GTA 3 is, notably, coming out simultaneously for iOS and Android
A selection of 25 apps for you today:
Could the biggest mobile game of Christmas 2011 be a decade-old console title? Rockstar Games has launched Grand Theft Auto 3 for iOS and Android , with touchscreen-friendly controls. The link above is for Android, but you can find the iOS version here.
Android / iPhone / iPad [1]
Music apps developer Smule had a big hit with its Magic Piano app for iOS. Now it's followed up with Magic Guitar, initially on iPhone. It involves holding the device like a guitar neck while tapping notes to play, with a catalogue of songs from the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Coldplay and others to learn, and social features to show off.
iPhone
How to follow up the beautiful Cinderella book-app? Publisher Nosy Crow has chosen to use one of its existing print books as the basis for a playful iOS app, where toddlers get to help Bizzy Bear with his chores around a farm.
iPhone / iPad
Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine has launched an iOS app called Guitar Prodigy, which blends game-like elements and education to teach people to shred just like he does. Well, almost â€" parts can be slowed down for fans whose fingers aren't quite up to the job. "These songs were officially gone over by me, so no more bunk transcriptions and bad tabs," promises Mustaine.
iPhone / iPad
Life magazine is celebrating its 75th anniversary with a photographic app for iPad, with more than 200 pictures and magazine covers, accompanied by explanatory video and audio clips.
iPad
Zynga has launched a new social game for iOS, based around turning a magical forest into a bustling (yet ecologically fitting, obviously) community. With animals. It's the company's sixth game to be launched on mobile first rather than Facebook.
iPhone / iPad
More iPhotography here from Dorling Kindersley, based on the popular print book How to Photograph Absolutely Everything. It offers 85 guides to make you a better digital snapper.
iPhone
Still waiting for hipster music service Hype Machine to port its iPhone app to Android? uberHype may offer an alternative. It uses the Hype Machine platform to aggregate and serve up the songs being tipped by bloggers around the world.
Android
Before there was Halo, there was Marathon â€" a first-person shooter from Bungie that was subsequently opened up for developers to tinker with. One result in 2011 is this sequel on iOS.
iPhone / iPad
Ironsun Studios has released its hotly-tipped medieval game Battlewagon for Windows Phone , with players tasked with battering their way through 68 levels to defeat four nefarious barons.
Windows Phone
Apple's GarageBand just got some cut-price competition with Rockmate, which offers a similar mix of virtual instruments, smart chord progressions and sharing features. Oh, and one selling point is the ability for four people to gather round a single iPad to bash out a tune.
iPad
Sonic the Hedgehog arguably hit his peak with Sonic CD, and now the game has been updated for mobile and tablets, complete with the original Japanese soundtrack. The link above is for iOS, but find the Android version here.
Android / iPhone / iPad [2]
Callaway Digital Arts' latest Thomas & Friends app is less a book, and more a collection of creative activities: colouring, matching games and puzzles based on the famous tank engines. Additional packs will be sold through in-app purchase to keep it fresh.
iPhone / iPad
Visiting Stonehenge? This iOS app lets you point your device at the stones to get a computer-generated reconstruction of the monument from every angle, using augmented reality technology. It's also usable away from Stonehenge though, with activities including excavating prehistoric artefacts. It's the work of developer Ribui.
iPhone / iPad
In a big day for music-making iOS apps, Shredder wants people to plug their guitars into their iPads and start making a racket, using its analog synth engine settings. "Raspy synth swells? Gotcha covered. Bass-doubled riffs? Yup. Strings 'n Things for beefing up the mix? Ditto..."
iPad
A single commando taking on an entire army? Why has nobody thought of this before?! Okay, the premise may be as old as Sly Stallone, but Glu's freemium game Frontline Commando looks like a polished third-person shooter, with more weapons than you can shake a great big gun at.
Android / iPhone / iPad
Magazine Marie Claire has a new iPad app promising to educate users in the latest beauty trends from catwalks across the world, tapping Hollywood makeup artists for their latest tips.
iPad
Carpenters? There's an app for them. Woodcraft wants to help people make decks, benches, furniture and sheds â€" well, any woodwork project â€" offering a mix of 2D and 3D views of projects to sketch them out in advance. Projects can also be shared with other users.
iPhone / iPad
Japanese developer Kairosoft remains our preferred purveyor of quirky yet fearsomely addictive simulation games. Venture Town is its latest effort, as you "assume the reins of a mega-conglomerate to build your very own metropolitan utopia".
iPhone
US teen-pop star Jasmine V has her own iPad app, courtesy of startup Mahalo. Fans should expect beauty tips, choreography, advice about "love, boys and relationships" and episodes of her YouTube series Just Jasmine.
iPad
Gamevil's latest iPhone game looks great fun: a physics-based action game where you battle your way through more than 100 levels filled with toys.
iPhone
If you've not played marvellous piratical game Plunderland on iOS yet, you've missed out on a treat. Now developer Johnny Two Shoes has launched a freemium version to give more people a taste of the high-seas action.
iPhone / iPad
Nordisk Film and Tactile Entertainment have launched their new iOS and Android game Seal Force, which blends two popular mobile genres: line-drawing and endless running. The link above is for iOS, but you can find the Android version here.
Android / iPhone / iPad [3]
Brand Cow & Gate has launched a free app for parents to help them track toddler milestones, tagging each with photos, frames and captions.
iPhone
MiLocker claims to be "the most powerful unlock screen app" for Android, offering features including side-slip, vertical slip, multiple points and animation unlocking. It's the work of MIUI.
Android (spotted by Android Police [4] )
Links
- ^ find the iOS version here (itunes.apple.com)
- ^ Android version here (market.android.com)
- ^ find the Android version here (market.android.com)
- ^ Android Police (www.androidpolice.com)
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