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After several successful spin-offs over the few years, the absurd world of Katamari finally made its way to iOS, in the form of i Love Katamari. Not only was the title fairly successful on the platform, but it also managed to snag four and a half stars in its official 148Apps Review. Not too shabby for a puzzle game that revolves around the concept of, well, revolving! Virtually every aspect of the game was looked upon positively then, so just imagine what a Katamari game would be like with the advances in technology over the past two and a half years.
There will be four different single player modes to enjoy, so it is safe to say that it should keep players busy for quite a while. Plus, I hear a certain pellet and ghost munching icon makes a secret cameo in the game, so keep an eye out!
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:: BIGIn what is becoming a holiday weekend tradition, lots and lots of developers are putting their apps on sale. From the big guys to the small ones, they all want to cash in on the rush this weekend. Seems like the magic price point is $0.99 for sale games and apps to really do well, so that's where many are setting this weekend.
Update: 9/4 9:20am - Updated for the changes that showed overnight.
Update: 9/5 9:30am - Update - added a few more that showed up overnight.
Here's our list of the most interesting sale apps. We'll be updating this a few times this weekend, so keep checking back for more. But there's no way we'll be able to catch all of them so keep an eye on our iPhone App Price Drops page for the full list. Note that some of the apps listed below may only be on sale in the US App Store.
TomTom One of the best GPS apps got updated this week and is on sale:
TomTom USA $49.99 $39.99
EA Mobile have a few of their games on sale, mostly Hasbro titles, on sale for $0.99 each.
Boggle $1.99 $0.99
Clue $1.99 $0.99
Game of Life $2.99 $0.99
Littlest Pet Shop $2.99 $0.99
Monopoly Here & Now: The World Edition $2.99 $0.99
Monopoly $2.99 $0.99
Trivial Pursuit $2.99 $0.99
Yahtzee Adventures $2.99 $0.99
Glu
Build-a-Lot 2: Town of the Year $2.99 $0.99
Build-a-lot $1.99 $0.99
Deer Hunter 3D for iPad $4.99 $0.99
Deer Hunter: African Safari $6.99 $2.99
Glyder 2 for iPad $1.99 $0.99
Jump O’Clock $1.99 $0.99
Mini Golf Wacky Worlds $1.99 $0.99
Stranded: Mysteries of Time $1.99 $0.99
Super KO Boxing 2 for iPad $2.99 $0.99
TRANSFORMERS G1: AWAKENING $1.99 $0.99
TRANSFORMERS CyberToy $1.99 $0.99
Hit the jump for approximately 1.3 bajillion more apps and games on sale.
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:: WHAT?Updated :: 11/27, 1:09pm Pacific - Final (?) update. 284 total sale items, 34 of them free!
Updated :: 11/27, 11:59am Pacific - Added 12 more.
Updated :: 11/27, 10:51am Pacific - Added Gameloft NFL 2010, few more.
Updated :: 11/27, 10:25am Pacific - Added another 10+ games.
Updated :: 11/27, 9:42am Pacific - Added GPS apps, dozens more. Time to get buying.
Updated :: 11/26, 10:08pm Pacific - Added Com2uS games, and 30 others. Too much pie. Must sleep.
Updated :: 11/26, 10:55am Pacific - Added 20+ from the night before. Happy Thanksgiving!
Updated :: 11/25, 11:38pm Pacific - added a bunch of games from Namco and more.
Every year on Black Friday, retailers put things on huge discount. It's become a tradition to have "Door-Buster" sales to get people out and shop on this day that retailers traditionally first turn a profit for the year. Well, the app store is no different. App developers big and small are putting their apps on sale for the holiday weekend.
We'll try to update this a few times over the holiday weekend, it's a good way to escape the in-laws.
Don't forget to come back on Friday as that's when a bunch of the following go on sale.
A whole bunch of ifs, ands, or buts.
These apps are the sale items that we have been notified about or have found. Some of these items may not be on sale yet, but we've been told they are going to be on sale. The prices do change at any time and do change quickly - developers are tricky that way. Some are on sale for the weekend, others for only Black Friday. If the app you want isn't showing up as on sale, I'd check back Friday.
Because prices change so quickly, we can't always update things to show the correct prices below. We like to take a break and eat pumpkin pie too you know. Click through to the App Store to see the current up-to-the-second prices. And if you see something you like, at a price you like, grab it immediately as it may not stay on sale as long as you would hope.
It's quite possible that we missed a few sale apps - I blame the tryptophan. So, head on over to our iPhone App Price Drops for the constantly updating full list of app price drops. Also, if you are just interested in apps that have gone free, check out our Twitter stream for @148Apps_nowfree - you don't have to sign up to Twitter to see the newly free apps.
GPS Apps
All of the best GPS apps are on sale. CoPilot started it out by dropping to $20, Navigon followed by dropping to $70, then TomTom matched the price from Navigon. Magellan is now the highest priced at $80. What will they do? It's a good time to be in the market for an iPhone GPS solution.
Com2uS
Com2uS has joined the fund by reducing the prices of all of their games to only $0.99.
Namco
Namco has surprised us with an early present and put most of their games on sale. Some of the classic are at amazing prices. I'm in retro heaven!
EA Mobile
EA Mobile has put just about every single game they have released on sale. Each one maked down up to 50%. These go back to normal price on 11/29.
Gameloft
Gameloft, unlike EA, are putting some of their underperforming games on sale. But the good news is that they are nearly giving them away at only $0.99. Some really good bargains in there. I highly recommend Blades of Fury if you are at all into the Street Fighter genre. These go back to normal price on 11/29.
In addition, Gang Star, West Coast Hustle recently went on sale.
Konami
Konami jumped the gun a little and put a bunch of games on sale last week. But we're not mad at them because they are all just $0.99!
IUGO
IUGO has put a bunch of their games on sale for Thanksgiving and to celebrate the release of their new Wario world like mini-game collection, A.D.D. Highly recommended titles below include Zombie Attack, Zombie Attack Second Wave, and Star Hogs.
Pangea
Pangea, have put a bunch of their great games on sale. If you like puzzle games, make sure you pick up Enigmo and Enigmo 2.
But wait, there's more. Hit the jump to see oh, about a gazillion more.
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