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Talk about left field, Gameblend Studios released Princess Bride - The Official Game to the App Store this week. There doesn't seem to be a specific reason for the release, except that it is an awesome idea. The game features four mini games based on the 1987 romantic comedy. The games are: Survive the Shrieking Eels, Scale the Cliffs of Insanity, Cross swords and duel with Inigo and Wrestle against a Giant! Princess Bride the game is available now on the App Store for $3.99.
Apple this week announced that the App Store broke records in 2015. The App Store raked in close to half a billion dollars in app sales and in-app purchases on New Year's Day, and sales saw a 50% increase in 2014, helping developer earn $10 billion in revenue.
The Pokémon Trading Card is getting a 160 card expansion called Primal Fear on February 4th. The expansion will include Primal Reversions, two new theme decks, twenty-five trainer cards and more.The Primal Fear cards will include digital codes so players can use them on the iPad and online version of the game.
Beamdog announced that another Baldur's Gate game is in the planning stages and that more details will be revealed in late spring.
Here are this week's games, apps and jailbreak tweaks released to the App Store and Cydia through 01/04/15 to 01/10/15. Apple's Free App of the Week is Mujo. The puzzle game will be free on the Apple App Store until 01/15/15. Don't forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook so you never miss a new App Store or Cydia release.Mayday! Deep Space: $2.99 for the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad (Requires iOS 6.1 or later) Rated 12+
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Mayday has been getting a lot of positive media attention due to its innovative use of Apple's speech recognition hardware. Players must use their voice to help guide a lone survivor off a spaceship overrun by virus-infected crew members. Touch Arcade said the voice command feature is not a dumb gimmick and makes the game worth a look and fun to play.
CARROT Hunger: Free for the iPhone (Requires iOS 8.0 or later) Rated 12+
CARROT is back with a calorie counting app that punishes you for eating too much. Users can search CARROT's huge database of food information by typing in keywords or scanning a product's barcode. CARROT will then calculate the amount of calories and inform you how long you will need to exercise to burn those calories. Be warned! CARROT will shame and punish you for missing your goals by blasting alarms, making embarrassing tweets and forcing you to watch ads. The app also features iBeacon support.
Purrge: $0.99 for the iPod touch, iPhone and iPad (Requires iOS 8.0 or later) Rated 4+
Purrge promises to solve two big problems facing iPhone and iPad owners: deleting multiple photos at once and clearing up space. The app allows you to easily clean up your Camera Roll by using swipe motions. You can see the app at work on Purrge.com.
More App Store Releases *The listed prices are launch prices and are subject to change.
- PDF Max 4 Pro: $4.99 (Universal) Read, edit and fill out PDFs
- Evernote Scannable: Free (Universal) ***App of the Week*** Transform your iPhone or iPad into a document scanner
- Gunbrick: $2.99 (Universal) In the future cars are obsolete so players move around in a big weaponized block that rolls things over
- Drop Wizard: $0.99 (Universal) "Action arcade game where you play as Teo, a wizard on a quest to save his friend turned into stone by an evil warlock"
- Spectrum - 3D Avenue: $2.99 (Universal) Platform game where you control a dark three-eyed entity attempting to reach portals
- Custom Keyboard for iOS 8: $0.99 (Universal) Design your keyboards with customized fonts, colors, backgrounds and animation
- Dragon Mania Legends: Free (Universal) Build and train your own dragon army. Has IAPs and timers written all over it
- Office Stay: Free (Universal) "Helps you easily create an interactive web-based canvas of your ideas, and then share it with friends, family, teachers, and coworkers"
- Battle Slimes: $1.99 (Universal) Multiplayer game where you control and battle with slime blobs
- Space Marshals: $4.99 (Universal) Sci-fi Wild West top-down shooter that takes place in outer space.
- Frozen Synapse: $2.99 (iPhone) The popular PC and iPad game is now available on the iPhone
- Hero Emblems: $2.99 (Universal) JRPG that mixes “Side-Scrolling beat' em up” and “Match-3” features
- Sky Patrol: $1.99 (Universal) Protect an allied convoy from the sky in this shooting game
- Combo Quest: $0.99 (Universal) "Time tap role-playing adventure" where you are a "knight on a heroic quest to retrieve the elusive Combo Crown"
- Wizard Golf RPG: Free (Universal) RPG mixed with the rules of golf
New Cydia Tweaks
- Photego ($0.99) Protect photos with Touch ID
- Camrix ($1.99) Assign an activation method to take video from anywhere on your iPhone
- CheeseCake (Free) Adds Android Lollipop’s animation to your Lock screen
- Circulate ($0.99) Add different themes to your Clock icon
- Locus (Free) Enable location services in specific apps
- WhitelistSwitcher ($0.99) Clean up your App Switcher
- Photo Organizer 8 ($2.99) Organizes your photo library
- Flick Scroll ($1.49) Makes scrolling through content easier
New iOS 8 Widgets
- Red Arrow: $0.99 (iPhone) Adds a location tracking arrow to your Lock screen
Noteworthy App Updates
- Bloo Kid 2 Version 1.3 adds 5 worlds with 9 new levels, new game modes and "nightmare" skill
- OneDrive Version 4.6 adds Document Provider, Recycle Bin and Push Notifications support
- Viber Version 5.2.1 adds iPhone 6 support and new emoticons