Electronics

UK game development studio, Mediakitchen today introduces Button Board 1.0, a new iPad game aimed at kids as young as one year old. Button Board is a fun and educational game that introduces colours through creative play. The game offers the child a selection of bright and colourful pictures and a tray of coloured buttons. Each picture has a number of holes that the child must fill using a matching coloured button. There is an option to hear the name of the colour when the child clicks a button.

Interconnected Gaming announces the upcoming release of Acting Out! for iOS, coming this November to the App Store. Acting Out! is Charades meets Draw Something for iPhone and iPod touch. This totally unique new iOS game lets players show off their acting skills, or lack thereof, as they try to act out and guess each other’s words. Players move around, dance, sing, use props, do impressions – anything to get their point across in 60 seconds or less, without saying the word they are acting out.

FlipSide5 announces a major update to its enormously popular air hockey games, Touch Hockey 2 and Touch Hockey 2 HD. The apps take advantage of the the iPhone 5’s new 4 inch Retina Display with all new air hockey tables that are custom tailored to the device’s larger screen. Touch Hockey 2 utilizes many new features found only in iOS 6. Users now can use Game Center Challenges to compete for high scores against Game Center friends and can share scores via Facebook, Twitter, and more.

Smileypop introduces Charaku 1.0 for iOS, the new way to play Sudoku. No numbers, just cute characters. Instead of typing or tapping, users drag and drop the different funny faces into place. For the countless Sudoku fans out there, they’ll enjoy a more visually appealing way to play their favorite puzzle game. For everyone else, the unique gameplay mechanics will have them flexing their fingers and their brain as they solve each increasingly difficult challenge.

Independent developer, Albert Wang, today announces Starry Melody 2.0, a major update to his popular iOS puzzle game. Combining music creation and puzzle solving, Starry Melody creates a beautiful starry sky and provides a relaxing yet fun gaming experience. In the 2.0 version, players can now link stars to form shining constellations while enjoying romantic piano tracks, and share the achievement using the new starry camera.

PlayPhone, Inc., a mobile social gaming global leader, today announced that it has ramped up the games offerings for its state-of-the-art social gaming network, PlayPhone Social Gaming Network, for mobile devices supporting Android, iOS, HTML5 and Windows Phone 7 platforms. For the third quarter ending September 30, PlayPhone will add more than 500 new developers to its program and 40 additional games, bringing the total games live on the PlayPhone Social Gaming Network to more than 200 titles.

Global Whirl LLC has announced that Stick Run 5.0.1 has hit #1 in 3 countries. It features a stick man that runs from side to side based on the tilt of your device while avoiding blocks. The game is easy to play, and it has Game Center integration, so playing against friends is simple. Michael Naber, CEO of Global Whirl LLC, is 14 years old. Over the past few months his games have been at the top charts on a global scale. At their peak, they have reached #1 in Argentina, Chile, and Finland.

KickStart Development introduces Bit Blast Pro 1.0, its new retro inspired arcade puzzle game exclusively for iOS. Challenging players to blast bits off the screen by linking together game pieces of the same type, Bit Blast Pro has players taking on the clock in an infinite array of random levels for top scores against friends and players world wide. With a dynamic board size and progressive game piece introduction, Bit Blast Pro ensures players will never truly play the same puzzle twice.

Sunrise Software has released a truly unique game – Atlantis Oceans HD – for iPad. Atlantis Oceans is an adventure game, where the player dives into a beautiful underwater world and challenges his scuba diving skills on a quest to re-discover Atlantis. Swimming amongst fish dolphins and whales, the player collects treasures and ancient artifacts. Easy to play and perilously addictive, this game will draw the player into the dark depths of the oceans… where danger is never far away.

Zhangming Ltd. today introduces Where’s My Candy 1.0.1 for iOS, their fun new puzzle game that anyone can enjoy. Players control Joy, an adorable panda with a desire for candy, as he travels through the bamboo forest, sky, castle, and more locations in search of sweets. The game features several levels that increase in difficulty as well as four separate character modes for Joy to adapt. By guiding Joy through the puzzle and avoiding enemy spiders, players gain points and new challenging levels.