Games

Excellence in Gameplay

This all-encompassing category includes games that have been nominated based on the strength of their core gameplay. These are some of the best-playing games of the past year.

Battleheart

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $2.99

Our Rating: :: CHARMING
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-01-31 :: Category: Games

Contre Jour HD

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $2.99

Our Rating: :: DISTINCTIVE
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-08-25 :: Category: Games

Death Rally

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE $0.99
Released: 2011-03-31 :: Category: Games

DrawRace 2 HD

iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad
Buy Now: $2.99
Released: 2011-09-01 :: Category: Games

Infinity Blade II

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $6.99

Our Rating: :: MORE INFINITE
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-12-01 :: Category: Games

Most Innovative Game

These games have been nominated based on innovation in their design, structure, artwork, and everything that comprises them.

Forever Drive

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE

Our Rating: :: KEEPS ON GOING
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-10-11 :: Category: Games

Kodo

KuraKuraMaze

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-07-07 :: Category: Games

Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad
Buy Now: $4.99

Our Rating: :: A TIME OF MIRACLES
Read Our Full Review >>

Released: 2011-03-24 :: Category: Games

WildChords

iPad Only App - Designed for the iPad
Buy Now: FREE
Released: 2011-11-16 :: Category: Music

The winners in each category are set to receive €100,000 of free publicity from ProSieben Sat1 Games, and the game named overall winner will receive €400,000 of free publicity. According to Maarten Noyons, CEO and founder of the IMGA, “We have had an unprecedented response for the year’s awards. We see a trend of very high quality, big productions coming to the mobile platform and on the other hand a lot of fresh innovative casual games. I think the jury has made a very interesting choice. The 8th IMGA shows a wealth of new ideas and ground-breaking quality coming from studios all over the world. I would like to congratulate each of the developers that have games nominated and thank everyone who submitted games to the awards.”

About: IMGA Nominees Announced, to Honor the Best Mobile Games of the Past Year is a post from 148Apps

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App Store Weekend Blowout: Saturday January 21, 2012

With the Chinese new year in full swing, tonight we’re bringing you the second episode of Weekend Blowout for 2012, and what an episode it is! – Our App Store monkeys have been hard at work over the past 48 hours collating a list of the most-notable iOS app price drops just for you.

Hit the break for the continually-updating list of sale action! — Plus, be sure to check out this week’s episode of New, Notable and Dropped for a list of the hottest must-have apps to have become available over the past 7-days.

iPhone / iPod touch

HECTOR: Ep2 – Senseless Acts Of Justice – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
HECTOR: Ep3 – Beyond Reasonable Doom – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Robber Rabbits! – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Silent Ops – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Voicemod – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Skyline Blade – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Cybernarium – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Daily Agenda – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
SqueezeBastard – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
iThunderStrike – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Cartoon Defense – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
N.O.V.A. 2 – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Flick Soccer! – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
The Bard’s Tale – (Was $5.99, Now $2.99)
Piano Notes Fun – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
BackStab – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
THE KING OF FIGHTERS – (Was $6.99, Now $2.99)
Gamebook Adventures – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
NEW ORBIT – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Business Card Reader – (Was $5.99, Now $0.99)
Rejoin – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Bacteria Killer – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Mole Kart – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Fainting Goats – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Trenches II – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
FIFA SOCCER 12 by EA SPORTS – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Shopping List 365 – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Eagle Eye Full – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Starbase Command – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Real Racing 2 – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Pocket Warriors – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)

iPad / Universal

Robber Rabbits! HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Sam & Max Episode 1 – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Inspire Pro – (Was $7.99, Now $0.99)
Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Flick Soccer! HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Avadon: The Black Fortress HD – (Was $9.99, Now $4.99)
Battles of 1944 – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Race Gear-Feel 3d Car – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Pudding Pop – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)

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iPad has potential as programming teaching tool, if Apple would let it

The iPad today is used in a lot of places that would surprise most people who regarded the thing as “just a big iPod touch” back when it debuted in early 2010: in corporate offices, in hospitals, in church pulpits, airline cockpits, and more. As sales continue to skyrocket, it’s becoming even more clear that another knock on the iPad, that it’s mainly a “consumption device” and not really for creation of content, is also becoming, well, inaccurate.

My favorite example of this came to me by way of Phillip Alvelda. Tech folks know him as the founder and former CEO of MobiTV. But his latest passion is his foundation, the Westminster Institute for Science Education. Through it, one of the courses he teaches is basic programming for middle schoolers. And what is he using for his course ? The iPad.

After his time at MIT, CalTech, NASA and in the tech startup world, Alvelda is now tackling the decline of science in schools’ elementary, middle- and high-school curriculum. What kids are currently taught does not “have much to do with what science is actually like,” Alvelda tells me. “It’s more about history of science and other people’s ideas.”

His foundation’s philosophy is to teach young people the power of creative exploration using 21st century tools. The class he teaches uses the iPad (a 21st century digital tool that’s far cheaper than anything most schools can afford of similar capability, he says) and an app called Codea. The app enables the creation of games and projects right on the device using the Lua programming language. (See video below for example.) Alvelda (who has no affiliation with Codea) calls it “a completely powerful and self-contained programming environment” that he says is great for teaching simple programming, something he considers essential for them when they eventually become working adults.

Codea, which first hit Apple’s App Store in October for $7.99, was created by Simeon Nasilowski, a programmer living in Adelaide, Australia who says he started designing the app never imagining it would be used in an educational setting, much less anyone else even seeing it.

He’s a mobile app developer by trade, but built Codea for himself because, he says, he wanted to write a bit of code but didn’t have his laptop on him. Most of the time, if he was away from his desk and inspiration stuck, all he’d have on him was his iPad.

But it wasn’t just about convenience for Nasilowski either. He also believes in touch as a fantastic interaction mode for programming for its ability to simplify the sometimes needlessly complicated. An example, cited by Nasilowski:

When you write code you could try to define a color as three values, red, green and blue with values between 0 and 255. You might type “120″ and that’s some sort of gray. In Codea, if you have a function or part of your code that requires a color, it highlights that part of the code and it pops up a color picker you choose from there.

That simplicity and ease of interaction is what makes this app and a tool like the iPad so appealing to Alvelda and other forward-thinking educators. The iPad is a cheap, simple way to teach programming, the potential lingua franca of the future. Plus, you don’t need a developer license or a lot of money. But despite all the possibility and promise of that, Apple’s stance on certain kinds of coding apps is working against this goal.

Codea did make it through the App Store verification process — Apple somewhat relaxed rules last year that stated apps cannot contain any non-Apple executable code. Now the rule limits only downloadable executable code. Other coding apps have been approved too, like Textastic, For: i and Koder.

Codea has seen 25,000 downloads since October, but just last week Apple contacted Nasilowski and had him take out the code-sharing feature of his app. A disappointment for sure. It’s not just Codea though. A more high-profile kerfuffle happened in 2010 when Apple rejected Scratch, a well-liked programming app for kids created by MIT’s Media Lab. The reason it was rejected was under the former rules — that have since been relaxed — that banned any executable code that wasn’t Apple’s.

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How To Make Your iPhone’s Home Button More Responsive [iOS Tips]

One of the unfortunate byproducts of owning an iOS device is that your Home button can become a little sluggish over time. When you get your new iPhone or iPad and use it initially, the Home button works smoothly, but it can eventually become less responsive.

Fortunately, there’s a subtle trick in iOS for recalibrating your Home button. After performing this tip on your personal iOS device, you should notice that your Home button is considerably more responsive when you’re navigating throughout iOS.

iDownloadBlog passes on an incredibly helpful tip that many probably don’t know about. It’s actually a very simple process to recalibrate your Home button; simply open a stock iOS app (Weather, Stocks, Clock, etc.). Once the app is open, press your iPhone’s power button until the ‘slide to power off’ screen appears. From that screen, press and hold your Home button until iOS force quits the stock app you have open. You’re done! No rocket science required.

Your iPhone’s Home button (this also works wonderfully on the iPad and iPod touch) should now be just as responsive as ever. Let us know if this tip worked for you in the comments below!

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Use Emoji On Your Mac [OS X Tips]

The world of iOS was set alight when it was realized anybody can utilize Emoji–full colour emoticons, popular mostly in Japan. Suddenly SMS got a lot more interesting! However, with OS X Lion you can also utilize them on your Mac, making for everything from better emails to more colorful documents.

This tip is extracted from Mac Kung Fu, a new book containing over 300 tips, tricks, hints and hacks for Mac OS X Lion. 

Emoji are similar to emoticons you might already use: things like :-) for a smiley face, for example. The difference is that they’re full-color high-quality images, and they’re usually distributed as a special font. They’re popular in Japan and are rapidly spreading to the West.

OS X Lion includes default support for Emoji, as do versions 4 and above of iOS, the operating system that runs the iPad and iPhone. Therefore you can add them to email messages, for example, and text documents created with apps like TextEdit, although apps like Microsoft Word don’t currently support Emoji.

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App Store Weekend Blowout: Saturday December 24, 2011

While we officially closed down for the Christmas break on Wednesday here at RazorianFly – as promised – (and because we love you guys), here is the only list you’ll need for finding the very best apps which are on sale for iOS throughout the holiday period.

The entire, continually-updating list of the action is available right after this break!

iPhone / iPod touch

VANGUARD STORM – (Was $3.99, Now $1.99)
FIFA SOCCER 12 by EA SPORTS – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Trenches II – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Spider-Man: Total Mayhem – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Dead Space™ – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
The Sims 3 – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
The Settlers – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
MADDEN NFL 12 by EA SPORTS – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Need For Speed™ Undercover – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Puzzle Quest 2 – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
The Sims 3 Ambitions – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Sky Gamblers: Rise Of Glory – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY™ – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
The Sims™ Medieval – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
BackStab – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Iron Man 2 – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Super Monkey Ball 2: Sakura Edition – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
King of Dragon Pass – (Was $9.99, Now $7.99)
Rayman 2: The Great Escape – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Pod Odyssey – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Need for Speed™ Hot Pursuit – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
RISK – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
SHIFT 2 Unleashed – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Silent Ops – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Espresso HTML – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Hills and Rivers Remain – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Words With Friends – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
doFORM – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
12Cal – Financial Calculator – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Pocket Chef™ – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Prizma – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Happy Hills – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Guns’n'Glory – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
The Creeps! – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
iStriker: Rescue & Combat – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Gravonaut – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Coin Dozer – Seasons Pro – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Flare – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Camera360 Ultimate – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
RC Heli 2 – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Assassin’s Creed™ – Altaïr’s Chronicles – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Real Racing – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Frogbert – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Galactic Phantasy – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Call of Mini: Zombies – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Discovr Apps – (Was $2.99, Now $1.99)
Cosmic Cab – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
The Sims 3 World Adventures – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Solar Walk – 3D Solar System Model – (Was $2.99, Now $1.99)
EPOCH – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Bean’s Quest – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
TextGrabber + Translator – (Was $9.99, Now $0.99)
topPlayer – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Civilization Revolution – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Guitar Pro – (Was $7.99, Now $0.99)
Quarrel Deluxe – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Aurum Blade – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Air Sharing – (Was $9.99, Now $4.99)
Tap Forms Database – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Japan Goggles – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Etolis: Arena – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Crayon Physics Deluxe – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
eNotes – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Fight Night Champion by EA Sports™ – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Mushihimesama BUG PANIC – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
PopOut! The Night Before Christmas – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Exitium: Saviors of Vardonia – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
ESPGALUDA II – (Was $7.99, Now $5.99)
Fantastic Knight – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Stand O’Food® 3 Full – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
The Incredible Machine – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Shantae: Risky’s Revenge Full – (Was $4.99, Now $1.99)
MONSTER HUNTER Dynamic Hunting – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
WhatsApp Messenger – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Flick Tennis: College Wars – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Bomberman Touch – The Legend of Mystic Bomb – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
ZENONIA® 2 – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Bomberman Dojo – (Was $3.99, Now $0.99)
F-SIM Space Shuttle – (Was $3.99, Now $0.99)
Mahjong Artifacts® Full – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
iReading – The Nutcracker – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Pocket Informant – (Was $12.99, Now $7.99)
Neuroshima Hex – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Ambiance – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
NBA 2K12 – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Evolution of Gaming – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Quickoffice® Pro – (Was $9.99, Now $4.99)
Grand Theft Auto 3 – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Chess With Friends – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Happy Vikings – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
The Escapee – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
4Towers Onslaught: Combo TD – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Anomaly Warzone Earth – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Devil May Cry 4 refrain – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Pizza Boy – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Plunderland – (Was $2.99, Now $1.99)
Ravensword: The Fallen King – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Photo Power – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
A Knights Dawn – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
AutoStitch Panorama – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
ZENONIA® – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Toy Shot™ – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Evolution of Gaming – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Quickoffice® Pro – (Was $9.99, Now $4.99)
Car Crusher – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
DOOM Classic – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Tower Bloxx Deluxe 3D – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Ben the Bodyguard – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – (Was $9.99, Now $5.99)
Subject 7 – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
AmpKit+ – (Was $19.99, Now $9.99)
Real Steel – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
DOOM II RPG – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Wolfenstein 3D Classic Platinum – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Space Miner™ – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Grand Prix Story – (Was $3.99, Now $1.99)
Tank Riders – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
DOOM Resurrection – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
The Nightworld – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Papers – (Was $14.99, Now $9.99)
Articles – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Pocket Academy – (Was $3.99, Now $1.99)
F1 2011 GAME™ – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Sonics Rabbit HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Curtis Heavy – Granular Synthesizer – (Was $4.99, Now FREE)
Sound Scope Space – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Awesome Shopping List – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Defen-G Astro – (Was $2.99, Now FREE)
Wikibot – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Mega Man® II – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Magic Hour – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Doodle Jink Reloaded – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
The Sheep Won’t Sleep – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Happy Archer – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Peak Gold – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
Elf Rescue – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)

iPad / Universal

Evolution of Gaming – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)
DisplayPad – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Codea – (Was $7.99, Now $0.99)
Quickoffice Pro HD – (Was $19.99, Now $14.99)
Grand Theft Auto 3 – (Was $4.99, Now $2.99)
Loopy HD – (Was $7.99, Now $3.99)
Trade Mania HD Full – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
StarFront: Collision HD – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Splinter Cell Conviction™ HD – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Inspire Pro – (Was $7.99, Now $0.99)
Shadow Guardian HD – (Was $6.99, Now $0.99)
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD – (Was $9.99, Now $5.99)
Nightstand Central for iPad – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Wispin HD – (Was $2.99, Now $0.99)
Articles for iPad – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
RAGE HD – (Was $1.99, Now $0.99)
Masque – (Was $3.99, Now FREE)
SketchBook Pro for iPad – (Was $4.99, Now $1.99)
Farm Frenzy 2 HD – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Starry HD – (Was $3.99, Now FREE)
Album App – (Was $1.99, Now FREE)
Cradle of Rome – (Was $4.99, Now $0.99)
Aquamarine HD – (Was $0.99, Now FREE)

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App Store holiday sales on now: GTA 3, id software, Dungeon Raid, lots more

The App Store freeze goes down today, so this is the last chance for many developers to put their apps on sale. And of course, many have taken advantage of that chance.

• Before we even start listing sales today, many of the sales previously listed, including EA and Gameloft's whole-catalog 99 cent sales, are still ongoing through the weekend.
• The anniversary release of Grand Theft Auto 3 is only $2.99. That's a bargain no matter which way you slice it -- pick it up.
• Japanese developer Cave is having a big 99 cents sale, with some of its bullet-hell shooters available for cheap.
• id Software is also going cheap, with Rage HD, Doom Classic, Doom II RPG, and more going on sale for just a buck.
• Hack-and-slash Aurum Blade (above) is free for the holidays.
• Monster RPG 2 is 99 cents.
• Comixology's great Comics app is having an in-store sale, with lots of comics for only a buck.
• Dungeon Raid is one of the best games of the year, and it's only $1.99 in a rare sale.
• Dragon Fantasy is an excellent 8-bit style RPG that's only a buck.
• Wayforward's excellent Shantae: Risky's Revenge platformer is only $1.99.
• Gamevil's Zenonia and Zenonia 2 are both completely free.
• iPad exclusive tower defense/strategy game Ant Raid is only a buck.
• Chillingo's Ravensword: The Fallen King is only 99 cents, and there's plenty of other Chillingo titles on sale for cheap as well.
• Disney's in on the sale, too, with Where's My Water, Jelly Car and lots of others for only 99 cents.
• Companions for iPad is only a buck.
• Galaxy Pirate Adventure got renamed as Galactic Phantasy, and it's only 99 cents right now.
• Word game Welder is just $1.99.

And that's only the ones we've heard of -- there are probably lots more sales out there. In other words, if there's an app that you've been wanting to buy, you should probably check up on it today, because if it's not on sale now, it probably won't be this year. Good luck, enjoy all of your new apps!

App Store holiday sales on now: GTA 3, id software, Dungeon Raid, lots more originally appeared on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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