Electronics

With the 2012 Vikersund Ski Flying World Championships set to take off this weekend in Norway, the event’s fans are offered a unique mobile treat to help them get into the ski flying spirit. Available for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, Vikersund Ski Flying is a wild iOS gaming adventure that lets fans pick a nation, control their own virtual ski flier, and compete for Vikersund Ski Flying gold on either local or global online right on their mobile device.

Float32, Inc. today announces The Real DJ 1.3.0, an update to their fun, music based gaming title for iOS devices. The Real DJ offers players the now-familiar premise of “playing” along with pre-recorded music as a basis for its addictive gameplay. The Real DJ conducts its own analysis of any DRM-free title the user has already synced to his or her device to create each session of gameplay. Float32’s new release allows its fans to choose from their own personal music collections.

North Carolina based Sizzle Entertainment today announces Jinx: Psychic Sidekick – The Magic Fate Ball 1.05, an update to their hilarious entertainment app for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices. This whimsically entertaining app puts a funny future predicting ball at the user’s fingertips for free. Once inside the app, users can get answers to “yes” or “no” questions about the future and post Jinx’ replies to Facebook. Recently updated to provide a smoother overall experience.

California based Tringio today introduces Picture Hangman 1.0, their new gaming title for the iPhone and iPod touch, together with Picture Hangman HD for the iPad. An innovative new puzzle experience, Picture Hangman takes a wild visual spin on the classic game of hangman, challenging players to complete pictures instead of words by picking the right picture pieces instead of guessing the correct letters.

GOGN Entertainment today announces Zombie: The Rescue 1.0.4, an update to their popular gaming title for iOS devices. Players navigate their hero through a maze of zombies, trying to avoid detection, while collecting coins and items, all with the ultimate goal of free the helpless hostages collected by the enemy. Zombie: The Rescue offers five different environment designs, sixty levels to master, adorable character design, and plenty of challenge. Version 1.0.4 includes minor bug fixes.

Celebrating its brand new office, independent studio Cat Nigiri is giving out free copies of Dino Palooza, from March 3 to 4, to all their fellow iOS owners. Set in the late Cretaceous Period, the game tells the story of a small team of scientists, imprisoned in a prehistoric jungle, struggling to both fix the timeline they broke and surviving the wrath of Professor Nigel Racik. Hurry up, get this amazing Tower Defense right away and send those dinos back to the past.

Net Minds today announces Pin Your World – Free 1.0.3 for iOS, their freemium Game that challenges players to correctly place a pushpin in a map, as close as possible to the city or state whose name is displayed. After inserting a pin, the app displays a red flag on the map, corresponding to the exact location in question. A green line measures the distance between the two pins, and the shorter the distance the higher the score. Rounds are 10 seconds each with 10 rounds per game.

Pudding Games today introduces Ninja Splash 1.1 free for iOS, their tilt based, platformer puzzle game with Combo actions. Colored, cube shaped monsters are stacked seven across, and as the Ninja leaps on to each one it splashes and disappears. Consecutively splashing three monsters of the same color is a Combo, and players can score up to a 7 Combo. The higher the Combo the more potent the power-up earned. Additional power-up Skills, Items and Characters can also be purchased with gold.

A new interactive tablet magazine, The Unlimited Magazine, launches its first issue. The independently published magazine is focused on bringing new and innovative ways of presenting and experiencing the works of emerging and established fashion and art image makers. Exclusive for tablets without a printed sibling, The Unlimited Magazine is free to explore the possibilities of this new medium. Fashion and art can be experienced in new exciting ways different from the conventions of print media.

The development team at smartphone game company Kwalee has been given a pass to blog and tweet about the progress of their game production, codenamed Vegemite. Giving an insightful glimpse behind their work, the Kwalee blog, featured on their website, has been recently updated with “Tales from the code mines”, sharing game statistics and displaying a dramatised visualisation of their Vegemite development. The video is available on Kwalee’s YouTube channel.