Sid Meier’s Pirates!, a sandbox-style adventure on the high seas from 2K Games, is now available from the app store. A reimagination of the classic tale, Pirates! sees you sailing the seas, pillaging, plundering, trading, swordfighting, cannonballing, dancing, and engaging in all manner of pirate life as you see fit. Sid Meier's Pirates! Pros: Gorgeous visuals on the cut scenes Intuitiv... more.

A bunch of notable updates for some of our favorite games have been released lately. Be sure to check these out or pick them up if you don't already own them. Flick Golf Extreme! HD One of our favorite games of June 2011, Flick Golf Extreme from Full Fat Games has shown some love to their iPad fans and released the HD version of their hit game. Playing the exact same as its iPhone coun... more.

We've just been notified that Hexius Iphone App from Physics Labs has reached 500,000 game plays. In June, we reviewed Hexius and gave it a 4.5 Dimple rating. We wanted to send them a congratulations on their Milestone! To celebrate, Hexius has been made FREE for this weekend, so this is a good time to download the Hexius App from the App Store! ... more.

Back in January, we had the opportunity to review Emantras' then new physics puzzle app Rafter. Since it's initial release Rafter has seen a boatload of love from the development house in the form of additional level updates. With the iPhone and iPod touch version now sporting a healthy 71 levels, Emantras has focused efforts on an iPad specific 101-level version. Rafter HD is now available i... more.

With the iPad being in the wild for over a month now, it's becoming apparent that some game genre's are perfectly suited for the small screen (we're looking at you platformers), while others demand a large venue to deliver their unabridged greatness.  Gameprom's Pinball HD is a stellar example of the latter group. Currently sitting at the top of the iPad App Store charts, Pinball HD brings a new ... more.

There are feathers scattered about in the flurry of iPad title announcements this past week.  Angry Birds HD is here! While some developers are still prepping their successful iPhone titles for the new device, one publisher that has really proved to be on the ball is Chillingo.  Angry Birds HD is just one of the titles they had ready on iPad launch day. While we reviewed the original version for... more.