Halloween 2009 Game Sales
posted by Eli Hodapp on October 30th, 2009 5:42 PM EDT in Games, Sales, iPhone games, iPod touch games
Turns out the guys at Ezone aren't the only one celebrating the holiday by cutting the price of their games. There's an amazing amount of games that are seeing significant price reductions for the weekend. If you've been waiting for any of these games, here's your chance!
Rock Band, $6.99 (Originally $9.99) – EA's latest rhythm game should need no introduction. 20 songs are included, along with a whole in-game store filled with other song packs that sell for 99¢ a pop. Play as any of the four band positions, each with a different melody to tap out on the iPhone screen.
Tap Star, 99¢ (Originally $4.99) – Another rhythm game for the iPhone, providing similar gameplay as the others… But this one not only includes a song by RUN DMC, but also "Carry On My Wayward Son" by Kansas. (Lighter not included.)
Haunted 3D Rollercoaster Rush, 99¢ (Originally $1.99) – Digital Chocolate's tilt controlled rollercoaster game comes with 40 different Halloween themed tracks and a ton of unlockables.
Derek Jeter Real Baseball, 99¢ (Originally $4.99) – While there were a few things we weren't crazy about in Gameloft's latest sports title starring the one and only Derek Jeter, 99¢ is hard to pass up for a 3D baseball game with this many in-game options and play modes.
Robocalypse – Mobile Mayhem, 99¢ (Originally $1.99)- A popular game for the Nintendo DS, this fantastic port is enhanced for the iPhone and comes loaded with surprisingly awesome online multiplayer. Highly recommended.
iDracula – Undead Awakening, 99¢ (Originally $2.99) – Once again back to 99¢, this dual stick shooter is still one of the best available on the platform. It's been out for quite some time now and has had some substantial content updates. If you don't own iDracula yet, now is a great time to get on board the undead slaying train.
Nick Chase: A Detective Story, 99¢ (Originally $4.99) – While some gameplay elements kept us from fully endorsing this game when it was first released earlier this month, the presentation is one of the best I've seen in a hidden object game. Well worth 99¢ just to experience the attention to detail and comic book style plot progression.
Sentinel 2: Earth Defense, 99¢ (Originally $2.99) – If you're a tower defense fan and somehow don't own this game already, please take this opportunity to download it. Sentinel 2 is even better than the original and is still one of my favorite tower defense games.
Tap-Fu, $1.99 (Originally $3.99) – A fun and casual side scrolling beat 'em up with an interesting gesture-based control system. 2.5D graphics and high quality animations make for a very impressive visual experience, even though the gameplay can be somewhat repetitive.
Blades of Fury, $4.99 (Originally $6.99) – Gameloft's take on Soul Calibur, Blades of Fury works remarkably well with the on-screen controls and has character models and graphics that look great.
Orbital, 99¢ (Originally $2.99) – Launch orbs in to the game field to collide with other orbs. Each orb must be hit the displayed number of times to clear it off the board. The gameplay is fun and the amount of graphical flare in the game make Orbital one of the coolest looking casual games out there.
Aside from all these games that went on sale, there's also a ton of games worth checking out that recently went free for a limited time:
- Shipwreck
- Udder Chaos
- 2 Minute RPG
- Crash!! The Most Stupid Race
- Heavy Crossbow
- Scarecrow
- Libra Balance
These are just a selection of the many games currently on sale or free. For a complete listing, check AppShopper's list of games with price changes. All the prices are current as of this posting, but given the nature of sales on the App Store, they all could change at any time so snatch whatever you've been looking at quickly.
Don't forget the spooky brick breaker game CREEPYTOWN is FREE on OCT 31st!
Tap-Fu is $2.99 now, just in case.
And worth every penny!
I sure would love to try some of this stuff, if I could ever connect to the app store. I've been getting a "connection timed out" error for the past two hours. I can't even connect through my Touch, keep getting a "terms have changed" message and the agreement page never loads.
gg on investing in some servers, apple
Woohoo, Rock Band is on sale! Wait… it's still not available in Switzerland so I don't have to care for this at all…. Why EA, why do you do this to me?…
Smiles Zen is also FREE this weekend. You can find a thread about it here:
http://forums.toucharcade.com/showthread.php?threadid=31273
Bloons TD is on sale aswell!!!!!!!! OMG!
it says 99 then when you click it it says $2.99..whats the right price
It says 99. on the front page.then it goes to $2.99 is this going on sale or what?
I got it for .99 (it never said 2.99 for me—US). Maybe it had some temporary glitch.
UniWar is also on sale today until the beginning of the weekend.
Get it for $0.99 before it goes back up to $4.99
I GUESS ALL THESE DEVS ARE REALL NOT SELLING MUCH. LESS THAN 50 BUCKS A DAY… ZOMBIE CITY ALSO IS NOW FREE.
HERE CHECK OUT THEIR HALLOWEEN EPISODE : http://tr.im/DAGe
Our game Jumboo is on sale too! Go and get it: http://itunes.com/app/jumboo
make it free i will get it
Mwaha!
Though, not specifically for Halloween, Chromodyne is currently, and consequently still will be, on sale for 99c over Halloween
http://rfly.me/Chromodyne
It's all about Orbital. If you don't have it, GET IT! Most addictive, re-playable game in the entire app store. And for under a buck!!
Agreed!
'Connectors' is free for this weekend! Don't miss out!
Wow, they really need a lite version of rock band, I just bought it and to be honest Tap Tap 3 is so much better. The music quality is horrible and the buttons are way to small. Atleast I didn't get it when it was full price.