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New York, New York – Remember the last time you walked into a bar with a group of friends and debated who would pick up the first round? Maybe you spent a half hour on Paper, Rock, Scissors, or perhaps you asked the bartender for straws to draw. Either way, you wasted time – a lot of it – and looked outdated in the process.

Fortunately for you, the iPhone app developers at Fueled, a New York-based mobile design and development agency, are proud to announce the launch of their latest iPhone and iPad app, Not It. Designed in London and developed in New York, the app is straw-drawing digitized, created to make any group decision for you, be it the first round, the front seat, or the dishes.

Using multi-touch technology, Not It invites users and their friends to each place a finger on the iPhone or iPad screen and watch rotating dials surround each; following a three second countdown, the app will highlight participants at random, before finally settling on one – followed by a highly visual, colorful climax. Of course, as fans have come to expect of Fueled’s design team, the app is as visually impressive as it is highly functional, as the team has developed an aesthetic that’s at once playful, professional, and easy to use – not to mention free.

Not It will do all the decision making for you – just lift a finger, then see whose turn it is to pick up the tab, no questions asked. Available in the App Store, Not It is the iPhone app developer’s solution to an everyday conflict, a fun and long-overdue alternative to pre-digital life.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation) and iPad
* Requires iOS 5.0 or later
* 4.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Not It 1.1.1 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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Fueled is a mobile design and development agency with offices in New York, London, and Chicago. Our services include iPhone app development, Android app development, and website design and development. Fueled also specializes in strategy, branding, explainer videos, and SEO. Our clients include major brands like Porsche, MTV, Ducati, Coca-Cola, Fashism, and UrbanDaddy, as well as a variety of promising startups. Copyright (C) 2012 Fueled. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Ternopil, Ukraine – As of 2011, the App Store has over 500,000 apps in its inventory, which over 84,000 are games. According to a recent study from DigitalBuzzBlog, 61% percent of mobile phone users play games on their smart phone. With the popularity of mobile gaming on the rise, mobile phone users are always on the hunt for new and exciting titles to add to their gaming collection. However, purchasing games for the iPhone and iPad can quickly add up since prices for top paid iOS based games range from $0.99 to $6.99.

Offering a cost effective solution to find paid iPhone games for free, MegaFreeApps.com allows visitors to browse new free game titles each and every day. The site is updated daily and posts paid game titles that are now discounted to be free. Titles ranging from strategy type games to racing games, the website has something for everyone of any age group.

“Many people don’t know that within the iPhone app community, there are numerous paid apps that go on sale for free, as a way for App Developers to expand their reach to new users,” explains Linda Martinez of MegaFreeApps.com. “However the problem is that many iPhone users are unaware of these limited time free promotions and can end up buying it after the offer has expired,” continued Martinez.

The website aims to help new iPhone users find the best paid apps for free when they are offered by app developers. This is due to the problem that many developers are so busy with their app that it can be difficult for them to create enough traction during their free period promotions. As a result, many developers face low number of downloads when their app is released to the public.

With its easy to navigate layout, MegaFreeApps.com provides a preview of the screenshots as well as a description for each title. Visitors can quickly download the apps for iPhone by using the App store button. According to the website, it estimates that visitors can save a minimum of $30 per month simply by using its MegaFreeApps application.

“Very useful app. Find the free apps is very easy,” says customer, Qerupas, about his 5 star rating of the MegaFreeApps in the App Store. The MegaFreeApps app is available for free to download via the website.

“Many iPhone gamers and users who download apps each month are unaware of the total amount they have already spent and when they look at their account they are shocked. The MegaFreeApps app easily keeps track of the money saved each month and the user’s total amount,” says Martinez about the other extras with the MegaFreeApps app.

It is compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. In addition it requires iOS 4.2 or later to run. The app aims to save iPhone users money and help them find the best paid iPhone apps for free each day.

“We provide a free service to make it easy for anyone to find the best paid iPhone apps made free for a limited time and look forward to saving money for thousands of users,” explains Martinez about the company’s vision. Fans of the app can stay connected via its Facebook FanPage to keep up to date with the latest free titles.

Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 4.2 or later
* 8.6 MB

Pricing and Availability:
Mega Free Apps 1.0 is Free and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category.

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MegaFreeApps is unique service which allows iphone users to save money everyday on iphone apps and games. Copyright (C) 2012 MegaFreeApps. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone, iPod and iPad are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

The new NowGamer SystemLinked Podcast discusses the biggest games of 2012

Mass Effect 3? The Last Of Us? BioShock Infinite? What is the biggest game of 2012? These are just a few of the games discussed in our massive 2012 preview on the new NowGamer SystemLinked Podcast.

Plus, we also look at the recently released PS Vita and a chance to win Gears Of War 3!

Hit the link to check out the brand new NowGamer SystemLinked Podcast right now!

And so it begins — the App Store has its busiest time of the year over the Christmas holiday, when iPhones and iPads and iTunes gift cards are unwrapped under the Christmas tree, and millions of people take to the App Store to pick up some great apps. There are lots of sales coming out this week. We’ll have more posts each day, and stay tuned to our Twitter account for even more.

• Velocispider is free right now.
• ComicBook! is down to just 99 cents.
• Sesame Street’s Monster at the End of this Book (starring Grover, of course) is only 99 cents right now as well.
• 1Password for iPad is on sale for $5.99, well worth it according to fans of the app.
• The micro version of Sword and Sworcery is just 99 cents, while the universal version is $1.99.
• EA’s mobile sale continues — Trenches 2 is currently on sale for just a buck, along with more than a hundred other EA titles. Odds are that if EA makes it, you can get it for cheap this week.
• Sega also has a big 99 cent sale going on, with Golden Axe, Streets of Rage, Gunstar Heroes, and many other titles available for just a buck.
• Gameloft’s also got a nice library of titles on sale, including the Gameloft Action Pack of games.
• And so does Square Enix, but those games have only dropped a few bucks to around $4.99 to $11.99, rather than down to 99 cents. Still, Final Fantasy Tactics for $11.99 is not a bad deal if you’ve been waiting for it to drop.
• Firemint (through EA) has Spy Mouse on sale for a buck. You’ve bought that one already, right?
• Readdle’s got a sale going on its apps, including ReaddleDocs for iPad on sale tomorrow for $2.99.
• Happy Hills has gone free for a limited time.
• Big Fish Games is having a huge sale on most of its titles starting tomorrow — there’s a lot of good stuff in there, including Drawn: The Painted Tower for cheap, and Azada HD as well.
• In Case of Fire is free through the holidays.

That’s just the beginning — stay tuned all through the week for more deals on lots of different apps and games around the App Store. Everything will likely be sorted by Thursday (as that’s when developers become unable to make any more price or app changes), but before then, we’ll see lots and lots of apps on sale, no doubt.

iOS deals begin — App Store freeze coming Thursday originally appeared on TUAW – The Unofficial Apple Weblog on Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Does future firmware holds the key to rumoured feature?

I Am Alive was, once upon a time, headed to PC in addition to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Following a switch from one developer to another and a long stretch of silence about the game’s status, it’s now headed to 360 and PS3 — but not PC — as a downloadable title. The lack of a PC version is thanks in large part to piracy according to the game’s creative director, Stanislas Mettra.

“We’ve heard loud and clear that PC gamers are bitching about there being no version for them,” Mettra told IncGamers. “But are these people just making noise just because there’s no version or because it’s a game they actually want to play? Would they buy it if we made it?”

Videogame fans have plenty of sales to try taking advantage of come Friday (or even Thursday in some cases). We’ve already compiled a list of highlights from this year’s Black Friday videogame deals, a select number of which you’ll be able to take advantage of from home. PC game fans can avoid the lines and general misery altogether so long as they don’t mind shopping on Steam; Valve has just kicked off a conveniently-timed autumn sale that can save you some money and, just as importantly for some, spare you from even having to think about going to the store later this week.

The sale runs from today, November 23, through November 27. There are a great number of titles on sale in addition to a selection of games that are available at a discount for 24 hours at a time. Once that 24 hours is up another round of games will be made available.

A quick look at the highlights among the games coming out in Japan this coming week, courtesy the review pages of Famitsu magazine:

- Mario Kart 7 (10/9/9/9, 37 points): The point winner in this week’s issue was a pretty predictable one. “The game’s made so you’re always able to stage a comeback, making it approachable and enjoyable for anyone,” Famitsu wrote. “Competing for time is also exciting, and there’s more than enough room for hardcore play here. The Community feature makes netplay a lot more accessible than before, and finding opponents via Street Pass is also impressive. It’s really exciting to think how the community’s going to unfold.”

Call of Duty Elite is an interesting subject as it’s the first service of its kind. Whether it succeeds or fails — and there have been predictions it’ll do both — is, unfortunately, no indication of whether a comparable service would follow suit as no game has the sort of user base that Call of Duty does. Regardless, while the service is still not at 100 percent, it managed amass four million registrations after only six days, one quarter of which are paying for premium memberships.

That’s a full one million people who shelled out extra to gain access to Elite’s premium perks which include access to all downloadable map packs, Elite TV access, extra storage space for replay videos, daily tournaments where real-life prizes can be won, and more. It comes at a cost of $49.99 per year, although the $100 Hardened Edition of Modern Warfare 3 included a year’s worth of access for free.

In a day where matches can’t seem to be won without the use of some crazy comeback mechanic, one has to wonder what happened to all the real honest fighting games. I miss the days when you’re down to your last sliver of life, and nothing was going to save you except flawless execution and the will to win. While we’ve seen some old classics come back on XBLA/PSN, for the most part I had given up hope on ever seeing a game that didn’t have some gameplay mechanic that resulted in easy-mode comebacks.

That is, until I laid my hands on King of Fighters XIII.