iPhone Games

While most eyes were on the release of iOS 7, Angry Birds Star Wars 2 quietly slipped into the App Store one day earlier than its announced release date. The tie-in Angry Bird Telepod toys have even started popping up online at retailers like Amazon.

In the sequel, players can choose to join the Pork Federation or the Pork Side, and have access to more than 30 playable characters like Jar Jar Binks and Jango Fett. Angry Birds Star Wars 2 also features separately sold "telepod" toys to use along with the game. The telepods allow users to teleport their favorite characters into the game by using their device's built-in camera.

Apple didn't just preview iPhones at its keynote yesterday, the company also showed a trailer for Infinity Blade III by Chair Entertainment and Epic Games. The trailer posted below demonstrates just how advanced and amazing mobile gaming has become.

"We're so proud of Infinity Blade III and feel it not only offers a powerful finale to the series, but also gives mobile gaming another giant push forward," Chair Entertainment co-founder and creative director Donald Mustard said in a statement.

Set in the year 2020, Activision Publishing’s Call of Duty: Strike Team is the latest chapter in the company’s successful first-person shooter franchise. Developed exclusively for iOS devices, the game centers on a Joint Special Operations team tasked with tracking down an “unknown enemy” responsible for a surprise attack on the United States.

Developed by mobile game division Blast Furnace, players command a team of up to four customizable operatives with the ability to switch between first- and third-person viewpoints at will. Featuring both a story-driven, cinematic Campaign mode, a single-player Survival mode, and a multi-player Leaderboard competition, Call of Duty: Strike Team offers mobile customers variation in their gaming experience.

Dead Defense is now available for all current iOS devices. It is a typical Tower Defense game where you must use a variety of towers and special abilities to defeat waves of various monsters and bosses. The controls are very simple, but the game play can be kind of difficult. The game does not allot you enough time between waves to set up your towers, and too many different types of monsters come at you from a variety of different directions. It also takes a few seconds for each tower to be built or upgraded, making it hard to adjust on the fly and learn the layout of each level. The restart button will be your best friend in this game.

Make sure to pay close attention to the tutorial and learn about each individual tower's abilities before you start the game. There is no encyclopedia or in-game information to help you along the way. Tapping a tower's icon during the game does not bring up its individual stats, and tapping a power up icon will only bring you to an in-app purchase screen if you do not have enough crystals to use it. Not having enough time to plan your defense, and not having easy access to a individual tower's information can make Dead Defense seriously frustrating.

UPDATE: You can see the specs for all the towers under the "Research" section.