On iOS App Store: NOVA 3, LostWinds 2, Luxor Evolved, Battleship

9 May 2012

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Posted by:Ferry Groenendijk

This week you can play these new iOS games for iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad via the iTunes App Store. The newest games become available mid-week in America at around 11 PM EST and Europe at around 12 AM UK time.

Here’s an overview of what iOS games Apple announced:

Content: N.O.V.A. 3 – Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance
Price: $6.99
Description: The most immersive and impressive sci-fi FPS franchise on smartphones is back! Fight for mankind’s survival in the greatest space shooter on mobile devices!

Four months have passed since Kal ruined the Volterites’ plans by sabotaging their war factories, and stopping the extraction of the Judger Artifacts. However, following the assassination of President Folsom, the government surrendered the colonies to the Volterite Protectorate in order to prevent civil war between the increasingly pro-Volterite citizens. Kal Wardin has been laying low since Folsom’s death, nut now he has received a desperate plea from Yelena to come to Earth. Once again, the hero must rise to save mankind!

Content: LostWinds 2: Winter of the Melodias
Price: $3.99
Description: Frontier is delighted to announce that the award-winning, enchanting ‘LostWinds’ adventure continues on iOS!

Amazing new season-switching gameplay. Incredible new wind powers at the tips of your fingers. Beautiful visuals. Expansive new environments to explore. Charming new characters, and an absorbing storyline. Each element builds on the success of the first game to make Frontier’s ‘LostWinds2: Winter of the Melodias’ an unmissable experience on iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch.

As you journey through all-new expansive areas of Mistralis – using Enril the Wind Spirit’s amazing new abilities to power young Toku’s jumps and glides and thwart evil Balasar and his minions – you’ll experience realtime radiosity, dynamic lights, dynamic shadows and reflective & refractive ice shaders. These advanced graphical techniques realize the full potential of your Apple device and give the already gorgeous game even extra depth and added beauty.

Content: Luxor Evolved
Price: $0.99
Description: In an all-new, completely revamped LUXOR Evolved, the chains are faster, the power-ups more awesome, the shooters more stealthy. In this retro-styled arcade shooter, you’ll experience a faster, more intense LUXOR, unlike any you’ve seen before.

Harkening back to arcade classics, LUXOR Evolved is action packed with more bonuses and a quickened pace. The number one marble shooter game offers up excitement, secret levels, and bonus levels to keep the surprises coming and your shooter firing.

Content: Battleship
Price: Free
Description: AUTHENTIC! EXPLOSIVE! AND FREE! The classic game, but inspired by the BATTLESHIP movie, play as the Human navy or mysterious Alien forces. Sink every enemy ship – the fate of the world is at your fingertips! BATTLESHIP FREE… It’s a hit!

Content: Wolfenstein 3D Classic
Price: Free
Description: Play the legendary original game that launched the First Person Shooter genre. You are OSA super agent B.J. Blazkowicz and you must escape from Castle Wolfenstein and defeat the twisted Nazi regime! Includes all six original episodes with 60 classic levels and unforgettable weapons, like the brutal chain gun, that still define action gaming today.

Wolfenstein 3D Classic is non-stop action and all of the memorable enemies are there for you to conquer from Hans Grosse to MechaHitler!

Search levels for hidden secrets that reveal stolen Nazi treasure, health packs, ammo and weapons or even short cuts. Use the new topdown map to see where you have already explored. Wolfenstein 3D Classic makes use of an all new control system designed for the iPhone by technical visionary and id Software founder, John Carmack. Choose clever new touch controls or drive with the tilt controls to halt the diabolical Nazi schemes.

Here’s a list of the rest of the iOS games out today:

* Punch Hero – Free
* Casino by Zeziz – Free
* Red Bull X-Fighters 2012 – $0.99
* Acme Planetary Defense – $0.99
* ChickenBreak – $0.99
* Monster Shooter: The Lost Levels – $0.99
* Penny Time – $0.99
* Pinch Peeps – $0.99
* This Could Hurt – $0.99
* FastBall 3 – $1.99
* Jake Escapes – $2.99
* Exponential Invasion – $2.99
* Please comment if we missed any.

Thanks to Toucharcade & iTunes for the overview.

See any iOS games you’re downloading today?