FDG Entertainment, makers of Parachute Panic and the extremely entertaining Japanese action-rpg Across Age, this week have released Beach Bowling 3D in an attempt to cash in on summer time app store customers in search of a fun game with a peaceful tropical setting. Beach Bowling 3D is a solid bowling game for the iphone or ipod touch, with another version for the ipad being released next month... more.

App Of The Week: Osfoora is a twitter client very similar in style to Tweetie / Twitter for iPhone. For this weekend only the iPhone app is free and the iPad's 'Osfoora HD' has dropped to £0.99. The App is very nicely presented and has several nice features including the ability to post a song from your library or the song that is ‘#NowPlaying’ complete with hashtag. Hop onto the App sto... more.

Pirates are all the rage lately, films like Pirates of The Caribbean have glamorised the lifestyle choice. Personally the idea of sailing the seven seas, pilfering and plundering sounds good – but the lack of hygiene and high chance of scurvy is a big draw back. For those like me, Pirates Treasure offers the Pirating experience scaled down into a handy package without the odour and dental diseas... more.

At first impression, Assault Squadron – a high intensity, visually stunning Amiga style Shoot ‘em up – seems to tick all the boxes. Once you get past the lush exterior however, the lack of substance leaves you wanting. The campaign is fairly standard, aliens have attacked the Earth and you are called upon as a member of the Assault Squadron to fight off the hordes.  It’s fairly short a... more.

Black Hole is an iPhone ‘Path Management’ game from Clickgamer, the guys who brought us Angry Birds. Let me set the scene; The world is under attack from thousands of asteroids- all hope seems lost, but who can save the earth from this plight? The answer..... You. You are tasked to use a mad scientist’s ‘Black Hole creator’ to divert the asteroids away from the Earth and cause collisions... more.

Dynamo Kid is brought to you by the folks over at OrangePixel and this game is a wholelottanuthin which is surprising because this is the same company that put out MiniPlane which wasn’t all that bad. There’s no story, no introduction of any sort, you just hit play and BAM—you’re off.  Off to what? Who knows, there’s no direction, just a straight forward—as basic as can be—platforme... more.

Sleep Cycle is a fancy application for the iPhone. The Sleep Cycle alarm clock is a bio-alarm clock that analyzes your sleep patterns and wakes you when you are in the lightest sleep phase. Waking up in the lightest sleep phase feels like waking without an alarm clock - it is a natural way to wake up where you feel rested and relaxed. "It works really well and does exactly what ... more.

Have you ever wanted to take the role of a shark, become the King of the ocean and the world’s deadliest predator? Nah, neither have I, but it sounds kinda cool thinking about it. Developers “Future Games of London” give us this opportunity with their game “Hungry Shark” which is priced at $1.99/£1.19 Hungry Shark has you controlling a shark which as the title suggests, is hungry, an... more.

The Tower and Castle Defence games genre is one of the most popular genres for the iPhone with hundreds of games to choose from, most notably titles such as Plants Vs Zombies and ZombieSmash. It’s now developer Fizz Pow’s turn to show us what they’ve got with their first game for the iPhone. Can their characteristic defence game called PandaMania rank amongst the best the genre has to offer?... more.

Fast & Furious Adrenaline is a newly released iPhone racer based upon the popular film franchise. The aim of the game is to take your rookie underground street racer onto the streets of LA to gain fame and turf for your selected “crew”. There are four “crews” to select from and each one has its own back story, you select a gang to race for and go head to head with rival crews to take o... more.

Battleships is a game which hasn't evolved, it hasn't changed. There are probably thousands of fans who still play the board game and will be over the moon with 'Warships'. 'Warships' itself is basically a repackaged version of the board game, it doesn't set out to be groundbreaking - instead giving the oppurtunity to carry the game in their pocket. I'm not going to review 'Battleships' which i... more.

OK - so if you're wondering what the concept of Mini Plane is - think the 'Helicopter game'. The aim of the game is to keep your plane in the air for as long as possible. The longer you are in the air the more distance you can travel, press the screen to ascend and release to descend whilst avoiding planes and buildings and collecting star pick ups and petrol to keep your plane in the air. The gam... more.

There are over 150,000 applications available in the Appstore these days which includes a whole variety of apps; everything from learning to play the piano to more information on the legendary astronaut Buzz Aldrin. The sheer amount of applications and games can make it a tough decision to purchase just the good and sift through the inevitable rubbish that is bound to appear in the attempt to make... more.

Every now and then, a unique game arrives which is completely unexpected and turns out to be a real gem, and Ozone fits in to this category perfectly. You won’t find many other games like it in the Appstore and certainly not as polished and fun to play. Created by developers Geardome, Ozone has you guiding a ball which is filled with air around a cleverly designed level, with an objective of ... more.

There are hundreds of racing games available on the Appstore these days, but none similar to Bravo Game Studio’s latest title Touch Racing Nitro. As the name suggests, Touch Racing Nitro implements an innovative control system that I’ve yet to see in any other racing game on the iPhone. The question is though, can Touch Racing Nitro’s unique control system race the game to the top of the App... more.

The premise of a Castle Defence game is so simple and we have seen so many over the years, with there seemingly being a huge market to exploit on iPhone and handheld platforms. The aim of a game such as this is to defend an object from an oncoming horde of enemies, with each level getting increasingly harder until you eventually get over swamped with baddies and fail your task. The stand out game ... more.

There are so many generic games released these days which offer nothing new to their particular genre, and are made with the intention of making an easy profit due to hitting a huge target audience. You can’t really blame the developers, but where is the risk and innovation these days? That’s why I had a keen interest in hearing about I-play’s latest game for the iPhone, Paper Boat Race, whi... more.