Mike Lata

Now is the perfect time to send your mom a Mother's Day gift card through your iPhone directly. Thank You Pen allows you to do this and is available for free on the App Store.

If you want to make yourself appear on the red carpet, or at an important event, like a sports conference, check out Famebooth. The image-manipulation app can spice up your photos up with flair.

Castle Defense HD is a strategic take on Chinese history with magic and supernatural powers thrown in. The game is available for iPhone and costs $3.99.

On5 Games is at work on a mysterious iOS title and has just released some screenshots. The studio is also the developer of Lemmings-like line-drawing game TipTop.

Check out the 8-bit iDevice exclusive indy platformer called Lars. In the game you control a lizard while collecting coins and kicking coconuts at enemies.

LucasArts signed a deal with Epic Games to use the Unreal 3 Engine for game development across various platforms. We may see some great-looking game popping up on the iDevices with LucasArts behind them.

An intriguing western RPG is heading toward the App Store for the iPad and already out on the Mac App Store. The game in question is Avadon: The Black Fortress and made by veteran developer Jeff Vogel.

It looks like the next Unreal project may only be available for the newest iDevices. Devices below the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 may not have the memory to run the game.

A new kind of castle defense comes to the iPad and iPhone. Defender of Diosa adds more interactivity and tactics to the genre, like being able to attack from the rear on advancing troops.

Angry Birds has been downloaded over a 140 million times. The game started out on the iPhone in late 2009 and now sits as a true success story for the Finnish developer Rovio mobile Ltd.

You like betting on matches or outcomes during crucial plays of a soccer game? If so check out Heineken's newest offering called Heineken Star Player. It is currently free on the App Store and designed to coincide with live matches.

Ball-rolling mayhem in a steampunk setting is what Gears is all about.

Sega releases the third installment of it's beat-em-up fighting series Streets of Rage. Streets of Rage 3 is hitting various App Stores currently at a price of USD $2.99.

Galaxy on Fire 2 expansion released as an in-app purchase as an in-app purchase of $4.99. The game offers gameplay improvements and additional storyline elements.

If you are a fan of tower defense or hack 'n slash games you should be in for a treat. Chillingo is releasing a hybrid title called Vampire Rush with an iPad HD and standard version.

Ever wanted to play Mario on the IDevices? Now is your chance as a clone has just hit the store.

New space shooter hit the App Store called Who's That Flying. The game is also a Universal App and should cost $1.99 in the U.S. App Store.

The hit action RPG series continues on the iPhone with Gamevil's third installment. Zenonia 3 looks to offer the same addictive role playing and customization that defined the genre.

Two new Chaos Rings titles have been revealed. One is a prequel that is coming to Japan in May and the other bears the number 2.

Order & Chaos is Gameloft's take on the MMORPG genre and has just launched in Australia. The game is launching as a Universal App for $6.99 with the first three months subscription being free.

Five retro games that were ported from various 90s platforms have dropped in price to $.99. These DotEmu titles offer quick pick-up-and play gameplay well suited for iOS.

Third Blade is available on the App Store for iPhone at a price of $2.99. The game mixes hack and slash gameplay with action RPG elements.

Upcoming Game RoboArena will be Bravado Waffle Studios first game. Information and trailer has been released showing some of the gameplay.