Tentacle Wars HD, a real-time strategy game from FDG Entertainment, is now available from the app store. Featuring great, animated visuals and solid gameplay akin to fan-favorite Galcon, Tentacle Wars HD adds a few interesting elements that provide new strategic considerations. Tentacle Wars HD Pros: Stylish visuals and smooth, life-like animations Ambient soundtrack Simple and responsi... more.

ZiGGURAT, an endless survival shooter developed by Action Button Entertainment and published by Freshuu, is available from the app store. Featuring great pixel art, a challenging one-finger control scheme, and a hefty dose of difficulty, ZiGGURAT simultaneously frustrates and delights. ZiGGURAT Pros: Great pixel art and nice variety of alien types Chiptune soundtrack fit the art and gamep... more.

End Night HD, a creepy zombie apocalypse survival tale from Ben Falcone is now available from the app store. Despite its solid premise and creepy atmosphere, End Night HD is ultimately done in by wonky controls, overly aggressive zombies, and a general lack of bone-chilling excitement. End Night HD Pros: Dark and dreary presentation reinforces apocalyptic setting Creepy, ambient soundtra... more.

Zombie Wonderland 2; Outta Time!, Chillingo’s follow-up to their previous zombie-shootin’-and-scrubbin’ title, is now available from the app store. With developer Xoobis bringing similar gameplay to the original, as well as an actual story, a stepped-up challenge, and more zany enemies, Zombie Wonderland 2 is yet another undead title that’s worth a look. Zombie Wonderland 2: Outta Time!... more.

Trenches II, the follow-up to the WWI-themed castle defense title developed by Thunder Game Works and published by EA, is now available from the app store. Though it offer much of the same as the original, there are enough improvements that allow Trenches II to stand on its own. Trenches II Pros: Cartoonish graphics and plenty of cover-based objects in the battlefield Crisp militaristic t... more.

GRave Defense HD, a tower defense title previously available only on Android, is now available from the app store. Developed by Art of Bytes and published by Bulkypix, the popular zombie-themed game arrives just in time for some Halloween ghoul-gunning. GRave Defense HD Pros: Well-detailed and varied environments Creepy movie soundtrack Variety of enemies and upgradeable towers Campai... more.

This week, we take a look at a helicopter arcade game, a tower defense offering, a path management puzzler, and a tilt-based arcade challenge. Gyro13 - Steam Copter Arcade HD Gyro13 – Steam Copter Arcade HD from CINEMAX is a physics-based helicopter arcade game built using the Unreal Engine. The goal of each of the 2 dozen levels is to fly your steam copter through tight cavernous spac... more.

Jelly Defense, a sweet and stylish tower defense game from Infinite Dreams, is now available from the app store. Featuring color-based combat, terrific graphics, and a polished presentation, Jelly Defense is a great introduction to the genre for newbies and a challenging offering for longtime fans, too. Jelly Defense Pros: Gorgeous graphics and fun animations Quirky, upbeat soundtrack S... more.

Tiny Heroes, a challenging tower defense offering from Simutronics, is now available from the app store. Mixing elements of Plants vs. Zombies with variable path mechanics and clever AI, Tiny Heroes brings frustratingly fun gameplay to a medieval setting. Tiny Heroes Pros: Great twist on PvZ formula, hero AI offers nice challenge Nice variety of heroes and defenses to use Touch controls... more.

This week, we look at a turn-based multiplayer battle, a unique tower defense game, a physics-based soccer match, and a turn-based strategy game. Let's check them out! Jelly Wars Jelly Wars is an online multiplayer turn-based battle between two players in the style of Worms or one of the many tank varieties that populate the genre. It pits two gelatinous globs, one red and one blue, agai... more.

Our latest installment of Quick Reviews takes a look at a bleak platformer, an epic geometric battle, and a maze-style puzzler. DEO DEO is a stylish physics platformer from Strapped to a Meteor. It features a very dour, bleak graphical interface that represents our dying world. The goal of the game is to revive the lifeless planetoid pieces by having our main character, a plucky red orb ... more.

Anomaly Warzone Earth, the charter member of the newly-coined Tower Offense genre, has been developed by 11 Bit Studios, published by Chillingo, and released into the app store. Utilizing a highly-stylized interface, intuitive controls, and plenty of tactical goodness, Anomaly brings both the noise and the funk as it ushers in a new era of iOS gaming. Anomaly Warzone Earth Pros: Brea... more.

A few of our faves have received some new versions and stellar updates that make them worth revisiting or picking up if you haven’t yet. Bug Heroes Deluxe The Bug Heroes series from Foursaken Media has just added a new member to the family. The popular insect-infested castle defense game has undergone a number of updates during its time in the app store, including some significant cont... more.

This week's installment has us checking out a new spin on an old game, a quirky puzzler, a dual-stick shooter, and a buggy (in a good way) RTS-style game. Check 'em out! CurveBot CurveBot is elpixo’s stylish 3D take on the old Qix gameplay mechanic that requires you to draw lines that successively whittle a gameboard down to a small percentage of its original size. Usually this game is... more.

Chillingo is one of the bigger publishers of iOS games, often releasing at least one game every week, if not more. This past week, we saw 3 new titles go live and thought we’d take a look at the trio to see which ones make the grade and which don’t. Dream Track Nation Dream Track Nation is a casual side-scrolling arcade racer developed by PowPow Games. There are 60 levels spread evenly a... more.