iPhone Games

Here's a quick look at some of the noteworthy apps, games and jailbreak tweaks released to the Apple App Store and Cydia this week (01/19/14 to 01/25/14). Apple's Free Game of the Week is Where's My Mickey. It will be free on the App Store until 01/30/14.

Beats Music: Free to download, requires $10 monthly membership (Requires iOS 6 or later) Rated 12+

Beats' new music streaming service for iOS, Android and Window devices is for music lovers who don't mind paying $10 a month instead of listening to ads. Beats Music biggest selling point is its recommendation engine comprised of real people, and its fill in the "Sentence" feature that allows users to get suggestions based on what they're doing and who they're with. The Sentence has already spun a meme where users share their most ridiculous answers to the fill in the blank option: "I'm ___ & feel like ___ with ___ to ___".

Both Where's My Mickey and Carmageddon are currently free on the App Store for a limited time.

Where's My Mickey is a lot like Where's My Water. It is a physics-based game where you must help Mickey Mouse complete puzzles by using wind, clouds and rain. The game includes 5 episodes starring popular Disney characters, 6 bonus Goofy puzzles, plus more. It supports all iOS devices running iOS 5 or later and it is rated 9+. The app will be free until Thursday as part of Apple's Free App of the Week promotion.

You know Bardbarian is going to be a unique experience from the opening seconds when the main character pops a zit and urinates into a bucket during the intro to the game. The game follows Brad, a barbarian who is tired of defending his town from goblin invaders. Brad decides one day to turn his battle-axe into an"Axe-Loot" and use rock and roll music to inspire the townspeople to fight for themselves.

The official App Store description describes Bardbarian as an unique hybrid of arcade, RPG, tower defense and shoot-em-up games. The game doesn't really feature any RPG elements, unless you count upgrades and a Story mode, but it is a unique tower defense title.

Umoove Ltd., a startup founded in 2010 that specializes in face and eye tracking technology for mobile devices, has just released a game called "Flying Experience" that uses the iPhone's front facing camera as an interface. It's not the type of game you'll get addicted to and spend hours playing, but more of a showcase of the technology.

When you start the game, the front facing camera is activated and you are asked to calibrate the facial tracking. Your face will appear in a frame and a circle will appear on top of it and an empty circle appears to the right. You move the circle into the empty circle by slightly turning your head to the right. This is repeated for left, up, down and center. Once calibrated, the game begins. You start out flying toward a 3D

IGN is giving away free promo codes for Gameloft's Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour as part of their Free Game of the Month promotion. The first-person shooter is normally $6.99 on the App Store.

Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour was originally released for iOS devices in December of 2012, and it was met with mostly positive reviews. TouchArcade called it the one of the best online first-person shooters you can play on a mobile device. The game has also been praised for its detailed graphics and gameplay. You can grab a free promo code for the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch here. The game requires iOS 5.0 or later and is rated 17 or older.