iPhone Games

Not only has Infinity Blade III received a significant update with more quests, enemies and modes, but the title is on sale for a limited time only. This could be the best time to pick up the latest game in the Infinity Blade series, or to send the game as a gift for the holidays. Pricing in the App Store is currently set at $2.99, marking more than half off the normal cost of $6.99.

The Ausar Rising update comes free to existing owners of Infinity Blade 3. In-game chat makes it easy to share tips and secrets. Three new quests are included in the massive update, along with nine new enemies to battle. The expansion to Infinity Blade 3 doesn't stop there. Two new gameplay modes have also been added.

After a brief disappearance from the App Store, Rockstar Games has re-released Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the iPhone. This brings the free game to version 4.0 and the $4.99 full game to version 2.0. The game requires iOS 5.0 or later, and the update brings iOS 7 compatibility to the title.

Retina display graphics have also been added for the iPhone 4 and 4s. While the graphics are much improved, the title is not width-optimized for larger iPhone 5 and 5s displays. Both the paid and lite versions will demand 250 MB of space on a compatible iOS device.

Avenged Sevenfold has announced today that their upcoming action adventure game, Hail to the King: Deathbat, is coming soon to mobile devices. The game is being developed by Subscience Studios and is inspired by "classic dungeon crawlers," according to the press release.

Hail to the King: Deathbat is a companion title to Avenged Sevenfold's Machinima video series.

“We’ve been fans of games since we were kids, and we thought it would be fun to create one of our own inspired by our favorites," explained M. Shadows, lead singer of Avenged Sevenfold. "There are so many cool and innovative indie games being developed today, and we realized we could design and build the kind of game we'd love to play on our own. It is coming together amazingly well, and we can’t wait to share it."

Here are some of the top apps and games released to the Apple App Store this week (12/15/13 to 12/22/13). This was a really big week for new and retro games plus two huge sequels were also released!

Cut the Rope 2: $0.99 for the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad (Requires iOS 4.3 or later) Rated 4+

One of the most anticipated sequels in App Store history, Cut the Rope 2 features all new characters, levels, and tricky missions. In the sequel Om Nom enlists the aid of the Nommies to help him collect candy. New features include: 120 entirely new levels, 5 new characters, new graphics, sound and gameplay elements.

The ever popular Star Wars role playing game Knights of the Old Republic, which made the jump from PC/game console to the iPad back in May, became available on both the iPhone (4s or newer) and iPod Touch (5th generation) today.

Game publisher Aspyr Media brought KOTOR to the iPad to commemorate the game's 10th anniversary, and today's update (1.1) includes universal support along with several other enhancements. Aspyr's Vice President of Publishing Elizabeth Howard remarked, "To be able to bring this timeless classic to even more players is