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VLC Streamer, winner of the Chip.de best entertainment app 2011 can now be controlled with user configurable gestures. VLC Streamer streams movies directly to your iDevice from your computer. Responding to users, Hobbyist Software has updated this bestselling app so you choose the gestures you use to control it. Use a swipe or a tap to skip backwards and forwards, playback and control speed and volume. No need to bring up the controls – though you can do that with a gesture too, if you want!

The-i today announces Snappa 2.0.2 for iOS, an update to their game playable in 10 languages, where 2 players try to guess the drawing made by their opponent. Players draw something or snap or open a photo, then draw on it, tracing its details. If the photo is optionally removed, only the drawing remains. The player identifies the drawing with a single word, and his or her opponent must guess the word associated with the drawing from 12 lettered tiles. Players then reverse roles.

As Kwalee approach the release of their second iOS game, Pussy Flip: Purrfect Reversi, the development teams behind them have been working hard to complete their turn-based games. With this occurring, Kwalee has appointed a new Team Leader. With an exceptional academic record, and plenty of iOS development experience, James Munro has been a valuable member of the Kwalee development team since the early days, earning him the new role Team Leader/Programmer.

eoz games today announced that Roman Backgammon, their critically acclaimed gaming title will be on sale for two days, July 24th and 25th. An App Craver Hall of Fame Editor’s Pick, Roman Backgammon is a simpler, ancient version of backgammon that unearths the roots of the classic game to deliver a unique experience with a custom mosaic game board and dice design. The game can be played in one or two player modes, or a player can select an opponent from anywhere in the world using Game Center.

Zig Zag Zombie 1.0.6 for iOS, the addictive physics puzzler game is now available on the app store in free and paid versions. Users join a Zombie, a Frankenstein monster, a ghost, and more on a fun quest. In the unique physics gameplay, the player drags the monsters in a 360 degree circle, to aim and launch. Each cute monster has a power that interacts with the environment, which leads to some very creative puzzle solutions, some of which require monsters to help each other.

Rise of the Warriors 1.1 for iOS is a chaotic, perpetual world where players fight against thousands of others. Players must train themselves, combat other players in deadly duel, and go through the deep of the chaotic invasion, while fighting many foes from goblins to orcs, and ogres to dark elves. The goal is to become the last warrior standing. This mobile multi player online role-playing game offers a strategic fighting system that enhances the traditional text-based game.

Michigan-based app design studio, Jolly Bubble introduces Happy Campfire 1.0, its new entertainment app developed for iPad. Have the family enjoy an imaginative campfire anywhere! Perfect for families and kids on a long road trip, in the hotel, or inside the tent on a camping trip, Happy Campfire is an imaginative, magical, and creative alternative to a rainy day. Jam along to a campfire song, roast the perfect s’more, share your favorite scary stories, create your own constellations and more.

Lightwood Games has finally decided that it’s time to stop messing about and actually deliver their next game, Splat the Difference 1.0 for iOS. Imagine throwing jelly at a window to solve a puzzle. Doesn’t that sound like fun? Play this spot the difference game where you mark the differences between two pictures using colored “splats”. There are more than a hundred puzzles already in the game. You can even play online against your friends to find out whose finger can splat the quickest.

Sprightly Software today announces Baker’s Dozen 1.3, an update to their popular solitaire game for iPad. Named Baker’s Dozen because of the 13 sets of cards in the play area that must be cleared, this fun, innovative and easy-to-learn solitaire classic is now better than ever. Players work their way through a deck, trying to build their foundations from ace to king. Version 1.3 includes enhanced graphics for the new iPad Retina Display and a new wood grain background.

Cracow, Poland – Nimbi Studios S.A. announces the upcoming release of 300 Dwarves for Mac OS X, iOS and PC, to be released later this summer. A tale of an epic dwarven mercenary band whose axes are for hire to anyone willing to pay in gold or treasure, 300 Dwarves features nine unique towers with upgrades. Players can use special powers like: artillery barrage, battle horn or power of the rune magic. Gamers can view the video trailer and gorgeous hand-drawn wallpapers at the 300 Dwarves website.