Puppet War, Twindigo's clever first person puppet shooter, is now available from the app store. The game has you using firearms and melee weapons to kill as many puppets as you can in several beautiful maps with many surprises along the way. Puppet War Pros: Large arsenal of weapons to purchase and use Several great maps to play Endless and progressively harder levels in campaign m... more.

Meow Meow Happy Fight, a Japanese-themed dual stick shooter by Big Pixel Studios, is now available from the app store. This creative game allows you to control one of many characters in a challenging and fun adventure to eliminate the other cats. Don't let the bright and happy graphics fool you-these kittens are capable of a lot of destruction. Meow Meow Happy Fight Pros: 24 bright an... more.

Great Tank War, a 3D realistic dual-stick shooter from Nate Games where you control a tank and fend off military attacks, is now available from the app store. Presenting historically accurate tanks, very realistic graphics, and smooth gameplay, Great Tank War is really a blast. Great Tank War Pros: Smooth dual-stick gameplay Missiles and airstrikes look really cool Weapon and equipme... more.

Super Laser, Epic Force's futuristic vertical shooter where you control a space ship and blow aliens to smithereens, is now available from the app store. With the best graphics of any scrolling shooter game currently available in the app store and extremely polished gameplay, Super Laser brings a retro shooter game into the future. Super Laser Pros: Beautiful graphics and effects User-f... more.

Assault Squadron, the new bullet-hell blaster created by The Binary Mill and published by Chillingo, is now available from the app store. This frantic shoot-‘em-up will test your nerves and your fingers as you strive to stay alive. Assault Squadron Pros: Terrific graphics Customizable ships and upgradeable weapons Smooth gameplay and tons of action Crystal integration for leaderboards and ac... more.

Iron Man 2 by Gameloft is a great example of a solid movie tie-in game.  Sporting all the excitement from this summer's blockbuster film, minus a few drunken party scenes, Iron Man 2 enables play as the swaggering hero or the more sensible War Machine. The smooth controls, highly detailed visuals, and numerous upgrades and achievements all add to an initially stunning experience. But all the whil... more.

Vertigo Rogue, Brainphant’s helicopter-based action shooter, is now available from the app store. With its open-world style, mission-based gameplay, and wanton destruction, it’s no surprise that Vertigo Rogue is drawing comparisons to games like GTA. Vertigo Rogue Pros: Enormous map Fun and intuitive controls Lots of missions Vertigo Rogue Cons: Control scheme learning curve... more.

With all the Asteroids clones in the App Store, it's a wonder developers are still cranking out new versions of the arcade classic.  What's even more interesting is that some of them are actually worth taking a look at.  One such newcomer is Ace Omicron from ProRattaFactor. Ace Omicron Pros: Great sounds and music Responsive controls Nice experience on iPhone, even better on iPad ... more.

Sketch Nation Shooter from Engineous Games is the long awaited iPhone game that first came to prominence after winning the first ever Appsfire App Star Awards in late 2009. Since then we've been waiting and waiting for this game to come along and finally it's here! Sketch Nation Shooter Pros: Nicely designed Easy to use Amazing level of options Sketch Nation Shooter Cons: Can be com... more.

Asteroid Shooter is a new game from Martin Knotek which is a great classic with a new twist.  All the basics are the same as the original Asteroids. You control a ship in the middle of a space scene with a few large asteroids moving around. You've got to avoid these asteroids by moving out of the way or shooting them to oblivion or they'll crash into you leaving nothing but space dust. Aster... more.

Tilt To Live, an arcade-style survival shooter from One Man Left, is now available from the app store. Great tilt controls combine with fun power-ups and engagingly humorous enemy behavior to create a top-notch iDevice title. Tilt To Live Pros: Impressive enemy AI Clean and colorful interface Worthwhile soundtrack Lively sound effects Agon global leaderboards and achievements beef... more.

Lockdown is a new 2.5D side-scroller from Mehware that reminds us of a mash up of the Aliens and Transformers franchises with a little bit of Robocop and Iron Man thrown in for good measure. The mixture of eerie atmospheric effects, OpenFeint leaderboards, weapons upgrades, and varying enemy forces quickly drew us in. Yet, the high level of difficulty combined with an uncomfortable control mechan... more.

Heavy Gunner 3D, a fixed first-person space shooter from Com2uS, is available from the app store. Despite its smattering of big-time weaponry and rocking soundtrack, Heavy Gunner 3D ultimately fails to excite or hook us with its short game play and repetitive missions. Heavy Gunner 3D Pros: Impressive and explosive effects Beautiful backgrounds Pleasing 3D modeling of the weapons and ... more.

E-Punk is a fantastic new action shooter direct from Nitako, the makers of Rasta Monkey.  Based on an environmental premise, Eco Punk quickly sucks the player in with amazingly smooth visuals, throbbing soundtrack, intuitive controls, and online connectivity. E-Punk Pros: Unique concept Vivid 3D environment Blaring soundtrack Responsive controls Flawless frame rate OpenFeint le... more.

Knife Toss is an intense new tap-to-shoot title from Crawl Space Games.  Focusing on skill and timing, Knife Toss aims to have players sitting on the edge of their seat. Simple controls, online connectivity, and pleasant graphics all add to this game's charm. Knife Toss Pros: Bright colorful graphics Edge-of-your-seat intensity OpenFeint leaderboards and achievements No-nonsense co... more.