You remember R-Type right? Arguably the 80′s finest retro top down shooter ever. Well it’s now available for iPod Touch and it’s just like the original! Even if you havn’t played it this is one not to miss!

R-Type: UK AppStore
R-Type: US AppStore

Everybody loves a freebie right? Well you’re in luck developers are regularly running promotions offering there normally paid for games for free and often for one day only. This means you need to be checking regularly for new freebies so you don’t miss anything.

There seems to be some exceptionally high quality freebies available right now as well so be quick and download them:

Megajump
Civilization Revolution
Piyo Blocks

Here are some good sources for finding free games:

Free Game of the Day
Free App A Day
App Crunch: App Chart
Free App Alert
iPod Touch Apps
Free App Calendar

Do you know anywhere else worth checking let us know in the comments.

Another week and another Game of The Week, this is an oldie but a goodie if you like Geometry wars then you’re going to love Meteor Blitz, extremely polished refined controls and excellent graphics make this a must have for any top down shooter fan.

Meteor Blitz: UK Appstore
Meteor Blitz: US Appstore

Our pick for Game of The Week is a cracking little game called Saving Private Sheep, Pick up and Play, this game is cute but don’t be fooled by its graphics it’s incredibly addictive and a bargain at the current price.

In Brief:
Sheep + Physics = Made of Win

iTunes App Store UK: Saving Private Sheep
iTunes App Store US: Saving Private Sheep

Gameloft have just launched a limited time sale on 6 of there best iPod Touch Apps:

• GT Racing Download: UK | US
• UNO: UK | US
• Brothers in Arms: UK | US
• Gangstar: UK | US
• Shrek Kart: UK | US
• N.O.V.A: UK | US
• Assassins Creed: Altairs Chronicles: UK | US

EA is having a 48 hour sale on 18 iPod Touch titles some of them are worth the full price let a lone at this crazy offer. Seems limited to US iTunes Store though. Google how to create a US iTunes account if you don’t have one all ready.

1. Battleship
2. CLUEDO
3. Command & Conquer Red Alert
4. Connect 4
5. Dragon’s Lair
6. FIFA 10
7. FIFA World Cup
8. Jewel Quest
9. Madden NFL
10. NBA Live
11. Need for Speed: Shift
12. Need for Speed: Undercover
13. SimCity
14. Surviving High School
15. The Game of Life
16. Tiger Woods PGA
17. Trivial Pursuit
18. Yahtzee

Game of The Week is Pro Zombie Soccer developed by SAHDMT (Super Awesome Hyper Dimensional Mega Team) and published by Chillingo. Everything about Pro Zombie Football has the making of an awesome game. Castles Defense meets Football combined with killing Zombies. What’s not to like?

Gameplay is excellent, the game feels and look extremely polished and has been carefully put together to create the final product. Better than games that cost 5x as much and well worth a punt (pun intended) at £0.59/$0.99

iTunes App Store UK: Purchase Pro Zombie Soccer
iTunes App Store US: Purchase Pro Zombie Soccer

This Weeks top game is Fragger. This game is a bit like pringles “Once you start, you can’t stop”. Simple to get into but very addictive and hard to put down. Straight forward game play you contorl a fragger who hurls grenades at your opponents. Simply select the angle and power of the throw and release. With 40 challenging levels and 2 difficulties. A bargain at £0.59/$0.99.

iTunes App Store UK: Download Fragger
iTunes App Store US: Download Fragger

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There isn’t a whole lot of news to report at the moment but there have been plenty of quality game releases to keep you busy.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Lite
“Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars Lite is an introduction to your criminal career in the most dangerous city in America. Play the first three missions from the full game—meet Uncle Wu “Kenny” Lee, and help him in his quest to regain control of the Triad Gangs of Liberty City. Get ready for hotwiring, reckless driving, gunfights, and plenty of hot pursuits.”

Splinter Cell Conviction: Price: $9.99
“Unleash the ferocious skills of renegade agent Sam Fisher.
Play as Sam Fisher, a highly skilled Special Forces operative and fight a corrupted secret agency to get your daughter back. Follow a trail of intrigue that leads from Iraq to a high-security building in Washington. Run, jump, fight, and shoot using a handgun, shotgun, AK47 and bazooka, or maintain stealth by improvising with nearby objects. You are now a renegade spy agent; you don’t follow any orders except for your own rules of engagement!”

RottenCity: Price: $0.99
“2013 AD – The Rotten City has been quarantined. Before the biochemical warfare, Nadia Mincemeat was an ordinary high school student. She is now a zombie hunter that destroys zombies to acquire the precious “Blood Jewels”. The living survivors are desperately seeking to move to the last remaining “clean” island, known as “0614”. In order to gain this “right of migration” to “0614”, Blood Jewels are the only accepted form of payment. These Blood Jewels can only be found in the bodies of zombies. If someone were to enter The Rotten City, that individual would need to make the choice of escaping the city or becoming a zombie. Since so many hunters have failed to escape, the zombie population of The Rotten City has flourished. Will Nadia make it out alive?”

Prince of Persia Retro: Price: $0.99
“A wicked Vizier has given the Sultan’s daughter a horrible ultimatum: accept to marry him in 60 minutes, or die. You have been imprisoned in the lowest dungeons beneath the palace, and must now race against the sands of the hourglass in an effort to save your true love. Negotiate fiendish traps, engage in trilling swordplay and use death-defying acrobatics to make your way through one of the most celebrated and influential video games of all time.”

The award winning Chillingo have also published two brand new games:

Pirate’s Treasure: Price: $1.99
“As beautiful as Treasure Island is, you wouldn’t want to holiday there. It’s packed with all kinds of murderous scallywags including the Grim Reaper himself! Combining elements of RPG, exploration and all-out blasting mayhem, Pirate’s Treasure takes you on an enjoyable quest to recover your riches from creatures both natural and magical. Oh, and prepare to battle boss enemies that are too massive to fit on the screen!”

Assault Squadron: Price: $2.99
“The Global Defense Force reports that Earth is under attack by a hostile, unidentified vessel containing thousands of enemy craft. Striking with unwavering precision, the invasion destroys key defensive facilities to leave Earth and its inhabitants at the mercy of fearsome alien attackers. You are a part of the Assault Squadron; an elite tactical space combat force dispatched by the Federal Alliance to defeat the alien enemy. Assault Squadron’s explosive sci-fi missions and in-depth storyline will thrill shoot-‘em-up fans and casual players alike as they battle to save the Earth.”

Split/Second zooms into the iTunes App Store. What seperates Spli.Second from the rest of the pack is the changing track and emphasis on destruction, rewarding aggresive driving and taking out the opponents similar to burnout. Giving plenty of content for the price.

Currently £3.99

http://appcrunch.co.uk/apps/splitsecond/