“Bandit on your six, break right!” With lightning reflexes, Colonel Hadassa Stoneking rolled her F-18 hornet clockwise as she banked to the right and dove.  A stream of white puffy smoke streamed passed where she had been – one which could have easily ended up with her life in a fiery blaze with the attached explosive payload.  With her heart pounding wildly, Colonel Stoneking pulled hard on her stick pulling the nose of her fighter above the horizon to be met with….*

Such are the tales that might be told as you fly one of several fighters including the F-14 Tomcat, F-16 Falcon, or the F-18 Hornet in hostile air space as you aim to rule the skies.  You’ll fly across various terrains including watery and mountainous regions.  Get ready, the enemy will show you no mercy.  Coming soon – to the App Store near you!

The SimCity Series by Maxis has been one of my favorite game genres of all time.  Relaxing and non-violent, it featured some great graphics and a great level of detail.  Now, G5 entertainment brings us Virtual City Free for the iPhone / iPod Touch.  Looking at the game play video, I find it to be very well made.  You’ll be building all the various places such as industries, commercial districts, residential areas, as well as supporting buildings that offer city services such as hospitals, parks, and recycling centers.  This looks to be a game with great potential with attention to detail.  This free game is soon to find a home on my iPod Touch.  This free version (available now) features 4 levels with the full version being available soon (date not announced) to feature 50 levels including a free play mode.  Time to build my new city….

Download the free version today!

"Brad Mitchum: Lost in Time" by Astraware

Astraware has been at it again, this time remembering the crowd of Windows Mobile users out there.  The release of “Brad Mitchum: Lost in Time” actually marks their third release for this platform in the past few months, which is very nice to see!

Here’s the full description as provided by Astraware:

Brad Mitchum is an archeologist who has travelled the four corners of the globe in the search of lost cities and legendary objects. He discovers a mysterious talisman and decides to investigate further. After more research he discovers that the gems are missing from the talisman. At that moment a white light appears and everything is turned upside down. Brad thought his adventures were over, he’s lost in time and he doesn’t see the funny side.

Brad Mitchum: Lost in Time is a fun action arcade game inspired by classic ball-shooting titles like Pang or Buster Bros which includes 3 high action game modes:

• Story: with cinematic sequences and progressive difficulty for an ever-increasing challenge;
• Pure: an arcade style mode with multiple weapon types;
• X-trem: a special extra-difficulty mode with combo systems for hardcore players.

Hot on the heels of Astraware releasing OddBlob for Windows Mobile, another previously only available on iPhone title has made it to the Microsoft operating system.  This time it is Police Range, a shooting game that looks to inspire future law enforcement and help everyone blow away a little pent up frustration at the same time.

Police Range, costing $4.99 to register, is available here.

Astraware, makers of some of the most successful, and not to mention fun games for mobile devices has recently released a version of their OddBlob game for Windows Mobile devices.  Previously only available for the iPhone, OddBlob is a game based on modeled clay inspired graphics.  It’s available for Windows Mobile devices with a touch screen, and standard QVGA and VGA resolutions meaning, it is not compatible with the square screened devices such as the Treo.

The price to register OddBlob is $4.99.  It is available here.