Electronics

Hot Rods Mafia, an interactive, social puzzle game developed by 2 Hammers Studio, officially launches in the App Store. Hot Rods Mafia offers a thrilling storyline about a Mafia Don, Frank, and the user’s servitude to him. Players get a taste of the mafia life by racing the clock and the cops, to collect loot and earn the Don’s trust and approval. Players’ achievements be shared on social networks, and friends can challenge one another to beat their best rankings in the Game Center.

Indie developer Stefano Figurelli today is proud to announce the upcoming release of Pixol for iOS. Do you like playing photographic puzzle games? No? Neither do we… they are boring! But Pixol for iPhone reinvents the genre and takes picture guessing to a whole new level. Pixol is a puzzle game that cleverly extends your Instagram experience while challenging the visual part of the brain. Pixol will be available in the App Store from Wednesday, January 22.

FrivolousTwist today introduces Lexicon Larry’s West Word 1.0, their new game title for iOS devices. Welcome to Lexicon Larry’s West Word, a unique blend of word game and arcade shooter, and all parts fun. The Falling Letter Gang is bringing chaos to the streets of West Word. As the new town Marshal it’s your job to restore order. How? By shooting them, of course. Players form words from an extensive built in dictionary using their wits, their nerves, a little luck, and a couple of six-guns.

Edgy newcomer PS Messages tipped to capture slice of 2bn predicted social messenger users in 2014 with risque, original and irreverent chat app. Hailed the anti-Facebook messenger, PS Messages fills the gap between stickers and SnapChat with 1000s of irreverent, cheeky and original card designs and a no holds-barred instant messenger to share them in. PS Messages promises to spice up the booming mobile messaging market which analyst Ovum predicts will get mass adoption in 2014.

Finnish indie game developer Jyri Kilpelainen today is proud to announce Mystic Marbles will be released worldwide on App Store on January 9th as a free download. Mystic Marbles is a 60 second blitz style match-3 game with a never-before-seen “drag’n drop” gameplay mechanic. The game has also a local multiplayer mode for 2-4 players. Connect to Facebook and compete with your friends. Sync your progress across multiple devices.

Arkenstone Technologies today introduces Know Your Scientists – Trivia 1.0, their new game title for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Targeted to raise awareness of the greatest scientists and philosophers of our times, Know Your Scientists is a beautifully designed app with over 200 scientists, philosophers, poets, artists and inventors. The game features nine factoids and one photo slowly revealing itself. It offers Game Center integration with 30 achievements and a global leaderboard.

California based Zyng LLC today introduces Fireworks Movie Maker 1.0, their new entertainment developed exclusively for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Now anyone can have fireworks anywhere, anytime. Fireworks Movie Maker is a unique and easy-to-use app to make fireworks. Users can record videos with virtual fireworks in the real world. Users can create profiles and comment on other user videos in the Kamcord platform. Seasonal themes will be periodically added to this app.

Sydney based Mandel Duck has announced RoboWarp 1.41 for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. Help Kink travel through time solving 4D puzzles to rescue his rubber ducky, who was mysteriously sucked into a time portal. Each level of RoboWarp has a past and future version. Players must time warp between these versions and see how the level changes in order to solve the puzzle and save ducky! The game features 3 challenging fun worlds with Game Center support and more.

Conceptis released an update to its collection of logic puzzle apps with refreshed design for iOS 7. The collection, consisting of Pic-a-Pix, Fill-a-Pix, Sudoku, Hashi and 4 other popular logic puzzles, provide the ultimate no-frills experience for playing logic puzzles on both iPad and iPhone. Puzzles have only one unique solution and are solved using pure logic and deduction. The apps contain free puzzle volumes, with additional volumes published regularly and available via In-App Purchase.

Melesta Games has launched Freeze U, a new matching puzzle game for iOS devices. This colorful, dynamic game is set deep in the Earth, where cute elemental creatures are in danger of freezing unless players can line them up in rows to provide life-saving warmth! The game supports a duel mode, which allows iOS gamers to compete with other people who are playing the same game. Freeze U is available for download now from the Apple App Store.