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Adelaide, Australia based developer, Scott Vallance, announces the release of his first App Store App, What Animal? 1.0 available for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch with iOS 5.1 . This app makes use of facial recognition research to match human faces with animal counterparts. The results are amusing and entertaining. Users may share their hilarious matches on Facebook and Twitter. The best part is its available now, for free.

Van der Veer Games has released Bird On A Wire for iPhone & iPad. It’s cute, it’s addictive, it’s time to help birds of a feather flock together in this unique physics-based arcade game for the whole family. Tap your way to some outrageously high Game Center scores and more cute unlockable characters, just don’t let those wires snap or it’s game over. New stages bring new bird colours to add to the difficulty and also new characters such as the dragonfly that starts a 2X score multiplier clock.

Little Robot Studio today announces Ducky’s Coffee 1.5, updates to its fun and addictive coffee-making time-management game for iPad, iPhone & iPod touch. In Ducky’s Coffee, players must help Ducky build and run a successful coffee shop by making a variety of drinks, roasting coffee beans, cleaning tables, & dealing with a cast of whacky customers. The paid version of the game now includes “Blitz Mode” with “Caffeine Focus” and score multipliers to up the milligrams of caffeine-crazed gameplay.

Maryland based One Monk Clapping today announces the recent update of Merry Cherub for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Merry Cherub gives young children an avenue to interact with and explore vividly colorful drawings of diverse animals by simply uncovering them with a few swipes of their fingers. With professional illustrations and a design that immerses youthful users in the experience of exploration, Merry Cherub is an exciting new addition to the kids’ app canon on the App Store.

mobileAge today introduces Gluey 1.0, its new lava lamp-like puzzle game for iOS devices. Forced into weirdly shaped containers in a far-off land, brightly colored Glueys move around like lava lamp blobs. Players create and remove like-colored blob clusters as they split and merge in infinite ways; no two games play the same way twice. Use strategy to manipulate gravity, locks and bombs to achieve high scores. Poison bottles, toxic waste and bottomless pits will bring things to a sticky end.

Noble Empire today introduces Car Disassembly 3D 1.1 for iOS, another in their best-selling series of 3D Disassembly models/games. Featuring real-time 3D manipulation of the Hot Rod, users have full control over camera angle and focal length, as they fly through, over, and around it. The entertainment app includes five modes: Demo, Operation, Assembly, Disassembly, and Game. With realistic models, dynamic lighting, and precise animations, gamers can compete to assemble the car in the least time.

Local Aliens LLC, a leader in unique and innovative casual gaming apps, announces the release of its new and highly addictive Arrows Puzzle Game to the iTunes App Store. Compatible with both iPhone and iPad, Arrows is a visually-striking puzzle game that is based on a simple concept, but presents a cutting-edge style of challenging and engaging gameplay that has yet to be seen in the puzzle game genre. Arrows is easy to play, but difficult to master.

Running a business has never been so fun. Dream Shop 1.0, a fascinating simulation game, has been released by Toivon Studio. In Dream Shop, players are in the manager’s position, facing the ups and downs of the unstable market. There are fire hazards and thieves that make playing Dream Shop even more intriguing and unpredictable. A key point in the game is to decorate the shop with over 300 beautiful ornaments. This remarkable game is completely free and available for download from iTunes.

Immunity Studios today announces Ninja Guy HD 1.1 for iOS, the HD version of their chart-topping iOS game where players become Ninja Guy, an arrogant Ninja assassin. Ever ready with a quick verbal taunt or a dose of cheesy and dim-witted Ninja wisdom, the hero battles many foes and epic bosses in this 1-player action game. Already generating a 68,000 cult following on Facebook, it is a fast-paced game for those ready to enter a bizarre and funny storyline to ultimately prove their Ninjaness.

Apple’s App Store welcomed LetterSlider to its gaming offerings on Wednesday. LetterSlider is an original word-finding slider puzzle game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The app challenges players of all ages to form words by sliding lettered tiles into place, trying to score the most points, spell the most words, accomplish achievements and more in only two minutes. LetterSlider allows players to strategically shuffle letters around, one at a time, to create new words.