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Ninja Smasher, the Metroidvania style action game by Rogue Ninja, is on sale.

The game will have you jumping around smashing monsters and exploring dungeons in you quest to save the princess. Ninja Smasher touts some adorable 8Bit graphics and fun chip tune music giving the game a fun retro feel.

You can pick up Ninja Smasher for $0.99 for limited time.

The holiday season is in full-swing, which means a whole lot of iOS apps and games are going on sale. A bunch already have, in fact. Naturally this means we're putting together a hand-picked list of the best discounts and sales we can find in order to make your own App Store holiday shopping easier.

Things are already kicking off with an impressive assortment of great titles, and it's only going to get better as we close in on the New Year. So take a peek at what's on sale, and treat yourself a little.

[Updated - 12/20]: Holy moly there were a lot more things on sale than we expected. Over 150 entries are in the list right now, including some rather significant titles like Chaos Rings II, Where's My Water, and Deus Ex: The Fall. We've also updated the list with a devoted Apps section, and that's loaded down with some significant sales on apps like AmpliTube, Fantastical 2, and Launch Center Pro as well. The best part is we're just getting started!

[Updated - 12/22]: As expected, the list just keeps growing. A few things went back up to regular price (boo!), but way more things have gone on sale to make up for it (yay!). We're talking apps like GoodReader and The Hit List, and games like Machinarium and Infinity Blade III.

[Updated - 12/23]: Did the sales stop yet? Yeah, no, no stopping. Today's updates include big price drops on apps like Scanner Pro and Splashtop Remote Desktop. Well, the app side of things, anyway. Game sales are even more crazy, with sales on titles like Republique, XCOM: Enemy Within, and FTL just for starters.

[Updated - 12/24]: Nope, we're still not done!

[Updated - 12/26]: The holidays are over, but the sales aren't. Things have admittedly slowed down a little, however there are still some great games that we've added to the top of the list. Games like Type:Rider and Out There.

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Stone Age: The Board Game, by Campfire Creations, was released two years ago today. To celebrate, they're putting the game on sale for one week only.

In Stone Age you can play solo, against AI, or against your friends in a challenge to see who can be the best leader of their tribe. If you have iOS 6 or higher you can also play against others in competitive league play with Elo rankings.

Can you get Grogg to invent fire? Will Mogg's tribe starve? Find out by downloading Stone Age for $2.99 while you still can.

We've reached that time of the year where every man, woman, and corporate entity decides on their favorite games of the previous twelve months. Apple is no exception to this, and this week they named Threes from Sirvo LLC as their iPhone game of the year. To celebrate this honor, the developer has announced that the game is now on sale, with the price having had a very appropriate 33.3 recurring % sliced off.

In other words, Threes is available now for $1.99, down from its usual price of $2.99.

Hoplite is one of those games that's as easy to understand as it is to enjoy. It's also one of those games that's about as easy to play well as it is to eat your bodyweight in marbles. But that's why we enjoyed it so much in the first place.

Well, for an extremely limited time - today only, in fact - you can get your hands on this hexagonal roguelike for absolutely free. There's absolutely no reason for you not to do so, seeing as the game is both excellent and doesn't really take up a lot of storage space. Plus there's the whole 'being excellent' thing. I've already covered that, right?

So get your posterior onto the App Store and download Hoplite now, while it's still free.

This year, Leo's Fortune, by 1337 & Senri, was named App Store Best of 2014 and the 2014 WWDC Apple Design Award winner, as well as being nominated for game of the year by the App Store. That's a lot to be proud of.

In celebration of their achievement, 1337 & Senri are offering Leo's Fortune for 40% off for a limited time. Help Leo recover his stolen treasure in this gorgeously animated (and controlled) physics puzzler.

You can pick up Leo's Fortune for $2.99.

Nothing says "Holiday Season" like an Advent Calendar, right? Well the folks at Pocket Gamer, in collaboration with a lot of very generous and generally awesome developers, have set up a special one just for you, the iOS gaming enthusiast.

Starting next Monday, 12/8, they'll be giving away one top-rated premium game for $0, for 24 hours. After that a new game will go free for anther 24 hours, and so on. And it will continue right up through 12/19. That's ten days of freebies!

All you have to do is check this list each day between 12-8 and 12-19 to get those free games. Simple, right?

SEGA is offering Crazy Taxi for 80% off the normal price until December 11. The sale is enough to make you drive like a madman through the streets.

Just like the old classic from the Dreamcast, Crazy Taxi for iOS, has you racing to pick up fares, shouting at slow buses, and jumping off the highest hills to show off your cabbie skills. The game offers 3, 5, or 10 minute runs in Arcade Mode and Original Mode, and features an awesome soundtrack by Bad Religion and The Offspring.

You should pick up Crazy Taxi for $0.99 on the App Store before SEGA realizes just how crazy their sale is.

In God of Light, by Playmous, you become a glowing ball of light named Shiny who lives in a darkening universe. And for a limited time you'll be able to download it for free.

You must conquer a variety of physics based puzzles to manipulate light and save the universe. The game has a pretty graphics and a moody soundtrack created by the band UNKLE. We thought it was pretty fun, actually. You might want to check it out while you have the chance to download it without having to pay.

We don't know exactly when God of Light will stop being free, but for the time being that's how much you'll find it going for on the App Store.

[Editor's Note: We've just learned that the all-inclusive and free updated version Sleeping Prince won't be releasing until late this evening/early tomorrow. So it's not available just yet, but will be soon. Terribly sorry if we've caused any confusion. - Rob]

Signal Mobile's goofy sleepwalking simulator (note: not really a simulator), The Sleeping Price, has had a significant price drop. Now you can download the game for free. For a while.

The sale will be going on through the month of December, and will jump back up to a premium price in January. This is definitely a sale, though. It's not a "lite" version or anything of the sort. There's unlimited magic, no in-app purchases, and no ads. It's just free. For, like, a month.

It's not a permanent price drop though, so if you want to grab The Sleeping Prince before you'll have to pay for it you should probably act now. Lest you forget and end up kicking yourself once the calendar ticks over to 2015.

Ossian Studios has permanently lowered the price of their western action RPG, The Shadow Sun.

The game brings together elements of Dungeons & Dragons and The Witcher to create a story-driven RPG with real-time combat and tons of characters to meet. You will explore the imperial city of Shar with its mysterious plague in this 10-hour adventure with over over 70 unique areas and 200+ unique items, hidden secrets, and ancient treasures.

Check out The Shadow Sun for $4.99 on the app store.

It's almost turkey time! Which means lots and lots of food but also lots and lots of sales. Some sales have even started a few days early, which is why we've put together a list of iOS games that are currently discounted (sometimes by a lot).

Chances are this list is only going to get bigger as we approach the weekend, so check back in with us from time to time to see what else you can nab for a reduced price.

[Updated 11/26]: Even more games have been discounted and it's still not even Thursday yet! A lot of fairly well known titles have joined the list this time, including games like Surgeon Simulator, Republique, and Thomas Was Alone.

[Updated 11/27]: Goodness but there are a lot more sales happening right now! Just under 40 games have been added to the list this time, with big names like Banner Saga, Table Tennis Touch, King Oddball, a whole bunch of Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks, and a whole lot more.

[Updated 11/28]: If you thought all the sales were done, you were mistaken. Even more price drops have gone into effect since yesterday, for big titles like Joe Denver's Lone Wolf, Knightmare Tower, Talisman, and Kingdom Rush. But that's not all. We've also updated the list to include apps! You can click the link below to jump to the Apps page.

[Updated 11/30]: Yep, we're still going. The list is still growing, and will most likely continue through Monday. Currently we're looking at a number of board game additions like Eclipse and Kahuna, as well as plenty of non-board games like Warhammer Quest and The Firm.

[Updated 12/1]: Happy Cyber Monday! A few titles have returned to regular price over the weekend, but several are still discounted and we've got plenty more to add to the list. And Little Inferno and Infinity Blade II are just the beginning.

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The Chainsaw wielding card game, Chainsaw Warrior by GameTheNews.net, is coming back in Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night. The new game will have  an upgraded combat system, new weapons, upgrades, powers, equipment, zones, and unique mini bosses.

Steve Martin, the game’s designer at Auroch Digital says: “Chainsaw Warrior will always be, at its heart, a board game. It’s important to us that people who played the original can jump right in and feel at home, but at the same time we want to use this opportunity to build on the challenge and add in some tricks that the digital format opens up for us.”

To celebrate the upcoming release of this new installment, the original Chainsaw Warrior, which was based on the 1987 classic from Games Workshop, is going on sale for 50% off today.

You can download Chainsaw Warrior for $1.99 on the App Store and Chainsaw Warrior: Lords of the Night will be out later this winter.

Kuuluu Interactive Entertainment has updated Linkin Park's popular iPad game, Linkin Park Recharge - Wastelands. It's gone Universal, so now the game can be played on the iPhone 4s and above. And to celebrate, Kuuluu has made the game free to download.

So if you enjoy battling evil overloads that have sized the only natural resources left on a dying planet, destroying their robot minions, and exploring a post-apocalyptic world set to Linkin Park's music, then download your free copy of Linkin Park Recharge - Wastelands on the App Store today.

This Is Not a Test, the survival RPG comic by Jon Richardson, recently went free. Players can now experience the comic though the addition of banner ads and limited lives that regenerate slowly.

If you want to remove the ads and recover your lives faster you can upgrade to the pro version for $2.99. The pro version also adds optional color background art, so if you've already purchased the previous color upgrade you automatically get pro.

You can check out This Is Not a Test for free on the App Store.